Chelyabinsk Tractor Factory. Recreation room in workers’ dormitory (1950).
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Grocery Store #1 in Norilsk, Russia (1953) (via norilsk-24.ru)
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Soviet family reading the Pravda newspaper (1950s)
Oktyabr (October) movie theater in Arzamas-16, Russia (1950s)
I grew up on this street! Trees are much taller now, and instead of the movie theater there’s an art gallery.
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Interiors of village houses in Irkutsk region of Russia (1958). Photo by V. Demyanov.
Minsk - Vintage postcard-sized fold-out photography album, souvenir from USSR (1950s)
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Sports photography by Lev Borodulin, 1950s-1960s. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10 (info)