Morning in Alma-Ata. Photo by Mikhail Grachyov (Kazakhstan, 1950s).
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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Single salt shakers from a canteen (1970s). Reads Общепит — public catering.
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On the Red Square. Photo by Raymond Depardon (1980).
Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Sakhalin, Russia, 1960s)
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“Of Chir and Others” by Zhanna Zemkayus, illustrated by Anatoly Zaplavny (1978)
“Technical Aesthetics” magazine covers (USSR, 1970s-1980s)
“September” by Nikolai Viting (1980s)
First grade girlfriends. Photo by B. Trepetov (Moscow, 1954).
Aleksandrovsky Garden by the Kremlin wall. Photo by Ivan Shagin (Moscow, 1960s).