Muscovites observe the “Great Solar Eclipse” (June 19, 1936). Photo by Yefrem Yefremov.
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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Moscow, February 4, 1990. The most massive protest in the history of the Soviet Union. 300 thousand people marched from the Crimean Bridge along the Garden Ring and Gorky Street (now Tverskaya) to the 50th Anniversary of October Square (Manezhnaya). The main demand of the protesters was to abolish Article 6 of the USSR Constitution that declared the leading role of the Communist Party.
Moscow Gorky park in the 1930s (kiosks sell fruit and soft drinks)
Deer Park in Sokolniki Park, Moscow (1930s)
View of Gorky Street (Tverskaya) and the National Hotel in Moscow (1930s)
Volleyball game at Dinamo stadium in Moscow (1930s)
Photo by Emmanuil Yevzerikhin (Moscow, 1930s)
‘Metropolitan’. Map of the Moscow metro. Photo by Alexander Rodchenko (1930s)
Moscow at night. Photo by Mikhail Grachyov (1930s-1940s).
Lovely video chronicle of Moscow in 1934 - watch here
CSKA stadium in Moscow (1930s)