“He lost.” Photo by Dmitry Donskoy (1989).
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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A small collection of 10 Soviet buttons with an USA theme.
Buttons read things like “Photography in USA”, “Research in USA”, “USA design” etc. These pins were produced to accompany themed exhibitions that were held in the USSR during the perestroika period. Like this one, for example.
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Hockey, USSR vs Sweden. Photo by Sergey Guneyev (1980s).
USSR-made portable radio receivers from 1960s and 1980s (via )
Tourists in the USSR - a typical picture in all seaside towns in the summer (1980s)
“Harvest Makers” (USSR, 1980s)
“Harvest Makers” (USSR, 1980s)
Sports photography by Lev Borodulin, 1950s-1960s. We will be visiting his exhibition on March 10 (info)
Pioneers collecting paper for recycling (USSR, 1980s)
Soviet design
1. Elekma - food processor (meat grinder, dough kneader, mixer, coffee mill) (1986)
2. Electric spinning weel (1978)
3. Ob - home radio receiver (1980s)
(via Moscow Design Museum)
Making of Musical Ring, a 1980s Soviet TV program. The host, Tamara Maksimova, and her husband Vladimir Maksimov.