Girls bringing bread home. Photo by Viktor Yershov (Gujareti, Georgian SSR, 1971).
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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On June 1 Russian celebrated Children’s Day (Protecting Children Day).
These photos are from “Me Is Me”, a 1979 Soviet book (thanks to Mikhail Tkachyov for scanning it.)
Children in Yakutsk (USSR, 1975)
USSR, 1970s
Pancakes & tea. USSR, 1975.
Photo by Edgar Bryukhanenko/TASS.
Children and their toys (Soviet Union, 1940s-1970s)
“Snowball”, photo by Sergei Boldin (1970s)
Somewhere in Baikal area of Russia (1970s)
A typical display in any Soviet diner of the 1970s
In the kitchen, early 1970s. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich.
A day in a Soviet kindergarten