Registan (old town square) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Photo by Pyotr Klepikov (1947).
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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Photography by Mikhail Prekhner, 1930s-1940s. We will be visiting exhibition of his works on March 10 ().
Shepherd Bekmirzo Ishimbetov. Photo by S. Beznosov (Uzbekistan, 1966).
Ganch craftsmen led by the People’s Artist of Uzbekistan Mirmakhmud Usmanov work on the ornament decorating the interior of the Central Lenin Museum in Tashkent. Photo by Boyar Shandor (1969).
Cotton harvest in Uzbekistan. Photo by L. Guseinov (1982).
“Kzyl Uzbekistan” kolhoz. Agronomist Z. Fakhrutdinov picks lemons. Photo by Maks Alpert. (via)
A chaikhana (tea room) in Uzbekistan (1958)
The Arch of the General Staff Building in Leningrad, mid-1940s
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Handlettered titles of Soviet movies from 1930s and 1940s
Vintage flyer for Moscow Planetarium (late 1940s)
Vintage postcard by Vladimir Suteyev. Illustration for “Doctor Aybolit” (1963). Written on the back, dated 1964. Some handling wear, a 3 mm tear, a bent corner.
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