Bread department of the grocery store at 3 Gorky Street (Moscow, 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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“Long Live Moscow” - poster by Viktor Ivanov (1947)
The poster reads, top to bottom, “Ancient Moscow”, “Pre-revolution Moscow”, “Soviet Moscow.”
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 Metro celebrates its 85th birthday today! It was open on May 15, 1935. Here’s some art you can see undeground, or could in the 1940s.
Vintage flyer for Moscow Planetarium (late 1940s)
“Moscow. At the Subway” by Aleksandr Labas (1940s)
Sverdlov Square in Moscow. Photo by M. Prekhner (1940s).
A winter day on Nikitsky Boulevard. Photo by A. Tsukker (Moscow, 1940s).
Soviet candy and jellies - packaging (1940s)
Osobtorg grocery store in Perm (USSR, 1944)
Osobtorg [Special Trade] was a type of store where special people could buy things. They were not available to the general public.
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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