Kolkhoz woman selling radishes at a market in Moscow. Photo by Hans Sibbelee (1959).
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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“Home from school”. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (1982).
Vintage poster (1973)
“To collectors and lovers of pins!
We invite you to Soyuzpechat shops and kiosks! Here you can always buy pins of various themes and shapes. You will be offered badges from the Leniniana* series, with coats of arms of cities, portraits of great people, images of architectural ensembles and monuments, and many, many others.”
*Leniniana = anything to do with Vladimir Lenin
Moscow of 1950s photographed by Ivan Shagin
“On the Eve of Date Night”, poetry book by Vladimir Dogadayev (1955)
On the Red Square. Photo by Raymond Depardon (1980).
Lemon seller on Gorky St. in Moscow. Photo by Hans Sibbelee (1959).
Moscow, 1959
Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Nogliki village, Sakhalin - Far East of Russia). 1968
Flower sellers in Moscow (1959)
Dining hall. Photo by Mikhail Smodor (1931).