Flower sellers in Moscow (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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“Happy New Year, Comrades!” - vintage Soviet poster featuring Moscow landmarks (1950s)
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.
Visit the USSR in Winter. Soviet INTURIST poster (1950s)
(Inturist was an organization that invited and assisted foreign tourists in the USSR.)
Minsk - Vintage postcard-sized fold-out photography album, souvenir from USSR (1950s)
Buy: https://www.etsy.com/sovietpostcards/listing/561312672/
River Station in Moscow, 1950s
“Maria Kuznetsova, a worker from a machinery plant, dozes off at Vnukovo airport waiting for her plane”. Vnukovo airport in Moscow, late 1950s. Photo by V. Tarasevich.
It’s been raining a lot here in the past week so this feels appropriate.
Moscow, 1950s
Moscow Estrada Theater, late 1950s
Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1950s)
Luzhniki swimming pool in Moscow, photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1950s)