Chess players in the park. Photo by Robert Capa (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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Handlettered titles of Soviet movies from 1930s and 1940s
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Soviet wartime songs from the 1940s. TV program aired in 1975.
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Photography by Mikhail Prekhner, 1930s-1940s. We will be visiting exhibition of his works on March 10 ().
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“Home from school”. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (1982).