Kalinin Prospect in Moscow (1970s)
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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Malo-Konyushenny and Teatralny bridges in Leningrad. Photo by B. Rabinovich, (May 1972).
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov with a volleyball. Photo by Oleg Neyelov (1960s).
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
Chocolate truffles. Poster designed by A. Prokoptsev (USSR, 1938).
![Cover of “Krasnaya Niva” [The Red Field] March 1926. Cover art by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7f6bd2122fc7f94ff3db93da02beb332/ff79815327b304fc-fc/s1280x1920/a02d7efe51572858fa152dd251379a2169d47365.jpg)
Cover of “Krasnaya Niva” [The Red Field] March 1926. Cover art by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
Moscow of 1950s photographed by Ivan Shagin
Tourists from Denmark on the Red Square. Photo by Cheprunov (Moscow, 1964).
Flower sellers in Moscow (1959)
VDNKh metro station and the Space Conquerors monument behind it (Moscow, 1971)
“I know, a city will be here!” Poster by I. Ovasanov (1966)