Cosmonaut Gherman Titov with a volleyball. Photo by Oleg Neyelov (1960s).
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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Kalinin Prospect in Moscow (1970s)
Vladimir Mayakovsky - vintage postcard set from 1963. Rare. Includes portraits of the author and illustrations to his poems. Not a full set! One postcard is missing (12 originally). Good vintage condition. Postcards are unused.
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“I know, a city will be here!” Poster by I. Ovasanov (1966)
Vladimir Konashevich. Cover for Kornei Chukovsky’s “The Telephone” (1969 edition).
Assorted flag pins. The colorful ones in the second row are of Soviet republics (Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Latvia). I also have a pin of Cuban+Soviet flags (message me for a picture, I haven’t yet taken it).
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Otto Schmidt and Ivan Papanin walk from the N-172 plane. The first high-latitude air expedition. Photo by Yakov Khalip (1937).
Mayakovsky Theater in Moscow. Photo by Anatoly Sergeyev-Vasilyev (1973).
Small zodiac pins (¾”)
Available: Aries, Gemini, Leo*, Virgo, Capricorn
*Leo is available in two colors: red and dark green
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“The Man Who Saw the Antiworld” by Ilya Varshavsky (1965)
Tourists from Denmark on the Red Square. Photo by Cheprunov (Moscow, 1964).