Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov in Sochi (1961). Autograph on the photo by the photographer, Igor Snegiryov.
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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Vintage address plaque, Samarsky pereulok 22 (an address in Moscow). 1960s.
“I love you, life” - Soviet poster designed by Timofei Lyaschuk (1961)
For reference, “I Love You, Life” is a very popular song from 1956.
Family at home (USSR, 1960s)
In kindergarten No. 45 of the Moscow Bus Park. Photo by N. Maksimov (March 1963).
At the Ogonyok self-service store on the 5th Tverskaya-Yamskaya Street. Photo by D. Kozlov (Moscow, February 1960).
A phone booth in Moscow. Photo by L. Berggoltsev (1960).
“Learning to count.” Photo from the 1936 “Soviet Kids” book.
Kvas stall by the GUM. Moscow, 1959.
Moscow 1966
Gorky Street and the view of the Historical Museum (Moscow, 1964)