Little Octobrists wearing dress uniform (white apron) and their star-shaped Octobrist pins
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 Soviet poster - Little Octobrists, artist M. Lukyanov, 1982 (buy here)
Notice how each kid comes from a different Soviet republic.
Elastics skipping during recess at school. Photo from the “Teen” book (USSR, 1982)
First grade girlfriends. Photo by B. Trepetov (Moscow, 1954).
Soviet children’s books. “Zvyozdochka” Illustrated by Mikhail Belomlinsky (1985)
Zvyozdochka (’Little Star’) is a designated group of Little Octobrists.
School children walking by the Metropol hotel in Moscow (1950s)
Children playing with a model of Lunokhod (Moon Rover)
Students of Bolshoi Theater’s choreographic school perform a dance called “Suvorov Cadets” (1950).
Yunnats (young naturalists) from Siberia. Photo by Semyon Fridlyand (1956)
A girl with a puppy. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (Moscow oblast, Russia, 1970s).