Photo by Valentin Golovanov (Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1970)
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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Children in Yakutsk (USSR, 1975)
“Snowball”, photo by Sergei Boldin (1970s)
On June 1 Russian celebrated Children’s Day (Protecting Children Day).
These photos are from “Me Is Me”, a 1979 Soviet book (thanks to Mikhail Tkachyov for scanning it.)
A girl with a puppy. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (Moscow oblast, Russia, 1970s).
Children with a kitten. Photo by Viktor Yershov (Cheboksary, Russia, 1973)
Children and their toys (Soviet Union, 1940s-1970s)
Drinking kvass from the barrel on the street (USSR, 1970s).
In the summer, local bread factory made kvass and sold it from steel barrels around the city (barrels have a tap). This tradition is still alive in Russia, only barrels are sometimes smaller and made of plastic. Oh and they use single-use plastic cups now instead of glasses.
Kindergarten of the 1970s, Vladimir (Soviet Union)
Alexandrovsky Garden by the walls of Moscow Kremlin (1970s)
Volcanoes Shiveluch and Klyuchevskaya Sopka in Kamchatka (the Far East of Russia) woke up and started erupting 👀 😍