On the Red Square. Photo by Yuri Abramochkin (Moscow, 1963).
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 leaflet from an unidentified store.
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Space veterans Kozyavka (flew twice in 1956) and Otvazhnaya [Brave Girl] (flew twice in 1958).
Little Octobrists wearing dress uniform (white apron) and their star-shaped Octobrist pins
Two Khokhloma-inspired restaurant menus (1969-1971)
Cover of Kolobok magazine, December 1974
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Good boy Ugolyok [Tiny Coal] after getting back from his space trip. He spent 22 days in space (1966).
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin and rocket engineer Sergey Korolyov in Sochi (1961). Autograph on the photo by the photographer, Igor Snegiryov.
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin two days after landing (April 14, 1961)
Leningradsky prospect in Moscow. Photo by Naum Granovsky (February 8, 1965).
Moscow 1966