Decorating a bakery window for the New Year. Photo by Vladimir Stepanov (1958).
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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Ded Moroz visits Gorky Chocolate Factory. Photo by V. Voytenko (1971).
Holiday season in Sokolniki Park (Moscow, 1956)
1950s holiday postcards from Russia
Vintage New Year postcards from early 60s
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Beryozka [Little Birch Tree] café in Perm, Russia. Photo by Yevgeny Zagulyayev (1965).
Cover of the “Propaganda Poster” catalog by K. Ivanov (USSR, 1981).
(It reads agit-plakat, which means propaganda poster.)
Installing neon lights on Kalinin Avenue for the New Year. Photo by Vitaly Sozinov (Moscow, 1988).
Spasskaya Tower of the Moscow Kremlin on New Year postcards (1950s-1970s).
The tower’s clock is a symbol of New Year, it’s the main clock that counts down to the New Year.
“Baba Yaga”, Russian folk tale illustrated by V. Spassky (1918)