1950s holiday postcards from Russia
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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“We Have A Good Life”, a poem about Soviet pioneers published in Murzilka No. 11, 1951. Illustrations by N. Zhukov, B. Dekhteryov, T. Yeryomina, V. Scheglov, K. Kascheyev, A. Pakhomov, A. Romodanovskaya.
I’ve not been posting enough postcards being a postcard blog. Happy to catch up!
Installing neon lights on Kalinin Avenue for the New Year. Photo by Vitaly Sozinov (Moscow, 1988).
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New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
Four Soviet holiday postcards featuring cosmonaut boys (1970s)
Today’s portion of Soviet New Year postcards!
A 1980 leaflet advertising a lottery where you could win money or prizes such as watches, fridges, radios, tape players, TV sets, pianos, motorcycles and cars.
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.