Inna Malfygina and friends jogging in the snow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (Moscow, 1955).
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.
Isaakiyevskaya Square in Leningrad. Photo by Boris Kosarev (1960s).
Winter. A woman with two buckets goes to fetch some water. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1950s).
Soviet New Year tree ornaments (1950s-60s)
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Cover of Kolobok magazine, December 1974
Goalkeeper. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (Leningrad, 1962).
By the New Year tree. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldeyev (USSR, 1950s).
Soviet holiday postcards!
Skiing on Neva River in Leningrad. Photo by Sigizmund Kropivnitsky (early 1950s).