A pair of mushroom-shaped porcelain knicknack boxes. Made at Korosten Porcelain Factory (Ukraine, 1960s).
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.
More you might like
![Good boy Ugolyok [Tiny Coal] after getting back from his space trip. He spent 22 days in space (1966).](https://64.media.tumblr.com/1357e5161db0b2f8f5e7a34757d7012f/00ac9d0e72cfe0c7-51/s1280x1920/d75b6fb2f2a882556d8cb9edb014b4a0f1a072c8.jpg)
Good boy Ugolyok [Tiny Coal] after getting back from his space trip. He spent 22 days in space (1966).
Soviet New Year tree ornaments (1950s-60s)
A child in Chukotka (Russian Far North-East). Photo by Vasily Shumkov (1980).
Katya Senibabnova in her winter attire. Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Nogliki, Sakhalin, Far East Russia). Feb. 1968.
Compact camera LOMO LK-A (1983)
Tula, 1960s (via Vladimir Scherbakov)
Machine installer Natasha Yelizarova and metalworker Aleksandr Pirozhkov skiing on the weekend. Photo by Mikhail Savin (Ryazan, Russia, 1961).
A 30-piece Matryoshka doll made at “Igrushka” wooden toy factory in Semyonov. Photo by V. Izvolensky (1966).
![Beryozka [Little Birch Tree] café in Perm, Russia. Photo by Yevgeny Zagulyayev (1965).](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7f3ae8156d1d01f9b35560947542bcc2/1d5d1e39dec17f56-e0/s1280x1920/6c068795b0fa22ece142ef3b3e4fce2fea2d6ccc.jpg)
Beryozka [Little Birch Tree] café in Perm, Russia. Photo by Yevgeny Zagulyayev (1965).
At a Matryoshka-making workshop in Semyonov. Photo by V. Izvolensky (Russia, 1966).