Vintage spun cotton tree ornament (USSR, 1930s). The bear’s backpack reads “Polar Post”.
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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“Happy New Year 1959!” Tin box for a children’s New Year sweet gift (an assortment of candies and chocolates).
Three envelopes mailed in 1974-75. The airmail one is from Switzerland, the others are within the USSR. The first envelope has a cute design that says “Happy New Year”.
Do you send handwritten cards or letters during the holiday season?
“How I Met the New Year” written and illustrated by Viktor Golyavkin (1963)
Scenes from the Nutcracker in the Bolshoi Theater. Photos by A. Batanov (1957).
Tula’s Central park on a winter day (1972)
via Vladimir Scherbakov
Happy New Year cake and other cakes at Bolshevik confectionery factory. Photo by V. Yegorov, A. Konkov (Moscow, 1960).
Vintage 1″ tin buttons made in Estonia. $2.50/ea. Shipping is $5 for 1-2 of these, $9 for more.
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1950s New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
Many faces of Ded Moroz (Grandfather Frost) on Soviet New Year postcards
New Year postcards from the Soviet Union