“Winners” by Yuri Neprintsev (1957)
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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69th Parallel hotel in Murmansk, North of Russia (1970)
Ruslan and Lyudmila. Photo by Yuri Krivonosov (Moscow, 1968).
The title is a reference to a famous fairy tale by Aleksandr Pushkin (”Ruslan and Lyudmila”). Lyudmila is the name of the shop spelled by neon letters.
Dairy products on sale in the shop No. 26 (“Milk”) in Yevpatoriya (1978)
The first New Year tree. Photo by D. Sholomovich (Moscow, Jan. 1965).
Cover of “Pioneer”, a youth magazine. January 1948.
Paper bunting with winter scenes (USSR, 1938)
Aircraft modeling club in the local Palace of Pioneers. Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Sakhalin, 1967).
Holiday sled train in Sokolniki park. Photo by Oleg Makarov (Moscow, 1971).
“Siberian Man” by Mikhail Bobyshov on the cover of “Krasnaya panorama” (Red Panorama), December 1928
Faculty Dean of the Leningrad Maritime School prof. K. A. Semyonov and engineer G. V. Maslova on a country walk. Photo by L. Zivert (Kavgolovo village, Leningrad region, 1952).