St Isaac’s Cathedral in Leningrad. Photo postcard by B. Cheremisina (1974).
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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The first New Year tree. Photo by D. Sholomovich (Moscow, Jan. 1965).
Holiday sled train in Sokolniki park. Photo by Oleg Makarov (Moscow, 1971).
Various birthday (post)cards I have for sale. Most are $2-3 apiece, flower minicards cheaper, and one more expensive (you can take a guess which one).
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Happy New Year cake and other cakes at Bolshevik confectionery factory. Photo by V. Yegorov, A. Konkov (Moscow, 1960).
Soviet cameras. Collectible matchbox labels from 1960.
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Buying New Year tree ornaments in Detsky Mir [Children’s World] department store in Moscow. Photo by A. Agapov (Dec. 1953).
1950s New Year postcards from the Soviet Union
“We need peace”. Cover of Kolobok, January 1979.
A winter evening on Revolution Square in Moscow. Photo by V. Kovrigin (1950s).
Wooden painted dolls of Soviet republics (Zagorsk, 1950s)