“Discobolus”. Comic by E. Shabelnik, published in Krokodil magazine (1981).
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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Soviet cameras. Collectible matchbox labels from 1960.
“By the walls of Kremlin” by A. Petrov (1960s)
Weekend ski crowd out of Moscow (1963)
Winter in Moscow
Vintage maps of regions of Russia. Size is given in cm.
- Kalinin oblast 85 × 69 ($6)
- Vologda oblast 101 × 60 ($8)
- Vladimir oblast 80 × 60 ($6)
- Arkhangelsk oblast 96 × 81 ($9)
- Tula oblast 47 × 50 ($6)
- Kaliningrad oblast 49 × 36 ($3)
- Pskov oblast 59 × 75 ($7)
Shipping of Kaliningrad oblast map is $9, all other maps $14.
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Mother and daughter having lunch aboard TU-104. Photo by Ivan Shagin (1960s).
A winter evening on Revolution Square in Moscow. Photo by V. Kovrigin (1950s).
69th Parallel hotel in Murmansk, North of Russia (1970)
Buying Russian souvenirs at Sheremetyevo International Airport. Photo by L. Nosov (1964).
“Siberian Man” by Mikhail Bobyshov on the cover of “Krasnaya panorama” (Red Panorama), December 1928