Children’s books about mothers (USSR 1950s-70s)
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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Covers of “Around the World” magazine (1946-48)
“March 8. Peace peace peace” - poster by Vladimir Konyukhov (1971)
Women’s Day-themed wrapping paper from Moscow department stores (1970s-80s) (via Moscow Design Museum)
Children put up a birdhouse in the spring. Photo by V. Kunov (Moscow, 1950s-60s).
A new house on the 9th Five-Year Plan Street in Cheboksary. Photo by Viktor Yershov (1973).
TASS teletype hall. Photo by Yevgeny Kassin (1962).
Grocery shop in the village of Konosha, Arkhangelsk oblast, north of Russia (1950s)
Women’s Day postcard by Vladimir Zarubin (1984)
“Uncle Styopa” by Sergei Mikhalkov, illustrated by Samuil Adlivankin (1939)
“Drinking tea”. Traditional Kargopol clay toy (Russia, 1980s).