Semyonov matryoshka. Photo by V. Izvolensky (1966).
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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At a Matryoshka-making workshop in Semyonov. Photo by V. Izvolensky (Russia, 1966).
Worker of Semyonov Wood Painting factory with two giant matryoshka dolls. Photo by V. Voitenko (Gorky oblast, USSR, 1970s).
A 30-piece Matryoshka doll made at “Igrushka” wooden toy factory in Semyonov. Photo by V. Izvolensky (1966).
Painting wooden Matryoshka dolls in Semyonov, Gorky oblast. Photo by V. Voitenko (Russia, 1970s).
The first cosmonauts of the Soviet Union (1960s)
Reading hall of the Central State Historical Archive of the USSR (1960s)
“Peace. Work. May”, a classic May Day slogan in the USSR (Moscow, 1960s)
Regina Zbarskaya, Soviet fashion model (early 1960s)
Soviet actress Elina Bystritskaya (1960s)
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