Boat riding in Gorky Park. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (Moscow, 1959).
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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Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
Newly assembled combine harvesters come out of the Taganrog Combine Plant. Photo by Boris Kuzmin (Taganrog, Russia, 1954).
Photo by Antanas Sutkus (Lithuania, 1970s)
“Chuchelo-Myauchelo” (≈The Ugly Meower), Soviet cartoon directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya (1982)
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Joy. Moldavia, 1960s.
Grandfather and grandson read in the park. Photo by Pyotr Nosov (Moscow, 1964).
Students of elementary school celebrate the last day of school year in Sokolniki park, Moscow. Photo by V. Kunov, S. Preobrazhensky (May 26, 1956).
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Cover of Kostyor [Campfire] youth magazine, May 1960
A pair of crocodiles visit a crocodile-run clock shop.
V. Tsigal. Illustration for Octav Pancu-Iași’s “Big News About A Little Boy” (1960).
Rain in Moscow. Photo by Inge Weidmann (1965).