Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
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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Boat riding in Gorky Park. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (Moscow, 1959).
Photo by Antanas Sutkus (Lithuania, 1970s)
Merry-go-round in Cherepovets City Park. Photo by V. Petrov (1962).
Vintage 1.6″ enamel pin of a black cat with a fancy umbrella.
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Vintage fabric from the 1970s (USSR). Size of the piece: 125 × 112 cm (1.36 × 1.22 yard). Price $43 + $22 shipping.
Color may be slightly different from the picture, it’s something between yellow and orange. A wonderful, vibrant textured fabric - very 70s!
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“Hospitality is a good trait. Foster it in your child.” Illustration
from the book of “Nutrition for Children” (1957).
Boat riding in the park (Moscow, 1952)
The Last Bell in Berdar village, Moldavia (1986)
The Last Bell is what the last day of school year is called (always in late May), and for grade 11 (or 10 often in the USSR) it’s the very last day of school ever. After that, exams and then they’re out to their adult life.
Newly assembled combine harvesters come out of the Taganrog Combine Plant. Photo by Boris Kuzmin (Taganrog, Russia, 1954).
“Chuchelo-Myauchelo” (≈The Ugly Meower), Soviet cartoon directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya (1982)
This song immediately started playing in my head.