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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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![Cover of Kostyor [Campfire] youth magazine, May 1960](https://64.media.tumblr.com/9b9cabc78c28f2170d0b1955849861c3/59b43e94cd817cea-47/s640x960/9e8aebaf673e825d5d045d600fa34da486174290.jpg)
Cover of Kostyor [Campfire] youth magazine, May 1960