Artist Irina Morozova paints Matryoshka dolls. Photo by Vladimir Izvolensky. Semyonov Souvenir Workshop, 29 May 1971.
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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A candy shop in Kaliningrad [Korolyov] near Moscow. Photo from the Soviet Union magazine, 1953.
Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
Yuriyev Monastery near Novgorod, Russia. Photo by Aleksandr Ovchinnikov (1977).
Lida Koltsova, a choreographer of the House of Culture in the village of Mari Lugovaya, wearing a traditional Mari dress. Photo by Gennady Koposov (1982).
Pionerskaya metro station in Moscow. Photo by L. Velikzhanin (1968).
Young pioneers walking outdoors. Photo by N. Revizov (Temnikov, 1980).
Grandfather and grandson read in the park. Photo by Pyotr Nosov (Moscow, 1964).
Buses that take children to a summer pioneer camp (Moscow, 1983)
Watching the baby. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (Moscow, 1960s).
Milkmaids of Komintern kolkhoz do a crossword puzzle. Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (Tambov oblast, 1957).