Artek pioneer camp. Photo by Yevgeny Umnov (1945).
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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Pionerskaya metro station in Moscow. Photo by L. Velikzhanin (1968).
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).
Children in Artek, a pioneer camp in Crimea. Photo by Nikolai Popov (1940s).
Dinamo water station in Moscow. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (1962).
Buses that take children to a summer pioneer camp (Moscow, 1983)
![In the city park. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants (Stalingrad [Volgograd], 1960s).](https://64.media.tumblr.com/61912cb76954334c94a0598f94d733bb/5f7c0a3b05b04b03-f7/s1280x1920/a29d6ef837e9acc51164b5b7dfeaa0f30fd6f2df.jpg)
In the city park. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants (Stalingrad [Volgograd], 1960s).
Artist Irina Morozova paints Matryoshka dolls. Photo by Vladimir Izvolensky. Semyonov Souvenir Workshop, 29 May 1971.
Gymnasts from Pavlovo, Ordzhonikidze, Sverdlovsk—participants of the All-Union Parade of athletes (Moscow, 1947).
![A candy shop in Kaliningrad [Korolyov] near Moscow. Photo from the Soviet Union magazine, 1953.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/8b89162a3853375e0f9c05bec51d34af/747392bc79f44739-33/s1280x1920/2faa5796edc7a9f5069bd6a4c523bf4961faf680.jpg)
A candy shop in Kaliningrad [Korolyov] near Moscow. Photo from the Soviet Union magazine, 1953.
By lake Ritsa in Abkhazia. Photo by Vladislav Mikosha, Boris Makaseyev (1952).