Yuriyev Monastery near Novgorod, Russia. Photo by Aleksandr Ovchinnikov (1977).
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).
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Girls in the kishlak (village) of Ziddi, Tajik SSR. Photo by Igor Mikhalyov (1987).
“On Every Page, Here’s an Elephant, There’s a Lioness” by Vladimir Mayakovsky, illustrated by V. Tsigal (1982)
Pionerskaya metro station in Moscow. Photo by L. Velikzhanin (1968).