Book Day. Selling books in the Park of Culture and Recreation in Cherepovets. Photo by Yu. Voronov (July 16, 1967).
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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