Shenlik - a song and dance ensemble from Lankaran, Azerbaijan. Photo by A. Gostev (1982).
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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Photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1962)
Vintage postcards of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. Some handling wear, overall OK condition.
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(#13, sold)
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Cover of the Soviet Photo magazine, August 1966
Boat riding in the park (Moscow, 1952)
Pionerskaya metro station in Moscow. Photo by L. Velikzhanin (1968).
“Visitors in the Artist’s Studio” by T. Fedotova (1981)
During the 1955 May Parade in Osh, Kirghizia. All women in the photo are wearing silk flower dresses made at the Osh Silk Factory.
Took these yesterday in my friend’s garden! That’s honeysuckle, the first berry of the season.
Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov, his wife Svetlana and daughter Viktoriya in the countryside. Photo by B. Smirnov (1960s).
Bicycle travellers in Moscow oblast, Russia (1985)