A road in Kabardino-Balkaria, Central Caucasus (1941)
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.
A frontline hospital. Nurse writes a letter dictated by a wounded soldier. Photo by Boris Ignatovich (1942).
“Listen! Moscow is speaking.” Poster by V. Govorkov (USSR, 1949).
Quality control workers of the Moscow Pasta Factory inspecting the product. Photo by V. Sobolev (1948).
Ivan Kuznetsov. Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” (1949).
Chess players in the park. Photo by Robert Capa (Moscow, 1947).
Bread department of the grocery store at 3 Gorky Street (Moscow, 1947)
Registan (old town square) in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Photo by Pyotr Klepikov (1947).
‘Teahouse Paris’ in Chisinau, Moldavia. Photo by Georgiy Petrusov (1940).
A cart on a country road in Moldavia. Photo by Georgiy Petrusov (1940).
V. Bayuskin. Illustration for Pavel Bazhov’s “The Malachite Casket” (1948).
Evening tea with grandson. Anton Ivanovich Karpunin and Domna Ivanovna Karpunina. Lyubertsy, Moscow oblast. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (March 19, 1949).
Poet Anna Akhmatova. Photo by Yevgeny Khaldei (1949).
At an orphanage. Photo by Sergey Vasin (1941).
Zinaida Volkhonskaya watering flowers. Murom, Russia (1940s)