Grocery shop in the village of Konosha, Arkhangelsk oblast, north of Russia (1950s)
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.
Cover of Murzilka, March 1958. Cover art by Yevgeny Rachyov.
Children put up a birdhouse in the spring. Photo by V. Kunov (Moscow, 1950s-60s).
“Spring in Abramtsevo”, linocut by Ilya Sokolov (1956)
Laika - the very first space dog
Boys buying mimosa flowers for their mothers. Photo by Viktor Akhlomov (March 7, 1959).
Restorer L. Kochetkova cleans the Catherine the Great monument in the Ostrovsky Park (Leningrad, 1959)
Cover of the Radio magazine, July 1958
Cats!
USSR 1950s-70s
“Dreamer” porcelain figurine made at Dulyovo Porcelain Factory. Designed by Nina Malysheva (USSR, 1952).
First year students of Lomonosov Moscow State University at a lecture in a small auditorium of the Biology and Soil Faculty. The lecture is read by the head of the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences L. Zenkevich. Photo by V. Sobolev (Moscow, 13 April 1955).
A girl and her teddy bear. USSR, mid-1950s.
The first passenger flight of the Tu-104A aircraft from Moscow to Alma-Ata. Flight attendant T. Khrolenko offers a hot breakfast to passengers. Photo by A. Stuzhin (October 10, 1958).
Decorative porcelain candy trays made at Kalinin Porcelain Factory in Konakovo, USSR. Design by M. Kholodnaya (1953).
Top to bottom: Uzbek girl, Kyrgyz girl, Ukrainian girl.
Cat at the orbital station from “The Road to the Stars” (USSR, 1957)