Girls bringing bread home. Photo by Viktor Yershov (Gujareti, Georgian SSR, 1971).
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.
People reading in the metro (Moscow, 1972)
“Still Life with Flowers” by Helle Vahersalu (Estonia, 1974)
Sputnik-inspired samovar with teapot (USSR, 1976)
Nikita Charushin. Illustration for Nikolai Sladkov’s “From the South to the North” (1987)
Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (Moscow, 1976)
At a bread factory. Photo by Aleksandr Steshanov (1970s).
“The Rustle of Leaves” by Yuri Raksha (1978)
“Hallway” by Valentina Semko (1979)
Single salt shakers from a canteen (1970s). Reads Общепит — public catering.
From the collection of Moscow Design Museum.
“Of Chir and Others” by Zhanna Zemkayus, illustrated by Anatoly Zaplavny (1978)
Moscow, 1970s
Rostral column at the entrance of Vladivostok. Photo postcard by A. Muravin (1973).
Vladivostok, Far East of Russia (1970s)
Harvest in apple orchards near Alma-Ata (Kazakhstan, 1972)