The Three Graces Pavillion in the Pavlovsk park near Leningrad (postcard, 1930s)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
Cornflowers. Soviet postcard from 1930s.
“oys building Lenin’s Mausoleum”, postcard by N. Strunnikov (1931)
Vintage advertising postcard for the Dining Car restaurant in Moscow (1934)
“Let’s build the new powerful airship called Klim Voroshilov”, postcard postmarked 1934
Moscow subway, Kirovskaya station. Postcard with a stamp affixed to the front, 1938.
The Leningrad Mosque, postcard from the 1930s
“Moscow. Radio Listener” postcards by Alexander Rodchenko, 1932
V. Svarog “Blast Furnace Depo. Kuznetsstroi” - postcard from 1930s ()
Soviet postcards for the International Expo in Paris, 1937
Leningrad postcards from the 1930s
Vintage holiday postcards from the Soviet Union
Hey guys! I’m back from a 3-day yoga retreat feeling so happy and content. :) I hope you’re all doing great!
Yoga wasn’t widely popular back in the USSR (but I know that some people did practise it), but physical culture in the Soviet Union was huge, and doing morning warm up routines was a common thing.
Color postcards of Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 30s
Leningrad in 1933