Arbatskaya Square in Moscow (1961)
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.
Gorky street (Tverskaya) in Moscow, 1955
Children by the Mausoleum in Moscow. Photo by Nina Sviridova and Dmitry Vozdvizhensky.
At the toy store
M. Ostapenko, tram driver in Moscow (1951)
I’m trying to see if her dress is parachute-patterned, what do you think?
Bathing statues in the Summer Gardens in Leningrad
Mari flax harvesters
Leningrad in 1939, crossing of October 25 Prospect and Nakhimson Prospect (Saint Petersburg, Nevsky Prospect and Vladimirsky Prospect)
Moskvichka (Moscow Woman) clothing shop on Kalininsky Prospect (Novy Arbat) in Moscow, 1973
“Kzyl Uzbekistan” kolhoz. Agronomist Z. Fakhrutdinov picks lemons. Photo by Maks Alpert. ()
Photo by Nina Sviridova and Dmitry Vozdvizhensky
The main entrance to VDNKh (July 1955) ()
Summer Gardens in Leningrad. The Glory sculpture.
Soviet artist Vladimir Gorodetsky
Visiting Petrodvorets (Peterhof), 1985