Photo by Nina Sviridova and Dmitry Vozdvizhensky
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.
Magnitogorsk, 1950s
Selling Bulgarian rugs in Moscow’s GUM (Main Department Store on the Red Square). April 8, 1961. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev. ()
Abkhazia, road from Sochi to Lake Ritza (1967)
Moscow D. Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology (1960s)
Vintage Aeroflot (the Soviet Airlines) poster from the 1960s.
“This is free:
- Inflight meal
- Luggage up to 20 kg
- Children under 5 years”
“He is good, he is lovely, he doesn’t look like his little brothers.”
Illustration by I. Belopolskaya (1972)
Vintage ads. Lottery in Belarus with a motorcycle and a Moskvitch car as grand prizes (1970) ()
Patrons. Postcard by V. Tsigal (1956)
Church of Nikolai the Miracle Worker in Kobona, Leningrad region (1985)
Holiday home in Nudolskoye village (Moscow region, 1984)
Murzilka, a Soviet magazine for children. July covers over the years (1938-1974)
Bus stop in Gagra, Abkhazia (1982)
University students in Ashkhabad, Turkmenia (1981)
May Day postcard by G. Koptelova (1970)