“He lost.” Photo by Dmitry Donskoy (1989).
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 the “Women’s Magazine”, No. 8, 1928. Cover art by Semyon Semyonov-Menes.
Street volleyball in Tula, Russia (1960s)
(via Vladimir Scherbakov)
PE class, photo by Vsevolod Tarasevich (1960s)
“Tennis Match”, lithograph by M. Butrova (1940)
Galina Litvinova - Soviet Union champion in waterskiing slalom. Top photo by Valentin Khukhlayev, 16 August 1967.
Winner of two gold medals Yevgeny Grishin skating his 1500 m (photo from a 1961 book)
Soviet figure skater Yelena Vodorezova. She was 12 when she competed in Winter Olympics 1976.
Anfisa Reztsova, Tamara Tikhonova, Svetlana Nageikina and Nina Gavrylyuk - Olympic ski relay champions. XV Winter Olympic Games in Calgary (1988).
Cover of Spartak sports magazine (USSR, 1929)
Bobsleigh. Photo by Aleksandr Abaza (1988).
Winner of the 1924 Soviet Union Tennis Championship in 1924 Sofia Maltseva (right) and her opponent Sukhodolskaya.
Biathlon World Championship 1982 in Raubichi (Belarus SSR). Photo by Sergey Guneyev.
Biathlon World Championship 1982 in Raubichi (Belarus SSR). Photo by Sergey Guneyev.
Hockey, USSR vs Sweden. Photo by Sergey Guneyev (1980s).