“Autumn Window” by Nikolai Kormashov (1978)
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.
“Still Life with Flowers” by Helle Vahersalu (Estonia, 1974)
Белый—white mushroom— the king of muhsrooms, cep, porcino, penny bun, boletus edulis!
SO MANY in the forest yesterday, I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many in one day. I pickled the young ones and froze the rest. Space left in my freezer: none.
“The Rustle of Leaves” by Yuri Raksha (1978)
Illustration from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969.
Autumn in Temnikov (a town in Mordovia, Russia). Photo by N. Revizov (1980).
“Hallway” by Valentina Semko (1979)
Rostral column at the entrance of Vladivostok. Photo postcard by A. Muravin (1973).
“At the Blue Lakes” by Yuri Deyev (1988)
Did another mushroom run today. It’s one of those days when you go into the forest and emerge half an hour later with a full bucket of mushrooms. So awesome.
(And then you spend 6 hours prepping and canning them.)
“Vladimir Lenin museum in Kostino” by A. Mukhin (1974)
“Golden Autumn in Moscow Oblast” by Irina Vorobyova (1984)
Kronshtadtsky streetcar bridge in Leningrad. Photo by Gordon Stuart (1985).
“September” by Nikolai Viting (1980s)
“Golden September” by N. Fedosov (1981)