Catalog of clothing models recommended for 1966 by the Methodical meeting of specialists of Soviet republican fashion houses (published in 1965).
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.
A book stand in Moscow (1927)
M. Rudomino, the director of the All-Union State Library of Foreign Literature, goes through the new books by French authors. Photo by D. Kozlov (Moscow, 1953).
“Modern Crime Story” book series published by Progress, Moscow from 1971 to 1991. Each book features novels from a different country (Australia, Hungary, Greece, Kenya, Finland etc. etc.)
“DIY Televisions” book (USSR, 1937)
Book sellers on Kuznetsky Most street (Moscow, 1996)
Book covers designed by Leonid Feinberg (USSR, 1920s)
“Book is the best gift”
“Reading is the best learning. Aleksandr Pushkin.”
Vintage Soviet leaflet from an unidentified store.
Book stall in the street. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants (1958).
“Space Flights and Physical Culture of Youth” by A. Egolinsky (1967)
Erik Bulatov and Oleg Vasilyev. Illustrations for “The Jolly May is Here. Folklore of Peoples of the USSR” (1981)
“On Leave” by Nikolai Polyankov (1965)
“From Morning Until Evening” by Sofya Fedorchenko and Nina Kashina (USSR, 1930)
“About Priests and Deacons”, a collection of poems by Demyan Bedny (1926)
“The Flying Chest” by Hans Christian Andersen. Published in Russia in 1927.