Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, 1960s)
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.
On the Red Square. Photo by Yuri Abramochkin (Moscow, 1963).
Boys will be boys :)
A child in Chukotka (Russian Far North-East). Photo by Vasily Shumkov (1980).
Goalkeeper. Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (Leningrad, 1962).
Photo by Valentin Golovanov (Chelyabinsk, Russia, 1970)
Girl wearing a winter dawn shawl. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (1960s).
Portrait of a girl in the winter :)
Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (Sakhalin, Russian Far East, 1968).
Little Octobrists wearing dress uniform (white apron) and their star-shaped Octobrist pins
A girl with a puppy. Photo by Igor Gnevashev (Moscow oblast, Russia, 1970s).
Good morning, world! Have a good day today :)
Photo by V. Zagumyonnov (Moscow, 1980s)
“Learning to count.” Photo from the 1936 “Soviet Kids” book.
“Health and energy returned to them.” Photo from the 1936 “Soviet Kids” book.
The boy on the right is wearing a clip on his neck scarf - a symbol of Soviet pioneers that didn’t go beyond 1930s.
In kindergarten No. 45 of the Moscow Bus Park. Photo by N. Maksimov (March 1963).
Autumn. Photo by Rudolf Krupnov (Moscow, 1970s).