Nevsky Prospect in Leningrad (1977)
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.
Restorer L. Kochetkova cleans the Catherine the Great monument in the Ostrovsky Park (Leningrad, 1959)
Saltykov-Shchedrin State Public Library in Leningrad, 1943.
The library did not stop working all through the siege of the city. 42,500 readers visited the Public Library during the war and read 1,500,000 books.
Kirovsky prospect in Leningrad (1963)
“Democratization, perestroika, glasnost” - a large banner in Leningrad. Photo by Artyom Romashov (1988).
St Isaac’s Cathedral in Leningrad. Photo postcard by B. Cheremisina (1974).
Winter in Leningrad. Photo by B. Fabritsky, I. Shmelyov (1988).
Vintage postcards that say “Greetings from the New Year’s Leningrad!” (1950s)
Skiing on Neva River in Leningrad. Photo by Sigizmund Kropivnitsky (early 1950s).
The State Russian Museum in Leningrad (1984)
Isaakiyevskaya Square in Leningrad. Photo by Boris Kosarev (1960s).
Bankovsky bridge in Leningrad, best known as the bridge with griffins. Photo postcard by B. Rabinovich (1972).
Malo-Konyushenny and Teatralny bridges in Leningrad. Photo by B. Rabinovich, (May 1972).
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Troitsky [Trinity] Cathedral in Leningrad (1970)
Kronshtadtsky streetcar bridge in Leningrad. Photo by Gordon Stuart (1985).