Love this! I remember having the same reaction as a kid, I always anticipated a balloon would pop!
May Day (1984). Photo by Vladimir Sokolayev.
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration and all kinds of paper whimsy from the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 7 years old. I have an etsy shop for cards, books, pins and vintage finds from Russia.
May Day in 1980
“Peace. Work. May”, a classic May Day slogan in the USSR (Moscow, 1960s)
Moscow (May 1978)
Kalininsky Prospect (Novy Arbat) in Moscow (1970). The buildings read ‘1 May’.
“1 May” by Tatyana Livshits (1956)
Soviet art. “Before May Day” by Olga Deyneko (early 1950s)
The large letters read 1 May.
May Day poster by G. Bakhmutov (Ukraine, 1951)
May 1—celebrated as the Day of International Solidarity of Workers in the Soviet Union.
Here’s to all of us who work for a living!
May Day celebrations in Uzbekistan. Tashkent, 1978.
Soviet May Day songs
«Москва майская» (Moscow In May), 1937
«Марш энтузиастов» (Parade of Enthusiasts), 1940
«Весенний марш» (The Spring Parade), 1947
Happy May Day! 🎈
Cover for Murzilka by Tatyana Yeryomina (1951)
May Day parade in the Soviet Union
Unused bird cherry blossom cards - set of 9 (1990)
Actually, I found another one and I’m adding it as extra, so it’s 10 in total!
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Set of 5 unused cards, artist Lidia Manilova, 1989
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