Nizhny Novgorod during the flood in 1867.
Betancourt embankment, photo by M. Dmitriyev.
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.
I drove up to Nizhny Novgorod yesterday to visit the Sunday flea market and have a bit of a big city chill (eat out in hipster places, buy small run local-made shirts and ogle art nouveau architecture).
Hope you guys had a lovely Sunday too!
Nizhny Novgorod (Gorky) vintage pins ()
Nizhny Novgorod architecture
While the whole country is on a paid 9-day leave, I treated myself to a weekend away and went to Nizhny Novgorod.
Whenever I’m there it strikes me how eclectiс the city is architecture-wise! Within one block there will be traditional Russian style houses, stalinist neoclassicism, yucky 2000s brick-and-glass, art nouveau, a 1930s constructivist piece and a few odd wooden ones. All of the below are within a 10 minute walk!
↑ Stable pavillion of A. Bashkirov’s mansion, 1902-1903; art nouveau
↑ House of Railroad Workers designed by D. Silvanov, built in 1937-38; neoclassicism
↑ House of Political Convicts designed by K. Blokhin in 1928-1930; constructivism
↑ Technical University of Nizhny Novgorod. Building designed by D. Chechulin and I. Neiman (1928-1935); constructivism. The statues on the top are of young men and women holding books, plans and other educational items.
↑ Wooden residential building (no info on this one)
1971 album of Gorky / Nizhny Novgorod ()
Gorky (Nizhny Novgorod), photographs by Semyon Fridlyand - 1958
I recognize most of these places!
Also from Nizhny Novgorod - if you visit, there’s a small museum on Bolshaya Pokrovskaya street running a Soviet toys exhibition. They’re got quite a few awesome toys from the 1950s and earlier.
So much fun for a vintage dork like me! :)