March 4 marks the first day of the Pancake Week in Russia!
(Postcard from 1988.)
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.
Antique Russian Maslenitsa postcards from 1900s-1910s (thanks )
The last one is interesting. It shows Father Maslenitsa (Масленичный дед) riding a flying pancake, holding a buffoon head baton in one hand and a barrel of beer in the other, a pretty lady by his side. Maslenitsa was a bacchanal type celebration esp. back in the day, with its excessive eating, drinking, loud carnivals, horse sleigh riding etc.
Now, Father Maslenitsa is a forgotten character.