“May Day. Marching for the October” by Ya. Miller, illustrated by M. Shtern (1931)
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.
“May Day Songs” by Aleksandr Galich (1948)
May Day parade on the Red Square. Photo by Valentin Khukhlayev (Moscow, May 1, 1975).
“Long live May 1, the holiday of peace and spring!”
Soviet poster from 1950s.
Cat plays gusli to lure out the sly Fox who stole his and Blackbird’s friend Rooster. Yevgeny Rachyov’s illustration for “The Golden Comb Rooster”, a Russian folk tale (1953).
Learn to write the letter Ю. Pages from “The ABC Book for Homeschooling” (1960).
The Lion Bridge in Leningrad. Photo by B. Rabinovich (May 1972).
Wooden architecture of Kizhi island in Karelia, Russia (1972)
On Yauzskaya street in Moscow (1959)
Scenes from “3 + 2″, a 1963 Soviet film
Man with an Oar statue at a sanatorium. Photo by Georgiy Petrusov (USSR, 1930s).
The first Girl with an Oar statue in Gorky Park, Moscow, 1930s
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Man with an Oar statue at a sanatorium. Photo by Georgiy Petrusov (USSR, 1930s).
Soft and alcohol drinks from the Soviet Union. Page from the first edition of the Book of Tasty and Healthy Foods (1939).
Moscow Botanical Garden. Photo by L. Raskin (1950s).
A sunny day on Arbatskaya Square. Photo by Dmitry Baltermants (Moscow, 1958).