Dinner hall in Suvorov Military School (St Petersburg)
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.
Vasilyevsky island in St Petersburg (1960)
Summer Gardens, 1970s. Photo by Alexander Steshanov.
October 25 prospekt in Leningrad (Nevsky prospect in St Petersburg), photo by Yakov Khalip (1936)
Moscow Train Station in Leningrad (1950s)
This is where I arrived today! Hello from St Petersburg! :)
Admiralty Embankment in Leningrad (1956)
Khersonskaya street in St Petersburg
White nights in Leningrad. Photo by V. Akmolov (1975)
Olympic Mishka in Leningrad (1980)
Passage (a high end department store in St Petersburg), 1924
White nights in Leningrad (1972)
Cast iron gates of the Summer Gardens in St Petersburg (Leningrad)
Leningrad 1985
Catherine’s Garden in St Petersburg, Alexandrinsky Theater in the background
Leningrad, Bank Bridge over the Griboyedov Canal also known as the bridge with Griffins (1975)