“Space Flights and Physical Culture of Youth” by A. Egolinsky (1967)
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.
Space-themed plate made at Leningrad Porcelain Factory (LFZ) in 1960s
Help the cosmonauts return to their ships.
Illustration by V. Bochkov, published in Kolobok (Aug 1982).
“Blue Planets” by Nikolai Vechtomov (1987)
Gherman Titov - the second Soviet cosmonaut - started his space flight at 6 am on August 6 and landed at 7.18 am, August 7 (1961).
“With our marvelous ‘horse’ we will walk the whole Moon."
Poster by V. Sachkov (USSR, 1970).
The very first space monument that was installed on Red Square in Moscow immediately after the historic flight of Yuri Gagarin (1961).
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky museum in Izhevskoye village (his birthplace). Photo by M. Savin (1982).
History of Cosmonautics Museum in Kaluga, Russia. Photo by M. Savin (1982).
Soviet space-themed matchbox labels (1962)