Photo by Vladimir Bogdanov (Moscow, 1976)
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.
Dymkovo toys - traditional Russian clay toys from the village of Dymkovo, Vyatka (Kirovskaya oblast). These are from 1980s.
(via litfund)
“Toys” by Lara Rybchenkova (1953)
Girlfriends. Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan (1978)
“1960s. The Space Moscow” - exhibition in the Moscow Space Museum, open until December 10, 2021.
“Saturn” vacuum cleaner, “Sputnik” shaving machine, “Comet” tape player, and many more space-themed everyday life objects.
I need to remember this for the next time I’m in Moscow!
Postcard from 1961
“A Childhood Friend” by Viktor Dragunsky, illustrated by Gennady Yepishin (1973)
Soviet Moon Rover toy
Soviet roly-poly toys. The red one is very typical.
Soviet doll house kitchen (c. early 1980s)
Doll made in Leningrad (Lenigrushka - Leningrad Toys factory), 1950s