Abashevo clay whistles designed by Timofei Zotkin (1980s)
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.
By the well. Dymkovo clay toy (1980s).
By the dog house. Dymkovo clay toy designed by Zoya Kazakova (1970s).
Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
Illustrations from “Rainbow-Bow” (a book of nursery rhymes) by Yuri Vasnetsov, 1969
Dymkovo clay toys (1970s)
Abashevo clay whistles (1980s)
Traditional Russian Dymkovo clay toys (1970s-1980s)
Dymkovo clay toys (Russia, 1960s)
Dymkovo toys - traditional Russian clay toys from the village of Dymkovo, Vyatka (Kirovskaya oblast). These are from 1980s.
(via litfund)
Traditional Pattern of Adygea (USSR, 1960)
Fabric department in a store in Samarkand, Uzbekistan (1970). Photo by Yu. Bagryansky.
Maslenitsa celebrations in Moscow (1998)
Maslenitsa festivities in Vologda, Russia. Photo by Vladimir Akimov (1986)
Nations of Central Asia. Museum of the Peoples of the USSR.
Poster from the 1980s.