Arbatskaya metro station in Moscow (1957)
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.
Then: Leningrad, “Sovetskaya” hotel
Now: St Petersburg, “Azimuth” hotel
Tula in early 1960s. Photo by Vasily Rozanov ()
Airship propaganda posters, USSR 1931 ()
1977 ()
Trolley bus, 1973
Lenin the nuclear icebraker, postcard by S. Pomansky, 1959
Trading seaport in Kerch, 1989
Aeroflot ad card
Odessa, Ukraine. “Vladimir Rusanov” tanker at the docks. 1975
Lake Baikal, the Komsomolets boat, 1971
3 vintage maxicards from 1981,
6 helicopter maxicards from 1980,
Does anyone collect maxicards? I have a bunch of modern maxicards in my collection (some are too pretty to pass by!), and now I also got some for my shop.
This set of 4 maxicards is about mail delivery in the Soviet Union: addressing envelopes, mail pickup, automatic sorting facilities, transportation. I particularly like the one with computers. Reminds me of Star Trek TOS for some reason!
by N. Kuznetsov, postcard from 1955