A phone booth in Moscow. Photo by L. Berggoltsev (1960).
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.
At the phone. Photo by I. Yefimov (1951).
![Cover of “Krasnaya Niva” [The Red Field] March 1926. Cover art by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.](https://64.media.tumblr.com/7f6bd2122fc7f94ff3db93da02beb332/ff79815327b304fc-fc/s1280x1920/a02d7efe51572858fa152dd251379a2169d47365.jpg)
Cover of “Krasnaya Niva” [The Red Field] March 1926. Cover art by Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin.
Tourists from Denmark on the Red Square. Photo by Cheprunov (Moscow, 1964).
Ivan Kuznetsov. Illustrations for Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Steadfast Tin Soldier” (1949).
“I know, a city will be here!” Poster by I. Ovasanov (1966)
Malo-Konyushenny and Teatralny bridges in Leningrad. Photo by B. Rabinovich, (May 1972).
Cosmonaut Gherman Titov with a volleyball. Photo by Oleg Neyelov (1960s).
By the dog house. Dymkovo clay toy designed by Zoya Kazakova (1970s).
Kalinin Prospect in Moscow (1970s)
Illustration by Yevgeny Charushin
![Café Molodyozhnoye [Youth’s] on Gorky Street, Moscow (1961)](https://64.media.tumblr.com/89904a5ab98c9209e16fd23456f38caf/b0abc4954524d359-d4/s1280x1920/3ac181537176a95cb32a850b344c592484bdcc96.jpg)
Café Molodyozhnoye [Youth’s] on Gorky Street, Moscow (1961)
“The Man Who Saw the Antiworld” by Ilya Varshavsky (1965)
Spiderwebs. Photo by nature lover and book author Mikhail Prishvin (September 1930).
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko, pilot of Soyuz-26. Photo by Albert Pushkaryov (March 1978).