Ruins of Zhizdra (town in Kaluga oblast of Russia). The cat’s ear was shot through with a bullet. Photo from 1943.
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.
“Free us!” - poster art by P. Maltsev (USSR, 1944)
“Animals During War”, a book about animals that helped during the war, the unnamed heroes. Illustrated by V. Trofimov, book published in 1943. (via)
“Airplanes At War” by A. Volkov (1946)
June 22, the day World War II started for the Soviet Union, is the Day of Remembrance and Mourning in Russia.
This is my grandfather, who just turned 17 at the time, 4 months after the war started. It’s a tiny photo that came to my posession a couple weekes ago, kindly passed on to me by my cousin twice removed during a big family gathering.
War is not parades. War is not showing it to someone. War is 17 year old boys wearing military uniform, killing and being killed. War is broken lives of an entire generation.
Never forget!
Помню. Скорблю.