Otto Schmidt and Ivan Papanin walk from the N-172 plane. The first high-latitude air expedition. Photo by Yakov Khalip (1937).
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.
End of winter in Yuzno-Sakhalinsk, Russian Far East. Photo by Yuri Sadovnikov (1968).
“Frost and Sun” from the series of “Days in Krasnovo village” by Aleksandr Panteleyev (1987)
Postcard by S. Ryazanova (1961)
Sredne-Kolymsky sovkhoz in Yakutia (1971)
“The Departing Biysk” by Zaur Ibragimov (1976)
(Biysk is a town in Siberia)
USSR champion skier comrade Chistyakova. Art postcard by P. Simon (1930s).
Bullfinches. Art by Tatyana Mavrina.
Pushkin Square in Moscow (1960s)
“After the Walk” by Viktor Kozlov (1961)
Biathlon World Championship 1982 in Raubichi (Belarus SSR). Photo by Sergey Guneyev.
Winter 1959 in Tula, Russia. Via Vladimir Scherbakov.
Biathlon. Photo by Aleksandr Abaza (1980s).
Children playing in the snow. Summer Gardens, Leningrad (1950s).
Skiing in Moscow (Moscow State University building in the background). Photo by Naum Granovsky, 1963.