Paper wrappers for gingerbreads and jellies from Gorky [Nizhny Novgorod] Red October factory (1950s-1960s)
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.
Iconic Soviet chocolate bar — Alyonka. The 1960 edition of the wrapper.
Soviet candy wrappers from 1920s
![Snezhok [Snow] candy wrapper (USSR)](https://64.media.tumblr.com/d6746d3bf013e5e12ab7b446bc2db18e/b024a0771aae62c3-0b/s1280x1920/6eb7e4725bc27ca0bf305bf1a818e1cbf7b7ee0e.jpg)
Snezhok [Snow] candy wrapper (USSR)
“Sport” candy wrapper (USSR, 1914-1918)
“Cranberry Under Snow” - hard candy wrapper from Soviet Union (1920s)
Soviet razor blade wrappers (1950s-1960s)
Wrappers of Soviet candies from 1920s-30s. NEP-era naming is pure art: “Five Year Plan in Four Years”, “Pioneers”, “Bricks”, “Budyonny”. And then there’s “Mickey Mouse” and “Charlie Chaplin”.
Candy wrappers from tsarist Russia (before 1917). I love the candy names: Sherlock Holmes, Aeronautics, Comet, Motorsport, Northern, Sister, Undina, Trentino.