Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Soviet Union. Show all posts
Unrealised Projects For Moscow
Let's kick off the 10 year anniversary rerun series with the first Martin Klasch post ever, from 2nd of May 2005.
Palace of Soviets (Dom Sovetov). O.Iofan, O.Gelfreikh, V.Schuko. Sculptor S.Merkulov. A Version of the approved project. 1934
Original link broken
New links: Moscow architecture from the 1930s to the early 1950s, Unrealised Stalinist Moscow, Moskow 30 50 Unrealised Projects (slideshow)
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Related post: Vintage postcard: World exposition 1937
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The Martin Klasch 10 year anniversary rerun series
Graphic Design: El Lissitzky
Dlia Golossa (For the Voice), a collection of poems from Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1923
Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (1890–1941), better known as El Lissitzky, was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect.
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Poster Art: The Amphibian Man
The Amphibian Man (Chelovek-Amfibiya), 1960
Soviet Union
Dir: Vladimir Chebotaryov, Gennadi Kazansky
Soviet poster
Poster artist: K-T C ?
Via Wrong Side of the Art
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Architecture: Unrealised Projects for Moscow
Let's kick off the rerun series from... the beginning. The first Martin Klasch post ever posted:
(from 2005-05-02)
Schusev State Museum of Architecture Moscow: The Architecture of Moscow from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Unrealised projects
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Related post:
Vintage postcard: World exposition 1937
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Photo: Now and Then
Pieces of old photos from “The Siege of Leningrad", 1941-44, laid over photos of the modern city (now St Petersburg), taken at the same place and in the same angle. Made by Sergei Larenkov.
English Russia
Ephemera: Soviet Christmas Cards
Another nice Christmas classic: Old Soviet Christmas card collection
via Everlasting Blört
Children's Books: "Let Us Take the New Rifles"
This edition of Vladimir Mayakovsky's (1893-1930) poem "Возьмем винтовки новые" ("Let Us Take the New Rifles") was published in 1982. The fact that it clearly states that it is meant for pre-school kids along with the militaristic content makes it both fascinating and horrifying. On the other hand, the outer qualities of the illustrations by Veniamin Losin can hardly be denied.
See all the pages here:
«Маяковский "Возьмем винтовки новые"» uploaded by Sidr1977
...or here at LiveJournal - KidPix.
If anyone has a translation of the poem, information about the illustrator or other comments. Please, don't be a stranger.
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Vintage postcard: World exposition 1937
An interesting postcard from the world exposition - Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne - in Paris 1937. The Nazi-German pavilion on the left placed directly across the Stalin-Soviet pavilion on the right. Talk about premonition of things to come.
Uploaded to Vintage photographs by h rust
The German pavilion was designed by Albert Speer (and sculptor Josef Thorak) and the Soviet pavilion by Boris Mihailovich Iofan (and sculptor Vera Mukhina). Need I say they both were awarded the gold medal?
Please go here for more postcards and photos from the exposition!
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Design: Soviet Cigarette Packs
A collection of Cigarette packs from the USSR.
Via Look At This...
Earlier tobacco related posts
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Architecture: Buildings in the former USSR
Buildings in the former USSR
Tip via sweet Natasha over at Radio Oh-la-la. Visit for some great francophone music! Mercí and spasiba!
Poster Art: Soviet / Russian Posters
1.469 posters (!)
in bpx's USSR posters slideshow on Flickr
Via Smidigt.se
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Animation: Soviet Winnie the Pooh
Did you know there was a Soviet Winnie the Pooh?
"In the Soviet Union, three Winnie the Pooh stories were made into celebrated cartoons by Soyuzmultfilm.
Quotes and songs from the films are still a staple of Russian society, and, together with the characters, are often parodied, while still loved." says Wikipedia
I'm really fond of the original illustrations by E. H. Shepard and the Disney version is quite lovable too but the Soviet version comes a bit like a breath of fresh air. Have a look at some short clips I've uploaded to YouTube.
And here is a Russian site dedicated to Pooh fans.
Thanks to Justine who got me on track for this post.
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