Video: 70 kindest postcards since March 8, made in the USSR
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
Every year on March 8, women of the USSR were presented with hundreds of thousands of all kinds of greeting cards. We have selected 70 of the kindest postcards since March 8, which our mothers and grandmothers received.
In 1917, the October Revolution took place, which for a long time changed the system and way of life of the vast country. The changes have not spared any sphere and not a single person. We decided compare labels of Russian and Soviet sweets before and after 1917to see how the revolution changed candy.
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