Soviet New Year Postcards

Here’s a great collection of Soviet New Year postcards from 1950 to 1990. You can see all metamorphosis Soviet New Year symbols undergone in forty years. Old Man Frost (or Grandfather Frost) – a man who looks very much like Santa but who really hates him. Snegurochka (Snowmaiden) – Moroz’s granddaughter. Yolochka – New Year tree that looks exactly like Xmas tree but has a red star at the top. Snegovik (Snowman) – plays the same role as Santa’s elves together with Snezhinkas (Snowflake girls). Noviy God (New Year boy) – he was very popular in the Soviet times. New Year boy symbolizes the coming year who is newborn in January but becomes very old (and dies) at the end of December. No wonder this fast growing guy somehow disappeared in the last fifteen years.

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