In Russia, it is customary to celebrate the Old New Year. In our city, the opening of the exhibition of Soviet postcards was timed to coincide with this holiday (13.02.2022). I was pleased to visit the exhibition. Now I am sharing the news published on the library’s website.
Information about the event is presented in Russian, so I will translate the text of the publication into English.
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE OLD ATTIC
January 13, on the eve of the New Year according to the old style, in the Central City Hospital. M. Gorky, the opening of exhibitions of New Year’s cards from Pyatigorsk Liliana Avdeeva “Over the New Year to the old attic” and “Three white horses” took place. About 150 New Year’s postcards, New Year’s toys of the USSR era are presented at the exhibitions. One look at this bright miracle from the Soviet past is enough to immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the New Year holiday. Svetlana Krusko, chief librarian of the maintenance department of the TsGB im. M. Gorky. And, of course, the story of the collector of the collection, Liliana Avdeeva, who told about her hobby, was interesting. She collected about 5,000 postcards, however, according to the rules of philocarty (collecting art postcards), not all of her collections are considered collections. One of the closest to her heart is a collection of postcards depicting a bear cub, which many call one of the national symbols. She has more than 900 such postcards. The postcards collected in accordance with the catalogs of the My Favorite Artists series are also very dear to her. Especially postcards with drawings by Vladimir Ivanovich Zarubin, which were published in the USSR with a total circulation of 1.5 billion copies! And also - postcards with drawings by Anna Ostapovna Gorobiyevskaya, which are also recognizable by many whose childhood, youth or adult years fell on an unforgettable, but increasingly moving away from us era. The participants of the presentation learned a lot of interesting things about each of the sections of the exhibition, about other wonderful artists whose drawings adorned postcards of the Soviet era, which differ from modern ones for the most part in indescribable warmth and sincerity. The audience was able to learn about New Year’s decorations, masquerade costumes and masks, which, like many other items of the Soviet era, Liliana Avdeeva collected and dreamed of creating a museum.
http://lib.kmv.ru/news/za-novyim-godom-na-staryij-cherdak
