The posts above are not quite right. Only certain items/individuals/corporations are sanctioned, from the current state of Russia. Anything vintage or USSR is not among them, nor small sellers located outside of Russia selling historical items from the region. Here is a list of all Russia related sanctions:
https://www.state.gov/ukraine-and-russia-sanctions/
However, as with so many things, Etsy is not willing to distinguish between what is sanctioned and what is not. It therefore chooses to remove all Russian and USSR items whether the sanction applies to them or not. It is no different than them removing everything with the word "amber" in it, or having a drug paraphernalia bot going wild on all kinds of non-offending items.
Unfortunately, even though your item is likely not a sanctioned item, good luck trying to get Etsy to properly administer the embargoes. So in that regard, the above posts are correct. "Etsy" (not US governmental sanctions) has decided to remove all Russia related items. Since we know that Etsy doesn't want to put in the work to properly code any of their bots, for all practical purposes your item is "sanctioned," even if it isn't.
