Ensemble of the Kizhi “pogost”. Late 17th-19th century. Karelian ASSR, Kizhi Island. A vintage postcard printed in USSR in 1985.

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This is a vintage soviet postcard printed in USSR in 1985. It shows the Church of the Dormition in Kondopoga, former Karelian ASSR.

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This Russian postcard shows the Russian State Library in Moscow. Moscow is the capital of Russia, centre of the Moscow region. It’s intersected by the Moscow river, which takes a number of tributaries between the Oka and the Volga. The largest of the tributaries are the Yausa and Setun’.

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Moscow is one of the world biggest cities. Its population is larger than 9,000,000 people. The territory of Moscow was 878,7 square kilometres. The boundary of Moscow (since 1960) corresponds to the Moscow ring road that is situated at 17-21 kilometres from a city centre.

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This is a vintage postcard showing Krasnaya Street in Krasnodar. This postcard was made in former U.S.S.R. Krasnodar is a city and administrative centre of Krasnodar Kray, located in southwestern Russia, lying along the Kuban River. Founded about 1793 as a Cossack guardpost on the Kuban frontier, it developed as a military town. The population of Krasnodar is about 800,000 people, and it is 18th among the Russia’s largest cities.

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The original name Ekaterinodar meant “Catherine’s Gift” in recognition of the Russian Queen “Catherine The Great”. After the Russian Revolution of 1917 the city received it’s current name Krasnodar, which means ‘Beautiful Gift’.

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Krasnodar Territory is unique in its geographical location and climatic resources, as well as in its diverse natural landscapes and wealth of plant and animal life. There are also huge deposits of construction and road-building materials, such as facing stone, shell rock, limestone, granite, marble, and more.

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