Moscow

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Moscow. Northern River Station

Sent by Oleg on 12 Jan, 2021 from Kratovo, Russia

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Moscow, International Business Center | Skyscraper  City

Sent by Helen on 19 Aug, 2019 from Korolev, Russia

 

Moscow winter

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Moscow, Russia

Old 1900s. Lubyanka Square

Received on 8 Aug, 2013

Sent by Olga (Saint Petersburg)

Moscow. USSR. 

Vladimir Lenin's monument in the Kremlin (sculptor V. Pinchuk, S. Speransky)

Received on Feb, 1978

Sent by our family friends

 

Sunday Churches

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Cathedral of Intercession of the Virgin on the Moat ( St. Basil the Blessed) and the Monument to Kuzma Minin and Dmitry Pozharsky.  Red Square, Moscow, Russia

Sent by Oleg, Zhukovskiy, Russia

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Tower and Apse of the Cathedral, Pisa, Italy

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Cathedral of Holy Spirit, Minsk, Belarus

Sent by Kseniya, Minsk

Moscow

The Soviet advertising " Visit to the USSR, Moscow"

Sent by Alexandra in Korolev, Russia
 on 26 Mar, 2015
travel time 13 days
distance travelled 1,143 km
received on 8 Apr, 2015 

Churches

St. Simeon Stolpnik Cathedral

 Brest, Belarus

Sent by Andrey in Minsk
 on 23 May, 2015
travel time 13 days
distance travelled 1,028 km
5 Jun, 2015 received on

Kaiser Wilhelm  Memorial Church
Berlin, Germany

Sent by Alex in Berlin
 on 1 Aug, 2019
travel time 7 days
distance travelled 1,237 km
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The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

Moscow, Russia

Sent by Tanya in Lukhovitsy, Russia

 on 7 Apr, 2014

travel time 21 days

distance travelled 1,273 km

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History

2. May 1945,  Berlin 

Soviet soldiers hoist the victory flag on the Reichstag, Berlin, Germany

Sent by Tobias in Jänickendorf, Germany

 on 15 Mar, 2020

travel time 4 days

distance travelled 1,236 km

received on 19 Mar, 2020 

25 May 1919,  Moscow

Lenin with a group of army officers inspecting troops of the nationwide military training service in Red Square. 

Sent by Larissa, Belarus

on 10 Jan, 2020

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,028 km

received on 30 Jan, 2020 

White Star Line. Titanic 1912 , Southampton- New York

Hit an iceberg 11:40 p.m. (ship's time) 14 April 1912 on her maiden voyage and sank 2 h 40 min later on 15 April 1912

Sent by Ria in New Braunfels, U.S.A

 on 14 Aug, 2014

travel time 15 days

distance travelled 8,486 km

received on 29 Aug, 2014 

way back when....

 Panorama of Kaunas from Aleksotas, Lithuania, 1939-1940

Sent by Maria in Vilnius, Lithuania
 on 11 Mar, 2014
travel time 3 days
distance travelled 897 km

 Hong Kong, The Central District way back in the late 1920s

Sent by Zoey in Hong Kong
on 30 Nov, 2015
travel time 14 days
distance travelled 7,925 km

 Amsterdam 1896 / Jacob Olie ( 1834 -1905)

Sent by Anja in Tilburg, Netherlands
 on 7 Oct, 2014
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,603 km

 De Oranjeboom Windmill, Netherlands

Sent by Hilda in Hoorn, Netherlands
on 24 Sep, 2015
travel time 5 days
distance travelled 1,494 km

Square at Strastnoy Boulevard, Moscow 1928

Sent by Kuzma in Moscow, Russia

on 19 Jan, 2019

travel time 20 days

distance travelled 1,171 km

Moscow

The Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye.  UNESCO World Heritage

From Anna in  Khabarovsk

Triumphal Arch of Moscow on Victory Square

From Andrey in Moscow

The Cathedral of Christ the Savior

From Dima in Moscow

Universities

The University of Tartu is a classical university in the city of Tartu, Estonia. It is the national university of Estonia. University of Tartu is the only classical university in the country and also the biggest and most prestigious university in Estonia. It was established by King Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden in 1632.

 From Helen in Saaremaa, Estonia

Distance: 485 km

Travel time: 7 days

Main Building of Moscow University on Vorobyovy Hills

From Alexandra in Moscow, Russia

Distance: 1,148 km

Travel time: 26 days 

Moscow State University

From Julia in Rostov on Don, Russia

Distance: 2,015 km

Travel time: 26 days

Lomonosov Moscow State University ( MSU) is a coeducational and public research university located in Moscow, Russia. It was founded on January 25, 1755 by Mikhail Lomonosov. MSU was renamed after Lomonosov in 1940 and was then known as Lomonosov University. It also claims to house the tallest educational building in the world. It is rated among the universities with the best reputation in the world.

Cathedrals and Palaces

Church Service in Berliner Dom, Berlin Cathedral

The Cathedral of Berlin is the largest church in the city, and it serves as a vital center for the Protestant church of Germany. Reaching out well beyond the borders of the parish  and of Berlin, the cathedral attracts thousands of visitors, year after year, from Germany and abroad.

From Susanne in Kiel, Germany

Distance: 1,153 km

Travel time: 12 days

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow, Russia 

More here

From Yana in Kursk; Russia

Distance: 1,480 km

Travel time: 14 days

Pavlovsk Palace, Italian Hall, St. Petersburg, Russia

Pavlovsk Palace is an 18th-century Russian Imperial residence built by Catherine the Great for her son, Grand Duke Paul, in Pavlovsk, within Saint Petersburg. After his death, it became the home of his widow, Maria Feodorovna. The palace and the large English garden surrounding it are now a Russian state museum and public park.

From Dimitri in St. Petersburg

Distance: 515 km

Travel time: 9 days

St. Petersburg, Russia, Oranienbaum. The Chinese Palace, 1762-68, A. Rinaldi

There is nothing particularly Chinese about this charming building in the southern corner of the park at Oranienbaum. Built by Antonio Rinaldi between 1762 and 1768, it was the first major building project to be ordered by Catherine the Great, who planned for the building to serve as her private dacha. In fact the Empress spent only 48 days there during the 34 years of her reign. However, the building is considered one of the finest examples of rococo in Russia.

Direct swap from Nikolay in St. Petersburg

Churches in Russia

The Church of Great Martyr St. George the Victorious in Kolomenskoe, 1685

I received this card from Yuri in Moscow.

Distance: 1,171 km

Travel time: 17 days

The wooden church named after great martyr St. George the Victorious was built in the North of Russia, on the bank of the shallow Yorga River. 

The holy, glorious and right-victorious Great-martyr and Trophy-bearer George was a Christian Roman soldier killed under Diocletian at the beginning of the fourth century. Though he was born in Cappadocia, his mother was from Palestine, and thus he is a particular favorite of many Palestinian Christians. He is also the patron saint of Moscow, Georgia, and England, amongst other places. 

Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, Moscow

This card came from Maria in Moscow

Distance: 1,149 km

Travel time: 16 days

The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour  is a cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on the northern bank of the Moskva River, a few blocks southwest of the Kremlin. With an overall height of 103 metres (338 ft), it is the tallest Orthodox Christian church in the world.

The current church is the second to stand on this site. The original church, built during the 19th century, took more than 40 years to build. It was destroyed in 1931 on the order of the Soviet Leader, Joseph Stalin. The demolition was supposed to make way for a colossal Palace of the Soviets to house the country's legislature, the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Construction started in 1937 but was halted in 1941 when Nazi Germany invaded the Soviet Union during World War II. Its steel frame was disassembled the following year, and the Palace was never built. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the current church was rebuilt on the site during 1995-2000.
The original church was the scene of the 1882 world premiere of the 1812 Overture composed by Tchaikovsky, which became internationally famous.


Myös täällä

Moskovan nähtävyyksiä - Moscow attractions

 The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour
From Tanya,  Luhovitsy
 
Kristus Vapahtajan katedraali on suuri ortodoksinen kirkkorakennus Moskovan keskustassa Venäjällä. Se sijaitsee lähellä Kremliä Moskvajoen rannalla. Katedraali on maailman suurimpia ortodoksisia kirkkorakennuksia ja se edustaa uusbysanttilaista tyyliä. Alkuperäisen kirkon rakentaminen aloitettiin 1830-luvulla.

Vuonna 1931 Stalin halusi rakennuttaa kirkon paikalle 300 metriä korkean 'Neuvostojen palatsin' ja kirkko purettiin räjäyttämällä. Toinen maailmansota kuitenkin keskeytti suureelliset suunnitelmat ja kirkon paikalla sijainneeseen kuoppaan rakennettiinkin maauimala.
Venäjän ortodoksikirkko alkoi 1990-luvulla kerätä varoja kirkon uudelleen rakentamista varten ja kopio vanhasta kirkosta avattiin vuonna 2000.

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Moscow golden domes
From Eva, Moscow

Row of golden domes

From Lena, Moscow

St Basil's Cathedral by night, Red Square, Moscow

From Tanya, Melitopol, Ukraine

Pyhän Vasilin katedraali tai Pokrovan Jumalanäidin kirkko  on kirkko Moskovan punaisella torilla. Katedraali on omintakeinen sekoitus itämaisia ja länsimaisia vaikutteita, ja sen värikkäät kierteiset kupolit ovat Venäjän ja Moskovan tunnetuimpia symboleita. Kirkko rakennettiin 1555–1561 Iivana Julman hallituskaudella Venäjän Kazanin kaanikunnasta saavuttaman voiton kunniaksi

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View of Iversky Gate and State Historical Museum

From Ivan Moscow

Valtion historiallinen museo Moskovassa, Punaisen Torin laidalla on suurin historiallinen museo Venäjällä. Sen kokoelmassa on noin 5 miljoonaa esinettä ja 14 miljoonaa sivua dokumenttimateriaalia. Museo perustettiin keisari Aleksanteri II asetuksella 21 helmikuuta 1872, rakentaminen aloitettiin vuonna 1875 ja vuonna 1883 se avattiin yleisölle.

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View of the Novodevichy (New Maiden) Convent

From Ri, Zelenograd

Novodevitshin nunnaluostari perustettiin vuonna 1524. Se oli tarkoitettu aatelisnaisille, jotka enemmän tai vähemmän vapaaehtoisesti valitsivat elävänsä luostarissa. Esim. Pietari Suuren sisar ja ensimmäinen vaimo viettivät viimeiset vuotensa täällä. Luostarin alueella sijaitsevalle hautausmaalle on haudattu useita venäläisiä merkkihenkilöitä, mm. Gogol, Tsehov, Hrushtshev ja Jeltsin. 

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Ilta-Sanomat 16.3. 2015

Moskovan keskustassa sijaitsevan luostarin kellotorni syttyi palamaan myöhään illalla. Asiasta ovat kertoneet myös muun muassa uutistoimistot RiaNovosti ja Tass. Palo keskittyi kunnostettavana olevan kellotornin ympärillä oleviin rakennustelineisiin. Palo ehti roihuta noin kolme tuntia ja saatiin sammumaan aamuyöllä, kertoo uutistoimisto Tass. Kukaan ei loukkaantunut palossa.

Viranomaiset arvioivat parhaillaan vahinkoja. Alustavien arvioiden mukaan suuria tuhoja ei kuitenkaan tullut.

- Tulessa olivat ainoastaan rakennustelineet. Palo ei alkanut kellotornin sisäpuolelta, sanoi Venäjän varakulttuuriministeri Grigory Pirumov uutistoimisto Tassille RT:n mukaan.

Venäjän ortodoksinen kirkko on kuitenkin ollut huolissaan tornin sisällä olevien kellojen kunnosta. Sammutustöihin osallistui yli sata ihmistä. Palon syttymissyy ei ole tiedossa.

1600-luvulla rakennettu Novodevitshin luostari on yksi Venäjän pääkaupungin tunnetuimpia nähtävyyksiä. Se on ollut Unescon maailmanperintökohde vuodesta 2004. Unescon mukaan luostari linkittyy tiiviisti Kremliin sekä Venäjän poliittiseen, kulttuuriseen ja uskonnolliseen historiaan. Se on myös ollut tärkeä osa Moskovan puolustusta. Luostarin vieressä olevalle hautausmaalle on haudattu lukuisia venäläisiä tunnettuja henkilöitä, kuten presidentti Boris Jeltsin.

Russia

29 Aug, 2013 

Valaam. The Cross Island, St. Nicholas skete, The Curch of St. Nicholas 

Anton Pietarista lähetti kortin Valamon Ristisaaresta. Pyhän Nikolaoksen (Nikolain) skiitta sijaitsee saaressa Valamon luostariin menevän vesireitin varrella, luostarilahden suulla.

Anton myös kysyi: Arvaa mikä....)

Guess "What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in a thousand years"

17 Sep, 2013
 Wooden Irkutsk

Lovely, old wooden houses with beautiful window decorations, a carpenter's masterpiece.
Thank you Tatyana 

Minä olen ilmeisesti perinyt jostakin erikoisen "vanhojentalojen geenin ".  Jo aivan nuorena ihailin vanhoja, punaisia, harmaita ja ränsistyneitäkin puutaloja. Halusin sellaisen itselleni joskus isona  ja sainkin, vanhan, punaisen ja vähän ränsistyneen. Tatyana Moskovasta oli ilmeisesti lukenut profiiliani tarkasti  ( I like narrow streets with old houses :), hän lähetti minulle tämän viehättävän katunäkymän Irkutskista. Ikkunakoristeet talossa  ovat upeat,  irkutskilaisen puusepän taidonnäyte. Suosikkikortti!

 8 Oct, 2013 
The  Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ, the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood , St. Petersburg. This marvelous Russian-style church was built on the spot where Emperor Alexander II was assassinated in March 1881.

Mariya lähetti kortin Pietarista.  Kortissa on ehkä kuuluisin kaupungin nähtävyys: Verikirkko tai Kristuksen ylösnousemuksen katedraali, joka rakennettiin tsaari Aleksanteri II:n muistoksi paikalle, jolla hänet salamurhattiin vuonna 1881.

16 Oct, 2013 

Building of Administration of the Tyumen region and monument of Lenin.

Tyumen area is one of the largest regions in Russia. It is more than 8,4% of the area of Russia, which equivalent to territory of Germany, France, Italy, Grat Britain, all together. 

Ludmila asuu Tyumenissa, Siperiassa ja lähetti kortin kotikaupungistaan. Hän kertoo, että Leniniä arvostetaan Tyumenin alueella edelleen ja patsaat ovat vieläkin kunniapaikoillaan hallintorakennusten edessä.

18 Oct, 2013 

Yelabuga, Russia

On the right The Savior Cathedral bell tower, on the left the Cathedral of Transfiguration

Julia asuu Kazanissa, Tatarstanin pääkaupungissa ja hän lähetti  kauniin kortin Yelabugasta, joka on vanha kaupunki Tatarstanissa. Kuvassa oikealla näkyy Vapahtajan katedraalin kellotorni ja kadun päässä Kirkastumisen katedraali.

31 Oct, 2013

Moscow:  State Museum-Reserve "Tsaritsyno"

Dmitry lähetti kauniin puistokuvan Moskovasta. Puisto on hänen lempipaikkansa ja sillä on erityinen merkitys, vuosi sitten Dmitry juhli häitään Tsaritsynon puistossa. Onnea hääpäivälle!

 1 Nov, 2013 

Elizaveta Bem Postcards

"Alphabet" Series 

Jester 

Boem, (1843-1914) was a talented Russian graphic artist. Born in St. Petersburg, her family moved to Yaroslavl when she was 6 years old. One of her art teachers was Ivan Kramskoi, the influential Russian painter and critic. Her many postcard series were very successful and one of the most well-known is "The Russian Alphabet".

Taas uusi tuttavuus venäläisistä taiteilijoista, ja Elenan lähettämä kortti kyllä piristi marraskuun ensimmäisen päivän harmautta. Toinen suosikkikortti!



View from Lenin Hills

Moskow 13.7. 1976

to my father, mother and sister from family friends.

Greetings from Moskow!
A view from Lenin Hills, at the front Luzhniki stadium. 

Sparrow Hills (from 1935-1999 – Lenin Hills) is the name of a location in the south-west of Moscow, positioned on the high right bank of the Moscow River and covered in forest.

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Memorial to the Defenders of Moskow

To my father, mother and sister 6.11.1975 from family friends

Moskovan puolustajien monumentti on suuren isänmaallisen sodan Moskovan taistelussa kuolleiden muistoksi rakennettu muistomerkkikompleksi. Muistomerkki valmistui vuonna 1974. Muistomerkin betoninen obeliski on 42 metriä korkea ja se kuvaa kolmea tyyliteltyä kiväärin pistintä. Muistomerkki alueeseen kuuluu, myös 27 metriä korkea Kunnian kukula, joukkohautakumpu, johon haudattiin ensimmäiset uhrit jo vuonna 1941

Memorial to the Defenders of Moscow

This memorial is dedicated to the Russian defenders of Moscow, during the Battle of Moscow and is built on the spot where the first Russian soldiers were buried in mass grave in the winter 1941. The 42 meters high bayonet shaped concrete memorial symbolize the riffle. It stands on a mass grave known as " Hill of Glory" which rises to a height of 27 meters. 



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Fountain Friendship of Nations

Kansojen ystävyys-suihkulähde

5.9.1988 from my sister.

The People’s Friendship Fountain (also known as Friendship of Nations) on Moscow features 16 gilded statues of maidens in their national costumes, representing all the Soviet Union Republics. The fountain is framed by an octahedral bowl of red granite with a surface area of 4,000 square meters. The fountain is serviced by a complex system of eight powerful pumps that can shoot 1,200 liters of

water from 800 jets to the height of 24 meters per second.