Tag: Russia

On July 6th, a postcard came from Russia. This shows the UNESCO World Heritage Site Kizhi Pogost. The construction is made of wood and was built in 1714. Further information can be found on the UNESCO World Heritage website Kizhi Pogost. She took a lot of time and wrote a lot of nice lines. Including… Read more Kizhi Pogost UNESCO World Heritage Site postcard from Russia no 124

On June 25th I received a postcard from Russia. It was the last postcard for June. The postcard is part of the “Keep Calm” series. The title is “Keep Calm and travel to Russia”. She wrote some nice lines. She found that we have a lot in common. So we both like English humor. There… Read more Keep calm postcard from Russia – postcrossing no. 123

On June 8th a postcard came from Russia. This shows a young woman in a red coat sitting in the rain with an umbrella. It comes from a painting by Emerico Toth. She wrote that she often visited Munich. She loves this city. There are two standard Russian postage stamps on the postcard. A 5… Read more Postcard of a young woman in red coat in rain – from Russia no. 115

On June 5th a postcard came from Russia. This shows a greyhound dog as a motif. She is from Saint Petersburg and she like dogs. There are two Russian postage stamps on the postcard. There are 56 rubles and 2 rubles stamps. The postcard covered 1790 kilometers, that is 1112 miles, in 21 days.

On May 4th a postcard arrived from Moscow, Russia. The postcard shows a picture of a mountaineer on the way to the summit. The route of the ascent is shown with a red line. She didn’t write very much. She is interested in direct swap with beautiful stamps. The stamps she used were very beautiful… Read more Mountaineer postcard from Russia – postcrossing no. 102

On April 30th a postcard came from Russia. The postcard shows a painted tabby cat. She wrote that she comes from the Russian city of Perm. She also has 2 cats and enjoys reading. There are two beautiful bear stamps on the postcard. The postcard traveled 3,123 kilometers (1940 miles) in 12 days.

On April 29th a postcard came from Russia. This shows a polar bear sitting in an armchair and knitting. In front of him a hot cup of tea or honey or tea with honey. She wrote some nice lines. She also likes photography. There are 2 identical stamps on the postcard, which are just great.… Read more Postcard with Irish Elk stamps from Russia no. 96

On April 9th, a postcard came from Russia. The postcard shows picture of the tower of the city’s post office. She wrote in German because she had been learning German for half a year. I was happy about it. She wrote very nice lines. The postcard was in a large envelope with 9 stamps on… Read more Postcard with city wall stamps from Russia no. 83

On April 9th, a postcard came from Russia. Portraits from films can be seen on the postcard. The theme was “Rebel without a cause”. At that local film festival, which the postcard is from, films like “Bonnie and Clyde” and “Easy Rider” were shown. She wrote that she is from St. Petersburg. There are three… Read more Postcard with pumpkin plant postage stamp from Russia no. 82

On March 18th a postcard came from Russia. The postcard shows nine portraits of Russian cosmonauts. Yuri Gagarin is one of them. He was the first person in space. On April 12, 1961, he once circled the earth. On March 27, 1968, he died on a training flight in a Russian fighter plane. There wasn’t… Read more Russian cosmonauts postcard by postcrossing no 71