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Ufa, International Airport
Ufa is the capital city of the Republic of Bashkortostan, Russia, and the industrial, economic, scientific and cultural center of the republic. The airport is the airport, on this 4″ x 8-1/4″ card mailed from there in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 3

Code: 20545165
Price: $5.00
Penzensky Airport
Penzensky District is an administrative and municipal district, one of the twenty-seven in Penza Oblast, Russia. It is located in the center of the oblast. The area of the district is 2,823.8 square kilometers. And here’s the airport, on a card having four stamps and all or part of two very large postmarks. Grade: 3

Code: 20545166
Price: $5.00
Kiev USSR, Central Lenin Museum branch
Although this structure is in Ukraine, we list the card under “Russia/USSR” because that’s when the old Intourist card was issued. Mailed in 2013 with two (Ukrainian) stamps and Kyiv postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545167
Price: $3.00
Krasnoyarsk
Unused, aged Soviet-era card whose caption is worth repeating in total: “KRASNOYARSK. In April 30, 1897 on board the ‘St. Nicholas’ Lenin sailed from Krasnoyarsk to the village of Shushenskoye, the place of his exile.” This appears in four languages, and as instructive as it is, it doesn’t really explain the photo. Grade: 3

Code: 20545168
Price: $2.00
St. Petersburg, The Winter Palace
Captioned in seven languages and mailed in 2013 with stamp, St. Petersburg postmark, and blue Par Avion rubber-stamp chop. Very minor postal creasing. Grade: 2

Code: 20545169
Price: $2.00
St. Petersburg by Night, The New Hermitage
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and large, full postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545170
Price: $2.00
Samara
This really “local” card is bilingually captioned in Russian and English, saying: “The fourth section of the embankment … The monument dedicated to the 400th anniversary of Samara, 1986.” Mailed in 2013 with stamp and Samara postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545171
Price: $2.00
1945 Military aircraft
The card was made in 2011 and mailed in 2013; it has pre-paid postage but another stamp (and full Moscow postmark) are placed over that. Much text on both sides, all in Russian. Grade: 1

Code: 20545172
Price: $3.00
Moscow, Red Square, Spasskaya Tower of the Kremlin
What could be more representative of contemporary Russian postcards than this? Mailed in 2013 with four stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20545173
Price: $2.00
Prison/Museum
Nice “domestic” postcard, and as you’ll note, we have not gone on to translate the extensive captioning to know exactly where this is. The card does say, but it’s all in Russian. Mailed in 2013 with Sochi Olympics stamp and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20545174
Price: $3.00
1945 Military tank
From the same series as our entry 20545172, mailed in 2013 with three stamps (including an enormous one of a bear) and equally large postmark. Address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20545175
Price: $3.00
Sochi, Морской вокзал (Morskoi Vokzal)
A nice card bearing the logo of the 2014 Winter Olympics, but showing the sea terminal for passengers in Sochi. The card has pre-printed “B” postage, but also four stamps and two postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20545176
Price: $4.00
Tallinn Town Hall, Estonia (as CCCP) (Maximum Card)
This card is making us work. First, we are listing it geographically twice: once under Estonia, where it is now; and once under USSR, where it once was. Google gives us plenty of information about Tallinna Raekoda (in Estonian), describing it as “the only intact gothic style town hall in the Northern Europe.” We have no reason to dispute that. The front of the card is OK. The reverse is not. It is unwritten, but there had been some kind of stamp that was removed, and the right side looks like it had been pasted into a book or album. Because the front is fine, we give this Grade: 4

Code: 20545177
Price: $6.00
Moscow, Ostankino TV Tower
Mailed in 2013 with large Sochi Olympics stamp, faint postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20545178
Price: $1.00
Day of the Waterman
This is an ad card, extensively captioned in Russian only, and mailed from there in 2013 with stamp and much of the postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545179
Price: $2.00
Steam locomotive P36-0001 (1950)
Whether the photograph or the train itself is from 1950, we don’t know, but this contemporary internet card, captioned in Russian and English, was mailed in 2013 with four stamps, two large and full postmarks … Grade: 1

Code: 20545180
Price: $2.00
С праздником! (Happy Holidays)
A contemporary card in classic Soviet style, mailed in 2013 with stamp and most of the postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545181
Price: $1.00
Moscow in 1888
An old photo on a contemporary card mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545182
Price: $1.00
Muromtsevo Manor near Vladimir
PostalShop (internet) card from 2012, mailed in 2013 with three stamps, postmark, and a message sticker on the back. Grade: 4

Code: 20545183
Price: $0.50
Rowing
Mailed in 2013 with two stamps, postmark, and address and other label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20545184
Price: $0.50
Moscow, Vestibule of the metro station Kiyevskaya, 1953
Photo from 1953, card from 2013, captioned in eight languages and mailed with three uncancelled stamps. Grade: 4

Code: 20545185
Price: $2.00
Kiev
The card predates modern-day Ukraine, from CCCP years, though was mailed from Russia in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and address label affixed. Grade: 4

Code: 20545186
Price: $1.00
St. Petersbourg, Monument de Pierre le grand (repro)
To make it clear, this is a reproduction of an old card on a contemporary one, mailed in 2013 with a grand total of five stamps and three postmarks. Grade: 1

Code: 20545187
Price: $2.00
inArtis
An ad card for an exhibition in St. Petersburg, technically not a postcard since the back is fully printed with details. Grade: 1

Code: 20545188
Price: $1.00
State museum-reserve “Tsaritsyno,” Kitchen House
Not postally used, but with a message filling the reverse. Grade: 4

Code: 20545189
Price: $1.00
St. Petersburg, Nevsky Prospekt
Because of its poor condition, the card should only appeal to a limited group of people. If you are one of them, here’s the description: 5-7/8″ x 8-1/4″, mailed in 2013 with four stamps (two are torn), two large postmarks, and significant tears. Grade: 5

Code: 20545190
Price: $2.00
Ни одно желание не дается тебе …
Ни одно желание не дается тебе (No desire given to you) begins the inspirational slogan from Richard Bah on this 5-1/4″ x 7-5/8″ card mailed in 2013 with stamp, no readable postmark, and stickers and address label. Grade: 4

Code: 20545191
Price: $3.00
Omsk, Pilot Alexander Vasilyev in 1911
Note carefully that this is not an old card. It measures 5″ x 7-3/8″ and was mailed from Omsk in 2013 with stamp and full postmark. Captions in three languages (including English) on the back. Grade: 2

Code: 20545192
Price: $3.00
Kazan, The Cannon foundry
Like many other Russian (and Eastern European) cards of this style, this is not really meant to be a postcard but could be used as one with some difficulty. It is 4″ x 7-7/8″ and fully preprinted with captions and historical information on the back, and–in this case–additional messages from the sender. Not postally used. Grade: 4

Code: 20545193
Price: $3.00
Vladivostok
Mailed in 2013 with four stamps, two partial postmarks, and affixed address label, this 4″ x 8-1/4″ card has no original printing on the back–just what was done to write and send it. Grade: 4

Code: 20545195
Price: $2.00
Sochi, Fisht Olympic Stadium under construction
Measures 3-3/4″ x 8-1/4″, and mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark and extra red I.D. chop mark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545196
Price: $7.00
Greetings from Tula
Mailed in 2013, this 3-3/4″ x 7-3/4″ card has three stamps, a clear postmark, a bilingual Par Avion chop, and all that writing you see on the front. Grade: 4

Code: 20545197
Price: $2.00
Volzhkiy
On the front it looks like a postcard. But on the back, originally it was blank. Now it has some writing, but no stamp, no postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 20545198
Price: $1.00
Iconic images
Internet card, mailed in 2013 with four stamps and postmark. Grade: 2

Code: 20545200
Price: $1.00
Yekaterinburg, old street
A newer card with an older photo, mailed in 2013 with stamp and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545201
Price: $2.00
Stalingrad, Univermag (Department Store)
Old photo on a newer card whose reverse was originally blank. Mailed in 2013 with stamp, postmark, and–of course–message. Grade: 1

Code: 20545202
Price: $1.00
Kindness is near
This is an ad card, fully messaged in Russian on the reverse, for and from the Siberian city of Tyumen. The card is nice, and was mailed in 2013 with two stamps and large postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545203
Price: $3.00
A. Kokorekin, To the new victories in sport and labour!
The poster from 1955, the postcard from 2013 with three stamps and postmark. Despite some postmark ink transfer on the front, a mighty representation of Soviet power. Or something. Grade: 2

Code: 20545204
Price: $7.00
Voronezh Chamber Theater artwork (Trunova)
Mailed in 2013, with two stamps and postmark. Grade: 1

Code: 20545205
Price: $1.00
Saint Petersburg, Malaya Neva River, Birzhevoi Bridge
Mailed in 2013, with stamp and postmark. Grade: 4

Code: 20545206
Price: $0.50

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