Vintage postcards that say “Greetings from the New Year’s Leningrad!” (1950s)
This blog is about old postcards, book illustration, history and culture of Russia and the Soviet Union. I'm a long time collector, and this blog is 10 years old.
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Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) on postcards - 1959 (via)
The city is still pretty much the same, but with heavier traffic.