Krasnodar Chamber of Commerce and Industry

The building of the Krasnodar Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a memorial to the civil architecture of the beginning of the 20th century. In previous times the house belonged to Ekaterinodar merchant Vasilii Kondratevich Rubezhanskii, the owner of the Bomond-Illuziya, one of the first cinemas in the Kuban capital. 

The Aktru Mountain

The place is called The Aktru Mountain which is translated as "White House'. It is the highest part of Northern Chuisky Range, about 4,000 metres high and very popular among hikers and mountain climbers.

Portrait of Yekaterina Khrushcheva and Pricess Yekaterina Khovanskaya

Portrait of Yekaterina Khrushcheva and Yekaterina Khovanskaya

1773

This oil painting is keep in the Russian Museum, St Petersburg

Dmitry Levitsky (1735 - 1822), the painter.

According to what I had read in Wikipedia, Levitsky died in poverty in 1822, even he had many commissions, but all was poorly paid.  

It's time to send LOVE

Love this cute postcard from Tatiano of Moscow. 

Thank you. 

Just a friendly reminder to all readers, 

now is the season to send "heart" to your loved one.  

Ice Grotto, Lake Baikal

The beautiful postcard send by Vadim from Tver, Russia. 

The gorgeous glimpse inside the ice grotto Haranci, Lake Baikal.

The shot looks marvelous, but dangerous for the adventurers for the fallen ice. 

Also love the 2015 Russia stamp ~ Round the world. 

Russian Holidays

I received from Yulya of Russia. Thanks !

My second piece of Nouvellesimage postcard in collection. 

National Park Ergaki

@Alexandr Ermolitsky

Ergaki, also written as Yergaki (south of Krasnoyarsk territory in central Siberia), the hidden gems of the pearl of the Sayan Mountains. 

The postcard shows the Svetloe lake is often called 'The Great Lake'. 

There is an existence of Heaven in Earth

Thanks to Liza to send me this gorgeous view postcard.

Moscow Kremlin

The name Kremlin means "fortress inside a city"

The Moscow Kremlin is a historic complex at the heart of Moscow, Moskva River. 

It is the best known of Russian citadels (kremlins) comprises of five palaces, 

four cathedrals and the enclosing Kremlin Wall with Kremlin towers.

Interesting Moscow Kremlin Map

Russian Federation Emblem

Coat of arms of the Russian Federation

The two main elements of Russian state symbols 

(the two-headed eagle and the mounted figure slaying the dragon) 

predate Peter the Great. 

The current coat of arms was adopted officially on November 30, 1993. 

The imperial crowns on each head stand for the unity and sovereignty of Russia, 

both as a whole and in its constituent republics and regions. 

The orb and scepter grasped in the eagle's toes are traditional 

heraldic symbols of sovereign power and authority. 

Thanks to Tatiana from Kazan , Russia for this postcard. 

Kizhi Wooden Church, Russia

Thank you to Vladko sending me this amazing postcard from Russia. 

Not to forget also the Vladko's neat writing, 

Gorgeous stamps and the lovely masking tape pasted. 

Kizhi is an island on Lake Onega in the Republic of Karelia, Russia. 

There are dozens of historical wooden buildings build during the 1950s. 

Kizhi Pogost is one of the most famous (out of 80+) historical wooden structures.

The Kizhi Pogost enclosure holds two wooden churches and an octagonal 

bell tower built during the 18th-century. 

The Church of the Transfiguration was intended for use only during the 

summer as the church has no heating, and winter in Russia is terribly bitter. 

It was not uncommon in Russia to have paired churches, for summer and winter. 

Black & White

Look at those gorgeous emborsed stamps ....

The Moscow Kremlin

Cathedral of the Annunciation

Beautiful illustration by old folktale drawn by Art Nouveau painter Bieibiu.

Multiview Postcard of Moscow

Moscow's architecture is world-renowned. Moscow is also well known as the site of Saint Basil’s Cathedral, with its elegant onion domes, as well as the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Seven Sisters.

Thank you to Olga Bolotova to send me mine interest.

Florentine mosaic

Detail of Florentine mosaic The Senses of Touch and Smell.

The gem of the Catherine Palace.

Four of these contained compositions made in Florence in the 1750s from coloured stones using the Florentine mosaic technique. They were allegorical depictions of the senses designed by Giuseppe Dzokki: Sight, Taste, Hearing and (together) Touch and Smell.

The art of Florentine mosaic, an "intarsio" or inlay of hard stones called" Commesso", is unique in the world.

Russian tradition of mosaic had started in Ural Region in XVIII century. The first masters had used valuable but never blocked rock breeds (malachite, lazurite, Kushkuldin jasper). As a basic plate they'd used turner produced forms of cutter stone or plate. To decorate it's possible to use not only marble or jasper but also semiprecious stones of Ural such as charoite, agate, aventurine, amazonite, onyx, ophicalcite, rhodonite, serpentine, fluoride.
The art of Florentine mosaic is alive. Old traditions are developed by contemporary masters. Application of modern diamond tools and polishers makes possible to receive the quality of stone processing that was impossible before.

Amur Bridge in Khabarovsk, Russia

The Amur River or Heilong river is the worlds sixth longest river in the world,the border betwen the Russian Far East and Northeastern China

The Khabarovsk Bridge (1916) was a railway bridge that carried the Trans-Siberian Railway across the Amur River near the city of Khabarovsk, Russia. Measuring some 2,590 meters (about 8,500 feet) in length, the structure remained the longest bridge in Imperial Russia, Soviet Union and Asia for decades.

Saint Basil Cathedral on Red Square

Red Square is a city square in Moscow. The square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter known as Kitai-gorod. As major streets of Moscow radiate from here in all directions, being promoted to major highways outside the city, Red Square is often considered the central square of Moscow and all of Russia.

Novodevichy Monastery, Moscow

Novodevichy Monastery, also known as Bogoroditse-Smolensky Monastery.
It is one of the most beautiful monastery of Moscow. It was founded in year 1524 and was built as a fortress at the land of the Moskva River.

And also the beautiful matched stamps that pasted behind.

Thank you to Nazina aka Mazinella.

The Church of Resurrection (The Saviour on the Split Blood)

This postcard is one of my wishlist. Thank you to Vika Kvasnik find it for me in one of our private swap.

This church is known to Petersburgers as the Church of the Savior on the Spilled Blood - or even just the Church on the Blood - as it marks the spot where Alexander II was fatally wounded in an assassination attempt on March 1, 1881.

Designed by Alfred Parland in the style of 16th and 17th-century Russian churches.One of the most impressive elements of the church is the extravagant shrine constructed on the spot where Alexander II was fatally wounded, which has maintained a special place within the church's interior.

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The Cathedral of St Basil the Blassed

This is a view of the Cathedral of St Basil. It stands on the Road Square in Moscow.

Novodevichy Convent, Russia

Assja from Moscow send me this postcard and wrote ,
"The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524 by Tsar Vasily III. This was not only a religious institution but also a fortress. "

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