Nikolai Lobachevsky

Nikolai Lobachevsky.
Nikolai Lobatševski.
Николай Лобачевский.

Stamp. USSR, 1951.
My collection.

* Nikolai Lobachevsky (1 December /O.S. 20 November/ 1792 - 24 February /O.S. 12 February/ 1856) was a Russian mathematician and geometer, known primarily for his work on hyperbolic geometry, otherwise known as Lobachevskian geometry. - Wikipedia.

* Nikolai Lobatševski oli vene matemaatik ja geomeeter, nn Lobatševski geomeetria rajaja.

* Николай Лобачевский (/20 ноября/ 1 декабря 1792 - 24 февраля 1856) - русский математик, создатель неевклидовой геометрии.

Observatory on Dome Hill. Tartu. 1982

Observatory on Dome Hill. Tartu.
Tartu. Tähetorn Toomel.
Обсерватория на Тоомемяги. Тарту.

Postcard, 1982.
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* The Tartu Observatory was founded at the Imperial University of Dorpat as it was reopened in 1802. The observatory building was completed in 1810 on the Toome (Dome) hill in Dorpat. From 1813 to 1820, Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve (1793-1864) collected data at the Dorpat  (Tartu) Observatory, and in 1820 became a full professor and director of the observatory. Struve was occupied with research on double stars and geodesy in Dorpat until 1839.

Moscow State University. 1955

Lomonosov Moscow State University. The main building on Lenin (Sparrow) hills.
Moskva Riikliku Ülikooli peahoone Lenini (Varblase) mägedel.
Москва. Главное здание МГУ.

Postcard, 1955.
My collection.

Cosmonautics Day. 1978

Cosmonautics Day.
Stamp, USSR, 1978.

Kosmonautika päev.
NSV Liidu postmark, 1978.

День космонавтики.
Почтовая марка, СССР, 1978.

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* Cosmonautics Day – holiday celebrated in Russia and other former USSR countries on April 12.

* Soviet orbital space station Salyut 6, launched on 29 September 1977.

Irkutsk. Akademgorodok. 1979

Irkutsk. Akademgorodok.
Irkutsk. Akadeemialinnak.
Иркутск. Академгородок.

Postcard, 1979.
My collection.

* Akademgorodok, meaning: "academic campus" or "academic town", is a name of districts in several cities in former USSR. Irkutsk Akademgorodok = Irkutsk Scientific Centre
of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Science (now of the Russian Academy of Science).

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. Russia - 2.

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. Cyclotron control panel.
Tomski Polütehnilise Instituudi tsüklotroni juhtimispult.
Томский политехнический институт имени С. М. Кирова. Пульт управления циклотрона.

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. Electron microscopy lab.
Tomski Polütehniline Instituut.  Elektrooniliste mikroskoopide labor.
Томский политехнический институт имени С. М. Кирова. Лаборатория электронных микроскопов.

Postcards, 1971.
My collection.

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. Russia. 1971 - 1.

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. The main building.
Tomski Polütehnilise instituudi peahoone.
Томск. Политехнический институт имени С. М. Кирова. Главный корпус.

Tomsk Polytechnic Institute. The electron synchrotron “Sirius”.
Tomski Polütehniline Instituut. Sünkrotron "Sirius".
Томский политехнический институт. Синхротрон Сириус.

Postcards, 1971.
My collection.

* Tomsk Polytechnic Institute (now Tomsk Polytechnic University) is the oldest engineering higher school in the Asian part of Russia (established 1896).

Tartu. Estonia. 1955

Tartu. The Estonian Agricultural Academy.
Tartu. Eesti Põllumajanduse Akadeemia.
Тарту. Эстонская сельскохозяйственная академия.

Postcard, 1955.
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Minsk. Belarus. 1974 - 6.

Minsk. 1. The embankment of the Svisloch River. 2. The Byelorussian Polytechnical Institute.
Minsk. 1. Svislotši jõe kaldal. 2. Valgevene Polütehniline Instituut.
Минск. 1. Набережная реки Свислочь. 2. Белорусский ордена Трудового Красного Знамени политехнический институт.

Minsk. 1. Railway Station Square. 2. Motel.
Minsk. 1. Väljak raudteejaama juures. 2. Motell.
Минск. 1. Привокзальная площадь. 2. Мотель.

* Postcards from the set "Minsk", 1974.
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Minsk. Belarus. 1974 - 3.

Minsk. 1. The central entrance to the Botanic Gardens. 2. In the Botanic Gardens.
Minsk. 1. Botaanikaaia keskvärav. 2. Botaanikaaias.
Минск. 1. Центральный вход в Ботанический сад. 2. Уголок Ботанического сада.

Minsk. 1. Yakub Kolas Square.
Minsk. 1. Jakub Kolasi väljak.
Минск. 1. Площадь Якуба Коласа.

* Postcards from the set "Minsk", 1974.
My collection.

* Yakub Kolas (also Jakub Kołas, real name Kanstantsin Mitskievich, 1882 – 1956) was a Belarusian writer, People's Poet of the Byelorussian SSR (1926), and member (1928) and vice-president (from 1929) of the Belarusian Academy of Sciences.

Lviv. Ukraine. 1974 - 3.

Lviv. Order of Lenin State University named after Ivan Franko.
Lvov. Ivan Franko nim Riiklik Ülikool.
Львов. Государственный ордена Ленина университет им. Ивана Франко.

New buildings of Order of Lenin Polytechnical Institute.
Polütehnilise instituudi uued hooned.
Новые корпуса ордена Ленина политехнического института.

Branch of the V. Lenin Central Museum.
V. I. Lenini keskmuuseumi filiaali hoone..
Филиал Центрального музея В. И. Ленина.

Postcards, 1974.
My collection.

Yuri Gagarin

Yuri Gagarin.
Stamps (USSR), 1981.
My collection.

* Yuri Gagarin (1934 – 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He was the first human to journey into outer space, when his Vostok spacecraft completed an orbit of the Earth on April 12, 1961.
Sergei Korolev (on the second stamp) was the lead Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer - one of the masterminds behind the early years of the Soviet space program.
Cosmonautics Day – holiday celebrated in Russia and other former USSR countries on April 12.

* 1981. aastal möödus inimese esimesest kosmoselennust 20 aastat. 12. aprill on kosmonautika päev. Markidel on kujutatud maailma esimest kosmonauti Juri Gagarinit ja peakonstruktor Sergei Koroljovi (teine mark).

* 2 апреля 1981 года — 20 лет первого полета человека в космос.

Irkutsk - 3.

Irkutsk. Akademgorodok (Academy Town, Science Center).
Irkutski Akademgorodok (teaduselinnak).
Иркутск. Вид центральной части Академгородка.
Postcard, 1979.
My collection.

Mikhail Lomonosov

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Postcard, 1955.

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Stamp (USSR), 1956.

Mikhail Lomonosov.
Stamp (USSR), 1961.
My collection.

* Mikhail Lomonosov (Михаил Васильевич Ломоносов, 1711 – 1765) was a Russian polymath, scientist and writer. Among his discoveries was the atmosphere of Venus. His spheres of science were natural science, chemistry, physics, mineralogy, history, art, philology, optical devices and others. Lomonosov was also a poet, who created the basis of the modern Russian literary language. - Lomonosov Moscow State University is the largest university in Russia. Founded in 1755, the university is named in honor of its founder, Mikhail Lomonosov.

"Portrait of an Astronomer"

"Portrait of an Astronomer" (1512) / Marco Basaiti (1470 - 1530) / Lviv Picture Gallery. Ukraine.
* Marco Basaiti was a Venetian Greek painter

"Портрет астронома" (1512) / Марко Базаити (1470 - 1530) / Львовская картинная галерея.

Ukraine. Postcard, 1975.
My collection.

Tartu. Estonia. 1955

Tartu State University, main building.
Estonia, 1955.

Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli peahoone.
Eesti postkaart. 1955.

Тарту. Главное здание Тартуского Государственного университета.
Эстонская открытка. 1955.
My collection.

The Vicinity of Mt. Elbrus. Kabardino-Balkaria. 1973 - 1.

* The Vicinity of Mt. Elbrus. Kabardino-Balkaria. 1973
Set, 16 postcards.
* Elbruse lähikonnas. Kabardiini-Balkaaria. 1973
Kogumik, 16 postkaarti.
* Приэльбрусье. Кабардино-Балкария. 1973
Комплект, 16 открыток.

• Mt. Elbrus is an inactive volcano located in the western Caucasus mountain range, in Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia, Russia, near the border of Georgia. Mt. Elbrus's highest peak is the highest mountain in the Caucasus, in Russia. While there are differing authorities on how the Caucasus are distributed between Europe and Asia, many sources agree that Elbrus is also the highest mountain in all of Europe. Mt. Elbrus (west summit) stands at 5,642 metres (18,510 ft); the east summit is slightly lower at 5,621 metres (18,442 ft). These pictures are taken in the vicinity of mt. Elbrus in Kabardino-Balkaria.
• Elbrus on Euroopa kõrgeim mägi. See kustunud vulkaan paikneb Kabardiini-Balkaarias ja Karatšai-Tserkessias (Venemaa) Gruusia piiri lähedal. Need postkaardid on Elbruse lähiste rohketest suusakuurortitest ja alpilaagritest.
• Эльбрус, самая высокая гора в Европе. Б Приэльбрусье находятся многие лыжные курорты.

1. Nalchik. Hostel.
Hostel Naltšikis (Kabardiino-Balkaaria pealinnas).
Турбаза в Налчике.

2. The Moscow University's glaciological station in the Azau canyon.
Moskva Ülikooli glatsioloogiajaam Azau mäekurus.
Глациологическая станция МГУ в ущелье Азау.

3. The "Azau" hotel.
Hotell "Azau".
Гостиница "Азау".

4. Crocuses in mountains.
Mägedes kasvavad krookused.
Крокусы в горах. Осенние цветы.

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New Year card. Russia. 1977

"Happy New Year!" Greeting card with envelope. Russia. 1977.
This card was sent from the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute (Leningrad, USSR).

"Head uut aastat!" Näärikaart eriümbrikuga. Vene. 1977.
Selliseid postkaarte saatsid oma sõpradele Leningradis asuva üleliidulise Arktika ja Antarktika Instituudi töötajad.

Новогодная открытка. 1977.
Такие открытки отправили своим друзьям сотрудники Института Арктики и Антарктиды (Ленинград).
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The Siberian Botanical Gardens. 1969 - 3.

• The Siberian Botanical Gardens. 1969. Set, 12 postcards.
• Postkaardikogumik "Siberi Botaanikaaed". 1969. 12 postkaarti. Kirjastus "Sovetskaja Rossija".
• Сибирский ботанический сад. 1969. Комплект, 12 открыток. Изд-во "Советская Россия".

9. Siberi seeder - Ülikoolisalu põhjamaiste metsade uhkus.
Кедр сибирский - гордость северных лесов в Университетеской роще.

10.  Liaani, Põhja-Ameerika mürgitaime ja 8 meetri kõrguse Peruu kaktuse kooselu.
Содружество лианы диоскореи разноцветной и уреры ягодоносной (ядовитое растение из тропической Америки); справа  - кактус-цереус перуанский высотой 8 м.

11. Saagotaimede iidse perekonna esindaja.
Саговник распускаемый - представитель древнего семейства саговниковых.

12.  Alma-Ata roosid kasvavad ka Siberis.
Алма-атинские розы на сибирской земле.
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The Siberian Botanical Gardens. 1969 - 2.

• The Siberian Botanical Gardens. 1969. Set, 12 postcards.
• Postkaardikogumik "Siberi Botaanikaaed". 1969. 12 postkaarti. Kirjastus "Sovetskaja Rossija".
• Cибирский ботанический сад. 1969. Комплект, 12 открыток. Изд-во "Советская Россия".

5. Juuni lõpuks valmivad viinamarjad.
В конце июня под листьями прячутся зрелые грозди винограда разных сортов.

6. Floksid.
Флоксы селекции Сибирского ботанического сада.

7. Mandžuuria pähklipuud.
Орех маньчжурский в парке Ботанического сада, где растет около 100 видов деревьев и кустарников.

8. Põhja-Ameerikast pärit sinised kuused (pildil 12 aasta vanused puud).
Североамериканская порода - ель колючая голубая в дендрарии (возраст 12 лет).
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