4 August 2014

"Lights of the Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station"

"Lights of the Kuybyshev Hydroelectric Station" / M. Sokolov.
"Kuibõševi hüdroelektrijaama tuled" / M. Sokolov.
"Огни Куйбышевской ГЭС" / Художник М.Н. Соколов.

Postcard, 1956.
My collection.

* Samara, known from 1935 to 1991 as Kuybyshev, is the sixth largest city in Russia and the administrative center of Samara Oblast. It is situated in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers on the east bank of the Volga. - Wikipedia.

3 August 2014

Debrecen. Kossuth Lajos Square. Hungary

Debrecen. Kossuth Lajos Square. Kossuth Monument. Hungary.
Debrecen. Lajos Kossuthi väljak ja monument. Ungari.
Дебрецен. Площадь Лайоша Кошшута. Статуе Кошшута. Венгрия.

Postcard, 1967.
My collection.

* Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (19 September 1802 - 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848-49. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe. - Wikipedia.


2 August 2014

The Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow

The State Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts. Moscow.
A. Puškini nim riiklik kaunite kunstide muuseum. Moskva.
Государственный музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина. Москва.

Postcard, 1955.
My collection.

* The largest museum of European art in Moscow. The museum's current name is somewhat misleading, in that it has no direct associations with the famous Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, other than as a posthumous commemoration of his name and fame. - Wikipedia.

See also:  Moscow. 1955 - 6./28