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| Moscow |
| Moscow is the capital of Russia and also its largest city. Formerly the capital of the Soviet Union, it lies on the Moscow River. I visited Moscow in November 1986 for a few days, and thoroughly enjoyed it - except for the food and the cockroaches ! We stayed on Gorky Street at the Intourist Hotel , now thankfully knocked down. We had some fun teasing the Intourist Guide, who had little sense of humour, and managed to "escape" from the "official" tour and explore Moscow for ourselves. We found the people delightful when they knew they weren't being scrutinised by a person or persons unknown ! There was a bug in our hotel room, in the table lamp - it fell apart and there was a tiny microphone ! So we said lots of nice things about the Soviet regime ! The Metro is fabulous and easy to use. No doubt there have been many changes in 20 years - not all for the best ! |
| Can't quite make out the date on this excellent postcard of Red Square and Lenin's Tomb. (Z) |
| The Ukraine Hotel - an undated card. |
| Another undated view - this one of the Kremlin. |
| Three postcards of the Kremlin - the two on the right are dated 1907. |
| Another view of the Kremlin - this one from 1909. |
| A very large cannon at the Kremlin. |
| Jaroslavsky Station. |
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| The Imperial Palace at the Kremlin. |
| Afremov's House "at the Red Gate". |
| Loubyanskaya Square. |
| No date for this view of the city. |
| Moscow University in the early 20th Century. |
| Another undated postcard of a very cold looking Kremlin. |
| The Spasski Gate and the Vosnessenski Monastery. |
| Another view of the Kremlin. |
| Monument to Pushkin. |
| The Kremlin yet again. |
| One more undated view of the Kremlin. |
| No date for this view of the Kremlin. |
| An early 20th Century postcard of the Church of the Ascension. |
| An excellent view of the Gate of Notre Dame de Iberia. |
| A rather chilly looking view of Moscow, posted in 1910. |
| Tretyakovskiy Thoroughfare - a 1936 postcard. |
| To discover more about Moscow and the Old Soviet Union, search the internet. You can find yourself a hotel too. |
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