Leningrad, USSR - Academy of Arts 1980 stamps to USA

Postcard

 

• Picture / Image:  Leningrad (now St. Petersbourg) - The Academy of Arts (1764-88)
• Publisher:  Aurora Art Publishers
• Postally used:  yes
• Stamp:  Russia 1979 International Year of the Child 3k (SG4919) + 32k Soviet-Hungarian Space Flight issue (SG5007)
• Postmark(s):  cds
• Sent to:  Flintbridge, California, USA
• Notes & Key words: 

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Postage & Packing:

UK (incl. IOM, CI & BFPO): 99p

Europe: £1.60

Rest of world (inc. USA etc): £2.75

No additional charges for more than one postcard. You can buy as many postcards from me as you like and you will just pay the fee above once. (If buying postcards with other things such as books, please contact or wait for invoice before paying).

Payment Methods:

UK - PayPal, Cheque (from UK bank) or postal order

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NOTE: All postcards are sent in brand new stiffened envelopes which I have bought for the task. These are specially made to protect postcards and you may be able to re-use them. In addition there are other costs to sending so the above charge is not just for the stamp!

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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information:

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Saint Petersburg (Russian: ??´???-???????´?? (help·info), tr. Sankt-Peterburg, IPA: ['sankt p??t??r'burk]) is a city and a federal subject (a federal city) of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea. The city's other names were Petrograd (Russian: ?????????, IPA: [p??tr?'grat], 1914–1924) and Leningrad (Russian: ?????????, IPA: [l??n??n'grat], 1924–1991). It is often called just Petersburg (Russian: ?????????) and is informally known as Piter (Russian: ?????, IPA: ['pit??r]).

Founded by Tsar Peter I of Russia on May 27, 1703, it was the capital of the Russian Empire for more than two hundred years (1713–1728, 1732–1918). Saint Petersburg ceased being the capital in 1918 after the Russian Revolution of 1917.^[10] It is Russia's second largest city after Moscow with 5.132 million inhabitants, and the sixth largest metropolis in Europe after Moscow (15m), London (12.875m), Paris (9.638m), Istanbul (9.413m), and The Ruhr, (7.3m).^[11] Saint Petersburg is a major European cultural centre, and an important Russian port on the Baltic Sea.

Saint Petersburg is often described as the most Western city of Russia.^[12] Among cities of the world with over one million people, Saint Petersburg is the northernmost. The Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments constitute a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Saint Petersburg is also home to The Hermitage, the largest art museum in the entire world.^[13] Russia's political and cultural centre for 200 years, the city is sometimes referred to in Russia as the Northern Capital. Over its history it has also been referenced as "Venice of the North (???????? ???????)",^[14] "Northern Palmyra" (???????? ????????), "New Rome" (????? ???), "Fourth Rome" (????????? ???), "Paradise" (???????), "New Babylon" (????? ???????), "Snowy Babylon (??????? ???????), "Second Paris" (?????? ?????), "Russian Athens" (??????? ?????),"Queen of Baltic (?????? ???????).^[15] A large number of foreign consulates, international corporations, banks and other businesses are located in Saint Petersburg.