From Russia with Love

I received this card via Postcrossing.  The sender tells me this is a view on the Volga River and that it is a typical landscape view of the midlands of Russia.
She lives in Cheboksary which is the capital of the Chuvash Republic on the Volga River and is 750 km from Moscow.  The city was founded in 1469,  Additional information about this area can be found in this wiki article. 

Postcard Friendship Friday is hosted by Beth at The Best Hearts are Crunchy.

An Historical view in Tula, Russia

 

Tula is an industrial city located almost 200 kilometres south of Moscow.  Unfortunately I wasn't able to identify this building, which is still standing and in use. The caption on the back of the card is covered in a label.

 

I received this via Postcrossing and have to salute them.  It came without it's identifying number which meant I couldn't register it as received, so the sender wouldn't get credit.  I notified Postcrossing and within and hour or so, they had found the details and were able to send me the registration number.  Excellent service. 

 

Greetings from Saint Petersburg

 

Recently received this lovely card from Russia. 

 Shown is The Palace Embankment.  The Hermitage, The Winter Palace.

Terrific stamps on the back.

From Russia With Love

I don't really know if this one was sent with Love, but it is lovely.  It looks likethe image of  a paper cut or of a one that was painted with black  on the back side of a piece of glass.

This was sent via postcrossing from St. Petersburg, Russia.