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| postcard of St Basil's Cathedral and Vasilievsky Spusk, Postcrossing RU-405165 |
Ths postcard is of Vasilievsky Spusk (Slope) and St Basil's Cathedral, an Moscow landmark on Red Square, which is considered the central square in Moscow and Russia. Main roads lead from Red Square to other parts of the capital. The walls of the Moscow Kremlin, which is a Unesco World Heritage site, can be seen on the left of the card.
St Basil's official name is the Cathedral of the Intercession of the Virgin by the Moat. "St Basil" actually refers to Basil the Blessed, a Muscovite "holy fool" who was buried in the Trinity Cathedral that once stood at the site before the present cathedral was built. The construction of St Basil's was ordered by Ivan the Terrible (the Grand Prince of Moscow) to commemorate the capture of Kazan in 1552 and Astrakhan in 1556 from Mongol forces. The building was completed in 1560.
Here's a picture of a postcard of St Basil's from the early 20th century.
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| St Basil's Cathedral, postcard from early 20th century (wikimedia commons, public domain) |
These are the stamps on my postcard.
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| stamps of Russian kremlins |
Russian stamps are so beautiful. I love these stamps, different ones of kremlins (fortified complexes) in Russia. My first Postcrossing card from Russia also had Kremlin stamps on it.
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Kremlin stamps (wikimedia commons)
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