Booklet of views of Moscow, Russia. Produced by the Foreign Languages Publishing House.
Front Cover: Soviet of Workers’ Deputies
Back Cover: “Dvorets Sovietov” Underground Station
Captions on backs of pictures in six languages, including English, which follow:
- Kremlin. General View
- Kremlin. Blagoveshchensky Cathedral / 1484–1489 / (left), and Arkangelsky Cathedral / 1505–1509 / (right)
- Kremlin. Uspensky Cathedral / 1475–1479 /, architect Aristotle Fioravante
- Kremlin. Belfry of Ivan the Great / 1505–1508 /
- St. Basil’s Cathedral / 1555–1560 /, architects Barma and Postnik
- Red Square
- Lenin Museum
- Sverdlov Square and the Bolshoi Theatre
- Gorky Street
- Monument to A. S. Pushkin / 1880 / sculptor Opekushin
- Chaikovsky Conservatoire
- Lenin Library / 1784–1786 /, architect Bazhenov
- Pushkin Fine Arts Museum
- Tretyakov Gallery. Founded in 1856
- Krymsky Bridge over the Moskva River
- Frunzenskaya Embankment
- Moscow University. Built in 1952
- Lenin Central Stadium
- In Izmailovo Park
- Novodevichy Monastery. Founded in 1524
- Komsomolskaya Square
- Ostankino Museum: Former Count Sheremetyev’s Palace
- USSR Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition
Scans of “Lenin Museum” and “Sverdlov Square and the Bolshoi Theatre” scenes are below
Notes:
Dimensions: 6.5ʺ tall × 4.5ʺ wide × 0.5ʺ thick
Map of Moscow on front and back endpapers.
Damage to lower right corner border: Kremlin. General View
Slight edge damage: Kremlin. Blagoveshchensky Cathedral / 1484–1489 / (left), and Arkangelsky Cathedral / 1505–1509 / (right)
Light general wear otherwise and some darkening of paper