#132 Alyona (RUSSIA)

Thanks to Alyona, from cold north Russia.

This is the 2nd postcrossers' meet-up in Arkhangelsk. =)

Also, thanks to all signers. :D

#129 Alyona (RUSSIA)

Thank you so much, Alyona. ^_^

Lovely owls

Official【78】loveaffair (RUSSIA)

Princess Jasmine and monkey Abu

The stamps are very fantastic. Sorry for the quality of this photo. >_<

Official【76】optimistic_view (RUSSIA)

(25 January 2013)

#121 Lara (RUSSIA) Card

(24 January 2013)

#119 Alyona (RUSSIA)

(22 January 2013)

#110 Alyona (RUSSIA)

Happy New Year

Father Frost

This lovely card is from Alyona (Blindweed).
She lives in the northern Russia. It's really cold there. >_<

(27 December 2012)

Official【66】lina12 (RUSSIA)

Tiny House - Maria Galybina

Postage stamps

(17 December 2012)

Official【62】elena77@RUSSIA

This postcard was sent by kind Elena, from Voronezh, Russia

Petergof

彼得宮城

（Russian：Петерго́ф, English：Peterhof）
"It is a municipal town in Petrodvortsovy District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, located on the southern shore of the Gulf of Finland. The palace-ensemble along with the city center is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site."－Wikipedia

"Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments is the name used by UNESCO when it collectively designated the historic core of the Russian city of St. Petersburg, as well as buildings and ensembles located in the immediate vicinity as a World Heritage Site in 1991."－Wikipedia

The Peterhof Palace

彼得夏宮

(Russian: Петерго́ф; IPA: [pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof], German for Peter's Court)
"The Peterhof Palace is a series of palaces and gardens located in Saint Petersburg, Russia, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great. These Palaces and gardens are sometimes referred as the "Russian Versailles". The palace-ensemble along with the city centre is recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site."－Wikipedia

This Postcard
Grand Peterhof Palace and the Grand Cascade
the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel(see below)

the Samson Fountain and Sea Channel (another view)
http://www.viator.com/photos/St-Petersburg/Peterhof-Palace-and-Garden-Petrodvorets/d908-2855/1466729

Stamps

It's gorgeous that put those colourful stamps together. Elena must noticed that I almost collect this series of stamps. Many thanks. ^O^ 

(Arrival @ 07 December 2012)

[NO.94] zelenoglazkina@RUSSIA

幸運符 THE LUCKY ONE

Postage stamp

Flip side

I like the stamp very much. Thank you, Olya. :)
You choose… Ad card tag

(Arrival @ 19 November 2012)

Official【55】Liana77@RUSSIA

Thank you for this cute postcard. The 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi.
Yeah, I'd like to visit Russia very much but there must be really cold.  >o<

Sochi Winter Olympic Games 2014

Postage stamps

(Left)"Valery Ivanovich Shumakov, в.и. шумаков (Шумако́в Вале́рий Ива́нович) 1931-2008, was a Russian surgeon and transplantologist, famous for being the founding father of organ transplants in Russia and was a pioneer of artificial organ surgery."－Wikipedia

(Arrival @ 7 November 2012)

[NO.86] Olga71@RUSSIA

This is from kind Olga, in Russia. Thank you. (Taiwan meets the world - tag)

Celebrities of films

This is the famous movie stars in Russia, but I can not recognize them. ˊ_>ˋ

這是電影明星郵票造型卡，問題是我不懂俄文，也認不出這些明星們是誰。^^"

Stamps

(Right) The National costume

(Left) The monument to Minin and Pozharsky
She really chose great stamps for me. ^_^

http://big5.rusnews.cn/eguoxinwen/eluosi_wenhua/20070316/41721219.html

俄羅斯傳統服飾的色彩與花樣還滿美的，哈，我承認這個可愛的小女孩加了不少分。:P

(Arrival @ 31 October 2012)

[NO.85] wishnya@RUSSIA

The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius (Тро́ице-Се́ргиева Ла́вра)

札格爾斯克聖三一修道院的聖三一大教堂

(謝爾吉聖三一大修道院)

This postcard is from Kate, a 23 y/o Russian girl.

"The most important Russian monastery and the spiritual centre of the Russian Orthodox Church. The monastery is situated in the town of Sergiyev Posad, about 70 km to the north-east from Moscow by the road leading to Yaroslavl, and currently is home to over 300 monks." - Wikipedia

第一次收到如此經典的俄羅斯建築物，所以特地查了一下，從屋頂的十字可以推測是教堂之類的建物，明信片上確實有說明，但都是我一竅不通的俄文，只好再度搬出維基百科了。聖三一大修道院是俄羅斯東正教教會的精神中心，俄羅斯最重要的寺院之一，也是俄羅斯正教最大的男修道院，莫斯科東北方70公里的城鎮。

The Trinity Lavra of St. Sergius

These are comman stamps. 常用票

Stamps 

I really like this Russian doll stamp. 可愛的俄羅斯娃娃 ^_^

Russian doll and airmail seal

(Arrival @ 31 October 2012)

Official【47】milazzz@RUSSIA

This is from Mila, works at the human resources of IKEA.

I like the vivd and simple geometric figures. =D

IKEA illustration - 'Bis Nina' Carolina Melis 2011

OH! I got a new face value (0.25) of the rabbit stamp.

Stamps

(Arrival @ 24 October 2012)

[NO.79] Blindweed@RUSSIA

Alyona sent me this postcard when she has traveled to St. Petersburg. Thank you, Alyona. ^_^
She told me, St. Petersburg is a beautiful and nice place. I must visit there someday.

Nice illustration

Stamps

OH! I got a new face value (3.00) of the deer stamp.  ^~^

My collections :)

(Arrival @ 18 October 2012)

Official【43】SsilveR@RUSSIA

88 days traveling....
Finally, it's safely arrival now. =)
在旅行的88天後終於平安到達我手上了。^^

The house of Tolstay, Russian famous writer.

I think this bear stamp is the same series with the stamps of rabbit, wolf, and deer.
I arrange all of them together. (you can see it below)
Ah! Almost forgot the postmark. The date is just my birthday. Thank you. ^~^
這張大熊的郵票我想應該是跟兔子、狼、鹿同一個系列的，排排站。
郵戳正好是我的生日耶～謝謝^~^

The bear stamp on this postcard.

The series.

(Arrival @ 19 October 2012)

[NO.76] m.with.cat@RUSSIA

This is AD tag, from Moskva.
I like the stamp with sunset picture. It's glossy. Really nice.
But I have no idea about who painted it.
(I know there is a description on it, but I don't understand Russian.=P)

Stamps

Thank you very much.
(Arrival @ 11 October 2012)

[NO.69] LarisaKudrya@RUSSIA

This postcard was sent by Lara, from Russia. The picture is lovely.

Thank you so much. I love this kind of postcards. (Arrival @ 13 September 2012)

Lovely~

The artist is Polina Yakovleva（Полина Яковлева）. (Thank you Lara for offering the information.)

Stamps

The stamps are also the usual series. It just like our "Long-horned Beetles Postage Stamps" but have better looks. The same situation is they both are everywhere. :P  

[NO.68] Blindweed@RUSSIA

This is from Alyona, a Russian girl. (Arrival @ 13 September 2012)

She bought this postcard from the Solovetsky Islands* when she had a trip to there.

The picture shows the Solovetsky monastery with a cow.

It's nice. Thank you so much.

Solovetsky monastery

Stamps

The stamps are the same series as last time she sent to me.

(You can refer to the article [NO.52] Blindweed@RUSSIA)

I like these stamps sooo much.

She replies,

Well, about stamps :) This stamp seria is called "Russian head-dresses". So, on the stamp with a woman it's written "nakolka" (traditional head-dress of women who lived in Arkhangelsk region at the end of the 19th - beginning of the 20th century); and on the stamp with a man it's written "zimnjaja shapka" (winter hat) which was worn by russian men who lived in the north of the european part of Russia at the end of the 19-th century. 

I misunderstood them at all. They are just models for those traditional head-dresses. Ha~ so interesting.

*索洛韋茨基群島（俄语：Солове́цкие острова，簡稱Соловки）位於白海，屬俄羅斯阿爾漢格爾斯克州。

[NO.66] Matilda_Satori@RUSSIA

This postcard shows the historic sightseeing in Moscow and it's from Julia.
She says,

"Tsar-Bell" was splited in 1737 because of the fire. Huge burning sticks were falling on it and heated it up. That's why a big part was splited.

Thank you, Julia. It's really special and meaningful to me.  (Arrival @ 13 September 2012)

Tsar-Bell

Usual stamps from Russia.