5 Vintage Soviet USSR Postcards Leningrad 1952 St Isaac’s Peterhof Hermitage

A set of 5 original Soviet colour postcards showing views of Leningrad (St Petersburg) and Peterhof. Published in the USSR in 1952, with an original print run of 50,000.

Views include:

• St Isaac’s Cathedral

• Egyptian sphinx on the Neva embankment

• Grand Cascade and Samson Fountain, Peterhof

• The Atlantes portico of the New Hermitage

Size: approx. 9 × 14 cm each

About this piece

This set of five authentic Soviet-era colour postcards captures post-war Leningrad in vivid detail, each roughly 9 × 14 cm. Printed in 1952 with a run of 50,000, they showcase the city’s most celebrated monuments during the early Stalin period: St Isaac’s Cathedral with its golden dome, the Egyptian sphinx guarding the Neva embankment, the Grand Cascade and Samson Fountain at Peterhof Palace, the Atlantes portico of the New Hermitage, and formal palace gardens in full bloom.

The printing quality is notably crisp for the period, with rich colour saturation and careful hand-tinting typical of Soviet postcard production. Paper stock shows expected age-related wear — gentle yellowing, minor creasing at edges, surface dust — entirely consistent with 70+ years of storage. A fascinating historical snapshot of Soviet cultural pride, these cards offer both the collector of Soviet ephemera and the enthusiast of Russian imperial architecture a tangible record of Leningrad as it was rebuilt and celebrated in the early Cold War years.