Lithuania / USSR 1974 book brochure "Kaunas" (Каунас) - History, Architecture (in Russian).

Author: Zenonas Baltushnikas

Published: "Mintis" Vilnius, 1974; 

63 pages with black and white photographs;

Format: 84x108 1/32 (medium format). 

Softcover.

Condition: the cover is a little glued.

An impressive panorama of Kaunas opens from the high left bank of the Nemunas - the interweaving of streets and streets, the red tiled roofs of Syanamestis (the old part of the city) washed by the Nemunas and Neris, the quarters of the modern center, the streets rising to Zaliakalnis, the high-rise buildings of Vilijampole and the outlines of the city stretching into the distance. The eastern part is hidden behind the hills and forest parks - new quarters of residential buildings with free planning, large industrial enterprises, green areas and the Kaunas Sea. Kaunas is a city by the sea, Nemunas and Neris, immersed in green parks, surrounded by hills and forests, a city with a long history, modern ... .