On offer here is a set of Soviet tourism postcards in Russian, Ukrainian, English, French, German and Spanish languages featuring the many sites and scenes from the Black Sea city of Odesa, as they existed during the Communist era.

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A set of 21 long format postcards in the original cover, of this jewel of Ukraine. Odessa is a port city on the Black Sea in southern Ukraine, known for its beaches and 19th-century architecture, including the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater. This set of postcards from the publishing house "Mystestvo" (Art) with views of Odessa, is very lovely. Interestingly, Kiev publishers turned out to be the greatest visionaries of the visual technologies of the future - they mainly produced panoramic postcards that look very advantageous on modern 16: 9 screens.

Includes:

Cover) Potemkin stairs
1) Monument to VI Lenin. The building of the executive committee of the Odessa City Council of People's Deputies (photo by B. Mindel)
2) At the monument to the Unknown Sailor on the Walk of Fame (Photo by R. Papikyan)
3) Monument to the revolutionary sailors  of Potemkins (Photo by R. Papikyan)
4) p. Nerubayskoe. Museum of Partisan Glory, Entrance to the catacombs. Monument "People's Avengers" (Photo by B. Mindel)
5) Odessa State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater. Interior and general view of the theater (Photo by A. Podberezsky)
6) Railway station building (Photo by B. Mindel)
7) Art Museum (Photo by R. Papikyan)
8) Central Hall of the Art Museum (Photo by R. Papikyan)
9) Primorsky Boulevard (Photo by R. Papikyan)
10) Archaeological Museum of the Academy of Sciences of the Ukrainian SSR (Photo by B. Mindel)
11) Building of the Antarctic Whaling and Oceanic Administration fishing fleet (Photo by B. Mindel)
12) Recreation center "Stroygidravlika" Near the Palace of Pioneers (Photo by A. Podberezsky)
13) View of the seaport and port (Photo by R. Papikyan)
14) At the corner of Soviet Army and Sadovaya Streets (Photo by R. Papikyan)
15) Hotel "Odessa" (Photo by R. Papikyan)
16) On Deribasovskaya Street, In the park of the sanatorium "Russia" (Photo by R. Papikyan)
17) Odessa State Theater of Musical Comedy (Photo by Papikyan)
18) Hotel "Krasnaya" (Photo by R. Papikyan)
19) Sanatorium "Moldova" (Photo by R. Papikyan)
20) Interior of the sea station, In the tasting room of the shop "Oksamit Ukrainy" (Photo by R. Papikyan)
21) Beach "Arcadia" (Photo by R. Papikyan)

Material: Paper
Title: Одеса • Одесса • Odessa 
Condition: The cards are in Very Good Vintage condition, but the cover has tears and wear. Please see photos for details.
Card Count: 21
Publisher: "Mystestvo" (Art) Kyiv
Circulation: 75,000
Dimensions: Postcard Size: 21 cm x 9 cm
Years Made: 1982
Weight: 109g