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This month's Monthly Postcard will go out a bit late, but I wanted to send something freshly bought in Moscow. This postcard comes from the Tretyakov Gallery souvenir shop. I visited their Mai Miturich exhibition—he was a graphic artist who I know as a great children's book artist. I posted his works many times before (check the link above).

This postcard is Mai Miturich's illustration for Chukovsky's "The Adventures of Bibigon", which is easily his most known work in children's books.

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For February Monthly Postcards I sent out these bold space Mayakovskys. I bought them in the Russian State Library's souvenir shop when I was there for a behind-the-scenes library tour.

January Monthly Postcards were bought at an art market in Moscow directly from the artist. I just love house plants. A bit of nature to keep me sane during long winter months.

For this month's Vintage Postcards I'll be sending out vintage New Year postcards (of course!) I have a whole bunch to choose from :D

For December I'll be sending out modern reprints of rare Soviet New Year postcards that I've been buying throughout the year in museums.

This month's postcard is of Franz Josef Land, a Russian archipelago in the Arctic Ocean. I got them in St Petersburg. I have 3 extra postcards so you can subscribe to my Monthly Postcard to receive one! (You can subscribe for one month or any number of months.)

I'm finally home after a long and stressful trip, and it feels so good. So this month I want to send postcards of my hometown! It shows the churches and bell tower of the Sarov Monastery that was founded in 1691, as well as the statue of St Serafim of Sarov.

All postcards will go out with a pictorial postmark of Sarov.

I recently did two long distance trips by train (12 hours each) so I thought it'd be nice to send train-themed postcards this month. They will be mailed from St Petersburg. You can sign up until Sep 7 to get one!

This month's postcards are from Abkhazia! I bought them at the central market in Gagra. (They will be mailed from Russia.) Abkhazia doesn't have a working postal system and doesn't issue stamps, and the seller at the market told me they didn't have any postcards to sell until earlier this year.

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I have some copies of each card. You're welcome to take a pick and I will try to accomodate as far as possible. Earlier subscribers have priority in picking.

This month's postcards will be of the Komsomolskaya metro station - one of the most glorious ones in the city. It's part of the metro's official merchandise, I bought it when I was staying in Moscow.

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PS: I didn't post May postcards here, they were of the Ushakov Cathedral in Saransk (I was on a trip there).