Saint-Isaac's Cathedral — Leningrad — Photo R. Mazelova

Description

View of Saint-Isaac's Cathedral in Leningrad, with its imposing gilded dome under a blue sky dotted with clouds. A red and white bus is driving in front of the building, while pedestrians cross the square. The reverse indicates the publisher 'Photo R. Mazelova', the date of 1964, and a handwritten correspondence addressed to 'Marin & Modames Descombes, 145 Boulevard Wolosherbes, Paris XVII, France', with two Soviet stamps of 1961 canceled with a Leningrad postmark.