LENINGRAD (Russia, USSR). Finland Station / Финляндский вокзал (1961)

LENINGRAD [Saint Petersburg] (Russia, USSR). Finland Station / Финляндский вокзал. Postcard by Izogiz, M-43246, 1961 g. 1038, T. 280.000. (1961)
[The station was built by Finnish State Railways as the eastern terminus of the Riihimäki-Saint Petersburg railroad. It was designed by Swedish architects and opened in 1870. The terminal formerly contained a special pavilion for Russian royalty. The station was owned and operated by Finnish railways until early 1918, when the last train, carrying station personnel and equipment, as well as some of the last Finns escaping revolutionary Russia, left for Finland. Later, ownership of the station was exchanged for Russian property in Finland, including the Alexander Theatre in Helsinki. In the 1950s, the old station building was demolished and replaced with a new one, inaugurated in 1960. The turreted building is decorated with sculptures glorifying the October Revolution and incorporates a portico preserved from the original 1870 edifice.]

LENINGRADO [San Petersburgo] (Rusia, URSS). Estación de Finlandia. Tarjeta postal de Izogiz, M-43246, 1961 g. 1038, T. 280.000. (1961)

LENINGRAD [Sant Petersburg] (Rússia, URSS). Estació de Finlàndia. Targeta postal d'Izogiz, M-43246, 1961 g. 1038, T. 280.000. (1961)

LÉNINGRAD [Saint Petersbourg] (Russie, URSS). Gare de Finlande. Carte postale d'Izogiz, M-43246, 1961 g. 1038, T. 280.000. (1961)

LENINGRADO [San Petersburgo] (Russia, URSS). Stazione della Finlàndia. Cartolina di Izogiz, M-43246, 1961 g. 1038, T. 280.000. (1961)

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