Novodevichy Convent revisited!

This photo shows the Belfry on the right (built 1689-1690) and Prokhorov Chapel in the foreground (built 1911). 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Convent

When I started writing this post, I thought the name Novodevichy Convent was quite familiar. Then I realized I had received another postcard of this convent, and discovered it was more than a year ago. My previous card was a winter scene. Here is the link to my previous post on that card:

http://acollectionofpostcards.blogspot.com/2010/07/novodevichy-convent-moscow.html

Here is what I wrote about this Convent:

The location itself has quite an interesting history.  The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524, and originally built as a fortress. In the years following, it has served as a fortress, a convent and monastery, a shelter for royal Russian ladies (those that had to "take the veil"), a military hospital, orphanage, museum and apartments. There is also a cemetery on the grounds.  In 1812, Napoleon's army tried to  destroy it, and Tolstoy used it as a setting for scenes in both 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.

Russian Village watercolor

"Russian Village" by Anna Sosenskaya. Watercolor on paper, 2007.

The stamps. 

The State Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia

This card arrived from St. Petersburg, showing the State Hermitage Museum, a museum of art and culture.  This is one of the oldest museums in the world, founded by Catherine the Great in 1764. It has been open to the public since 1852. This is also one of the largest museums in the world.  

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

Priory Palace, Gatchina, Russia

Gatchina is located about 50 km (31 miles) south of St. Petersburg, Russia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gatchina

http://www.saint-petersburg.com/gatchina/priory-palace.asp

Map Card of Russia

A very nice map card of Russia, received today, May 20, 2011.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

The postmark and stamps. The stamp on the right is Yuri Gagarin, a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut, and the first human to journey into outer space on April 12, 1961.  Of course, the 50 year anniversary of that spaceflight was just celebrated this year! 

wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Gagarin 

This cute little blue dog sticker was also on my postcard. 

Tomsk, Siberia, Russia

Description on the back of the card: "The manors of Zaistochie: the late nineteenth-century manor built by P.F. Fedorovsky and S.V. Khomich in Ulitsa Tatarskaya, 44".

Tomsk is a city on the Tom River in the western part of Siberia.

The Novodevichy Convent, Moscow

Arriving on May 28 is possibly my favorite postcard so far.  I love the colors of the postcard, and the building itself is gorgeous.  

The location itself has quite an interesting history.  The Novodevichy Convent was founded in 1524, and originally built as a fortress. In the years following, it has served as a fortress, a convent and monastery, a shelter for royal Russian ladies (those that had to "take the veil"), a military hospital, orphanage, museum and apartments. There is also a cemetery on the grounds.  In 1812, Napoleon's army tried to  destroy it, and Tolstoy used it as a setting for scenes in both 'War and Peace' and 'Anna Karenina'.  

  

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novodevichy_Convent