Russia Leningrad (present-day St. Petersburg) Postcard Set of 16 #k8810 Postcards I received these as a souvenir from a friend's trip around 1990, but I kept them without using them. I am selling them to declutter. The scenery is beautiful, and I think they are very valuable now. Size: W148 x H105 [City Overview] St. Petersburg is a city located in the delta of the Neva River on the Baltic Sea in western Russia. With a population of about 5.6 million, it is the second-largest city after Moscow. It was founded in 1703 by Peter I. [Name Changes of the City] The name of the city means "City of Saint Peter" and was named by Peter I after Saint Peter, who shared his name. In 1914, when World War I began and the Russian Empire entered a state of war with the German Empire, the German-sounding St. Petersburg was avoided, and the name was changed to the Russian-sounding Petrograd (grad means "city" in Russian). Furthermore, with the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the Soviet Union, the city was renamed "Leningrad" (meaning "Lenin's city") in 1924, after the death of Vladimir Lenin, the father of the Soviet Union. On September 6, 1991, just before the collapse of the Soviet Union, the city was returned to St. Petersburg by a referendum. Thank you for viewing. Thank you.