Moscow Comecon Building Postcard 1971 Soviet Architecture

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Moscow Comecon Building Postcard 1971 Soviet Architecture

A striking 1971 Soviet postcard featuring the towering glass façade of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (Comecon) headquarters in Moscow, captured in a moment of quiet urban life.

Measurements: approx. 4 1/8 x 5 7/8 inches
Dates: 11 December 1971
Condition: Light wear and creasing noted. Please check our images.
Internal notes: QC passed

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Bathed in soft Soviet sunlight, this vintage postcard presents a formalist portrait of the iconic Moscow Comecon building, a towering symbol of mid-century socialist architecture. Surrounded by chestnut trees and quiet walkways, a woman and child stroll past, offering a rare glimpse into the human rhythm beneath the grandeur of state planning.

Published in 1969 by Izdatelstvo Pravda and printed in Moscow, this official USSR postcard (marked “8-2-4 69”) was posted in December 1971, as noted by the handwritten message dated “11-12-71.” The structure depicted was the headquarters of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (СЭВ) — a Cold War institution intended to unite the economies of Eastern Bloc nations.

This postcard offers more than architectural interest — it captures a moment of lived Soviet experience beneath the shadow of global geopolitics. A poignant historical object for collectors of Cold War ephemera, Soviet design, or those tracing the aesthetics of state symbolism in urban form.

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