Card Administrative building. Coloma, 1959

This 1959 postcard shows an administrative building in central Kolomyja, a city on the Prut River in Prykarpattia.

What is shown on the postcard

The image features a multi-storey building with a formal facade typical of post-war Soviet civic architecture, on a landscaped central square.

Historical note

Since the late 19th century Kolomyja developed as a trading and craft centre of Prykarpattia at the crossroads of routes into the Carpathians. After 1939 it became part of the Ukrainian SSR; the 1950s–1960s renewed the city centre.

Present day

Central Kolomyja retains layers of Soviet and earlier architecture. The postcard records the administrative quarter in 1959.

Location (map)

Address: central Kolomyja, Ukraine

Coordinates: 48.529000, 25.041500
(Google Maps)

Coordinate source: Open map data, Kolomyja.

Questions and answers

• What is shown? An administrative building in central Kolomyja.
• What year? 1959.
• Where is the city? On the Prut River in Prykarpattia.

See also

• Kolomyja postcards
• 1959 postcards

The «Old Postcards» archive includes other views of Kolomyja from 1959.