Old postcards Dnepropetrovsk

This section collects view postcards of Dnipro through 1991 — 42 cards dated 1976, 1983 and 1989. Period captions still name the city Dnepropetrovsk; the photographs record the centre, the embankment and new housing estates of the late Soviet years.

Subjects from 1976 include the bridge over the Dnieper, the embankment, V.I. Lenin Square, the Eternal Glory monument, the monument to artillery cadets and the State Opera and Ballet Theatre. There are also the monument to Hero of the Soviet Union N.I. Stashkov and the A. Matrosov Museum of Komsomol Glory.

The 1983 set adds the railway station and circus, Karl Marx Avenue and the House of Books, the Dnepropetrovsk Hotel with the Mayak restaurant, the Battle for the Dnieper diorama museum, and the Sokol, Pobeda and Solnechny housing estates. Cards from 1989 show the main building of the State University, the D.I. Yavornytsky Historical Museum, the organ hall, the Battle for the Dnieper diorama and the Yuzhmash sports and concert complex.

Dates and captions are useful for collectors and urban historians. The catalogue is expanded with new views of Dnipro; filter by year and compare with other Ukrainian cities in the Old Postcards archive.