Astrakhan, Russia. An evening melody

Postcard ID: RU-2434431
Country: Russia

This one more mystique card came to me this week. I like winter and like so calm evenings. Especially I like falling snow in the lamplight, however it's not about this card :)

I have never been in Astrakhan yet, but postcrossin can show me a little part if this city :)

Astrakhan is a major city in southern European Russia and the administrative center of Astrakhan Oblast. The city lies on two banks of the Volga River, close to where it discharges into the Caspian Sea at an altitude of 28 meters (92 ft) below sea level. 

Also Astrakhan is sister city of belarusian Brest city :)

A postal stamp is also really interesting:

Tahir Salahov is an Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman. Nowadays he lives in Moscow, where he is a professor and has a studio at the Moscow Art Institute. He has received numerous honors, including People's Artist of USSR, Russia and Azerbaijan, Hero of Socialist Labour, USSR State Prize (1968), First Secretary of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1973–1992), Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts, member of over 20 academies and other creative organizations throughout the world, including academies of art of France, Spain, Germany, Austria, etc.