Postcard made in the Soviet Union, 1980. The postcard has actually been used so it is not in perfect condition. The image of the building is Hotel Leningradskaya wich stands in Moscow. The Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya is one of Moscow’s Seven Sisters, skyscrapers built in the early 1950’s in the Stalinist neoclassical style.
Stalinist neoclassical architecture mixes the Russian neoclassical style with the style of American skyscrapers of the 1930s. A main element of Stalinist neoclassicism is its use of socialist realism art. The hotel, completed in 1954, was designed to be the finest luxury hotel in Moscow. The staircase features one of the longest lighting fixtures in the world, it was once in The Guinness Book of Records. The halls and corridors of the hotel’s upper floors are paneled in dark cherry wood. The hotel joined the Hilton Hotels chain in 2008 after completing a restoration and renovation.