20 Panoramic Views of Soviet Ulyanovsk 1969 -- Lenin's Birthplace

Today we are taking a look at a postcard folder with 20 panoramic views of the city of Ulyanovsk on the Volga. These date from 1969 during the Soviet era.

We have looked at Ulyanovsk before in the post Ulyanovsk -- 18 Soviet Postcards of the USSR Tourist Destination and Lenin's Birthplace. 

As we noted there Ulyanovsk's claim to fame during Soviet times was that it was the birthplace of V. I. Lenin who was, of course, born Vladimir Ulyanov. As a result the city was renamed from the original Simbirsk in 1924. Ironically Simbirsk was also the birthplace of Alexander Kerensky

Ulyanovsk was a major tourist destination while the USSR still existed. It had museums at all of the three residences that Lenin's family owned at various points.

What is interesting about these photos is that they are panoramic with no "portrait" formats. I am particularly fond of how this format works out in the views of the Garden on Lenin Street and of the Volga Riverside Station.

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Monument to V. I. Lenin

The Garden on Lenin Street

Note the Tatra T-3 tramcars in the background

Square by the Railway Station with a

bust of Volodya Ulyanov

Monument to I. N. Ulyanov

Ulyanovsk Railway Station

Karamzin Garden

View of the Volga near the

40th Anniversary of the Komsomol Park

Riverside Station

I. A. Gontcharov's House

I. A. Gontcharov Museum of Arts and Local Lore

Novy Venets Boulevard

No. 21 Ulyanov Street, the House Where Lenin Spent His Youth

On the Right: V. I. Lenin Regional Library

On the Left: I. N. Ulyanov Pedagogical Institute

Monument to Karl Marx

Music School

The Former Gymnasium Where Volodya Ulyanov Studied 1879-87

Lenin Memorial Museum 

Branch of the Central Lenin Museum 

Garden of the Ulyanovs

Lenin Square

See also: Visit the USSR - A look at the Soviet Union in the late 1960s from Intourist (w. photos)

See also: Sochi 1978 -- A Postcard Visit to a Soviet Resort City