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The Monument to Astronauts A.B. Vasenko, P.F. Fedoseenko, and I.D. Usinkin
This interesting card was sent in November by postcrossing user Irina who lives in the small Russian town Saransk. The monument (link to Russian-language Wikipedia page) is to three Soviet pioneers. Their high-altitude balloon, Osoaviakhim-1, crashed descending from a height of 72,000 feet on January 30, 1934 killing all three of the passangers.
This card currently holds the record for the longest time it took a card to arrive to me. Mailed on August 19, 2014 the card didn't arrive until December 17, 2014 for a period of 119 days traveling!
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