Poland

Imperium kontratakuje  by Michal Ksiazek

A Polish film poster for the film The Empire Strikes Back

USA - Washington

Tree of Life

This card sold to benefit UNICEF is by the late Indonesian artist Iwan Tirta.  The card comes to me from my friend Valerie in Seattle, Washington.

Japan

JP-916995

Impression, Sunrise - Claude Monet

While this card comes from Japan, the painting is located at the Musee Marmottan Monet in Paris

Poland

Rzeszow

Poland

Torun

The Statue of Nicholas Copernicus

Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik in Polish) was the Polish astronomer who formulated during the Renaissance a model of the solar system where the sun, not the Earth, was at the center.  Born in Torun, Poland, on February 19, 1473, he is probably the most famous resident of the city and is one of the most famous scientists and astronomers in Polish history.

Italy

Roma - Roman Forum

Poland

Sw. Jan Pwel II

Saint Pope John Paul II (May 18, 1920 - Apr 02, 2005).born Karol Wojtyła, the first Polish Pope.

Warsaw, Palace of Culture and Science

Soviet Union

Moscow

View of the city

Soviet Union

Moscow

The old building of the V. I. Lenin State Library (former P. Pashkov's house) Architect V. Bazhenov

The building is now part of the Russian State Library (after the national library went through de-Leninization after the fall of communism.)  The building was previously the Rumyantsev Museum, the first public museum in Russia, but was closed down by the Soviets in the 1920s.