Soviet Yerevan Postcard Set, 1970s-80s, Lenin Square

A complete souvenir postcard set titled ЕРЕВАН, depicting the Armenian SSR capital in its Soviet-era prime. Cards include Lenin Square with the Hotel Armenia and Lenin monument — removed in 1991 — Zvartnots International Airport with an Aeroflot jet on the tarmac and a Zhiguli passing in the foreground, a cascading fountain complex with modernist pavilion, and a brutalist cultural building faced with Armenian bas-relief sculpture. Color photography throughout, gold foil title lettering on the cover card.

Yerevan in these cards is a city that no longer exists — the Lenin statue gone, the airport terminal replaced, the street-level Soviet texture scrubbed. For the Armenian diaspora and anyone interested in Soviet urbanism, this is what the capital looked like before independence changed it.

Good vintage condition. Cards show light edge wear and some surface scuffing. Colors remain vivid. All cards present.