Anastasiya keeps sending me beautiful postcards, with new stamps. This time, an example of the headdress typically used by girls in Ryazan, from ancient times.
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This is known thanks to archeological reasearch on the Old city of Ryazan, burnt by Tatars in the XIII Century. The hanging diadems are called ryasna.
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The stamps now... wow. Another of these commemorative issues with anniversaries of traditional factories, this time, ZIL! The four stamps are gorgeous, colourful, and I had never seen them before.