Historian Uses Postcards to Show How Nizhny Novgorod Changed
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Publication date: 19.10.2023Media type: News / briefLanguage: Russian
About this publication
NewsNN publishes “Historian Uses Postcards to Show How Nizhny Novgorod Changed”, a material about old postcards and their value for studying history and everyday life. The publication is directly relevant to the research and educational themes of the Pochtovoe project.
In “Historian Uses Postcards to Show How Nizhny Novgorod Changed”, NewsNN considers the postcard as a source on the past, urban history, everyday life and communication culture. The focus is on historical postcards and ways of reading and interpreting them.
The material is connected with the Pochtovoe project, which uses postcards in research and public education and shows how private correspondence helps us understand the experience of people in the past.