A pretty vintage, Leningrad pin badge, 2cm high featuring the Smolny Institute. It has a clasp style safety clasp to the rear.
The Smolny Institute is a Palladian edifice in Saint Petersburg that has played a major part in the history of Russia
In 1917, Vladimir Lenin chose the building as Bolshevik headquarters immediately before and during the October Revolution. It was Lenin's residence for several months, until the national government was moved to the Moscow Kremlin in March 1918
