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Eight-pointed star, popular symbol in European, Islamic and Russian orthodox history, dates back to Sumerian culture and goddess Ishtar.
Ukraine and 8-pointed star in the logo of the recent celebration of the 30th anniversary of independence.
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The ground of Red Square on this picture was covered by metal plates, now it is different.
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The city of Saratov. Picture taken before 1917.
Ivanovo village view.

”World illustration” magazine, #58, 1870. Houses are buried into the ground.
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Some very interesting ground floor in Omsk, Russia. Lenin street, building 3.
Looking at the sources, I found a website with old maps of the 18-19th century.

http://www.etomesto.ru/

Many Siberian cities were settled in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The picture shows Khabarovsk with populated (pink color) and planned for development and settlement areas (rectangles without filling).
Another 8-point star example in Moscow
Depictions of illumination of the Kremlin in 1801 and 1856. #light

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