Kirov is a Russian city of just over a half a million people. It looks like it has about the same climate as Medicine Hat - cold winters, and hot summers. Kirov was previously known as Vyatka but was re-named by the Soviet government to honour a slain Soviet leader in 1934.  The sender is a university student but doesn't say what she is studying.  It's a great card that looks like one of those rough sketches for an animated movie.