On March 10, a stamp dedicated to the 200th Birth Anniversary of Konstantin Ushinsky, a writer, the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia, will go into postal circulation
Konstantin Ushinsky (1823–1871) was a writer, the founder of scientific pedagogy in Russia.
In his pedagogical papers, Ushinsky substantiated the necessity of forming a whole person and therefore he believed the main task of education was to prepare a person for independent life. He worked a lot on compiling reading books for children, such as Detskii Mir (Children's World) and Rodnoe Slovo (Native Word) - a Russian textbook, which went through 157 printings, etc. They became the first popular and publicly available Russian textbooks for elementary education of children. His last major tractate was Man as a Subject of Education, the Experience of Pedagogical Anthropology (in two volumes, 1868-1869).
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Konstantin Ushinsky against the background of a classroom.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Tula, and Yaroslavl.
Design Artist: V. Khablovsky.
Face value: 45 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 120 thousand stamps (8 thousand sheets).
On March 17, four stamps dedicated to the primrose family will go into postal circulation in the Flora of Russia series
The primrose family comprises predominantly perennial herbaceous plants of diverse appearance. They crop up in early spring, sometimes even before the snow melts completely; in different climatic zones this period may extend for several months. A considerable share of the representatives of the family in Russia is available in mountainous and Arctic areas.
In Russia, there grow Julia primrose, cowslip paigle and fistulous primula, different kinds of rock jasmine, eyebright, golden loosestrife, Siberian Cortuza, and sea milkwort.
The postage stamps provide images of Julia primrose, golden loosestrife, eyebright, and Siberian Cortuza.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Barnaul, Belgorod, Vladivostok, Kaliningrad, Krasnoyarsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Penza, Sevastopol, and Tambov, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated envelope with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.
Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 63 rubles.
Stamp size: 36.5×29 mm, sheet size: 100×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 60 thousand each stamp (30 thousand sheets).
On March 21, a stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Nikolai Storch, a military commander, will go into postal circulation
Nikolai Storch (1923-2002) was the Chief of the 8th Department of the USSR Armed Forces General Staff (1972-1988), a Lieutenant General (1972).
Nikolai Storch made a great personal contribution to the strengthening of the Service of Special Communications and Official Secrets Protection. With his assistance, departments determining the prospects for the Service development were established; training of graduates of the Service-specific Krasnodar Military School improved qualitatively; studies of officers in military academies and training of reserve officers were put in order. Under the leadership of Nikolai Storch, major scientific and methodological efforts were undertaken and normative documents were issued.
In 1985, Lieutenant General N.V. Storch was awarded the State Prize of the USSR "for his activities in the field of military science and technology".
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Nikolai Storch against the building of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Sevastopol.
Design Artist: R. Komsa.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×50 mm, sheet size: 168×177 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 12 (4×3) stamps.
Quantity: 108 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).
On March 23, a postal block dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will go into postal circulation
Kolomenskoye is a former palace village and a residence of Grand Dukes. The building development of this territory began in the 14th century; it is deemed that the first building was the Church of the Ascension, consecrated in 1532.
In 1923, a mandate was issued in the name of architect and restorer Peter Baranovsky to supervise the monuments of the villages of Kolomenskoye and D’yakovo. From that moment, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve history originated.
Presently, Kolomenskoye covers 250 hectares of parkland with 10 specially protected natural areas, 16 architectural monuments of federal significance, a monument that in 1994 entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List (the Church of the Ascension), and the only memorial museum in Moscow of the first Emperor - the House of Peter the Great (1702).
The margins of the postal block feature a map of the museum-reserve, the Church of St. George the Victorious with a bell tower and a refectory, and the Front Gate; the postage stamp provides an image of the Church of the Ascension.
In addition to the issue of the postal block, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow, as well as an illustrated envelope for the second emission type of the postal block with screen varnish and numbering.
Design Artist: Kh. Betredinova
Face value: 150 rubles.
Block size: 123×98 mm, stamp size in the block: 37×50 mm.
Quantity: 21 thousand blocks (first emission type); 4.2 thousand blocks (second emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
On March 23, an overprinted postal block dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve will go into postal circulation
The chief architectural masterpiece of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve, which was founded in 1923, is regarded the Church of the Ascension, consecrated in 1532.
As legend has it, the Church was built by order of Vasilii III to celebrate the birth of his long-awaited heir - Tsar to be Ivan IV, upon the project of Italian architect Pietro Annibale.
The building differs essentially from other architectural monuments of that time. It is assumed to be the first stone steepled church in Russia. The height of the church is 62 m; until 1600, it was considered the highest building in the Russian state. It was built of red brick and decorated with white stone elements. The basement has the form of an equal-pointed cross, and the thickness of its walls reaches 2.5-3 m. The Church is fairly small inside, because originally, it was a family chapel and only representatives of the great ducal family could pray in it.
A surcharge of the new denomination was made on the postage stamp and the museum jubilee logo devoted to the 100th Anniversary of the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve is provided on the margins of the postal block.
The overprinted postal block is to be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
Design Artist: A. Moskovets (block); design: M. Miloradova (surcharge).
Face value: 63 rubles.
Block size: 71×85 mm, stamp size in the block: 30×42 mm.
Quantity: 4.5 thousand blocks.
On March 31, a stamp dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff, a composer, will go into postal circulation
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor.
During his studies at the Moscow Conservatory, Rachmaninoff was already the author of Concerto No. 1 for piano and orchestra, as well as a number of romances and pieces for pianoforte.
The composer's graduation work was his first opera, Aleko, based on poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin and staged at the Bolshoi Theater. In 1901, he finished his Concerto No. 2 for piano and orchestra. In a short time, he assumed the position of a conductor at the Bolshoi Theater, where he conducted the entire Russian opera repertoire for two seasons.
In 1906, Rachmaninoff traveled about Italy and settled in Dresden for three years, where he worked prolifically; in 1909, he made a grand concert tour in America and Canada, performing as both a pianist and a conductor. In the same year, he composed his Concerto No. 3 for piano and orchestra.
In 1926-1927, new musical compositions came out: Concerto No. 4 for piano and orchestra and three Russian Songs. During his life abroad (1918-1943), Rachmaninoff produced only six compositions, which, however, belong to the crown jewels of Russian and world music. In 1940, he finished his last composition, Symphonic Dances, generally acknowledged as his greatest creation.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Sergei Rachmaninoff at the piano and musical notations of his copositions.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Veliky Novgorod, Kaliningrad and Tambov, as well as a maxi-card and an illustrated envelope with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside. .
Artist: A. Sazhina; design artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 45 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×176 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 135 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).
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