On January 10, a postage stamp dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Zhostovo folk craft will go into postal circulation
Zhostovo painting is a Russian folk art craft of forged metal (tin) trays that has existed since 1825. At that time, the workshop of O. Vishnyakov was opened in the village of Zhostovo, Mytishchi District of the Moscow Region.
The basic theme of the painting is a simply composed flower bouquet, where large and small garden and field flowers, leaves, buds and stems are in harmonic entity. Painting is usually performed on a black background. The classic Zhostovo style suggests several floral compositions: Ashberry, Currant, A Solid Bouquet, A Loose Bouquet, A Flower Crown, A Branch Viewed from the Corner. Masters paint with oil paints diluted with line seed oil and turpentine, using squirrel brushes. Painting is done in two stages: the first stage is referred to as zamalyovka (priming) and the second one is named vypravka (smoothing). Each Zhostovo tray is hand-painted and has an author's signature.
The postage stamp shows products of the Zhostovo craft: a tray, a samovar and a tea glass; the margins provide elements of painting.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Zhostovo of the Moscow Region, as well as a maxi-card and an illustrated cover with the postage stamp, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Zhostovo of the Moscow Region inside.
Design Artist: Kh. Betredinova
Face value: 22 rubles.
Stamp size (diam): 33 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 180 thousand stamps (20 thousand sheets).
On January 10, a postage stamp dedicated to the 800th Anniversary of the town of Yuryevets of the Ivanovo Region will go into postal circulation
Yuryevets is the administrative center of the Yuryevets District, the Ivanovo Region of the Russian Federation. It is one of the oldest towns in the Ivanovo Region. It was founded as a fortress in 1225 by Yuri Vsevolodovich, the Grand Prince of Vladimir, and was named after him.
Today, Yuryevets is a unique, eco-friendly tourist town. The 16 km wide Volga River, the taiga forest of incredible beauty: Yuryevets landscapes were painted in the pictures by A. Savrasov, I. Levitan, B. Kustodiev, and A. Benois. There are five museums in Yuryevets: the Historical and Art Museum, the Andrei Tarkovsky Museum Center, the Museum of Architects the Vesnin brothers, the House of Fairy Tales of Alexander Rou and the Istoki Puppet Theater-Museum.
The postage stamp provides a panoramic view of the town of Yuryevets of the Ivanovo Region.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Ivanovo and Yuryevets of the Ivanovo Region.
Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 150×155 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 56 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On January 14, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Veniamin Basner, a composer, a People's Artist of the RSFSR, will go into postal circulation
Veniamin Basner (1925-1996) was a Soviet and Russian composer, the author of music for more than 100 films. He was an Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1974), a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1982), a Winner of the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1980) for music for the Blockade film (1974, 1977).
In 1949, Veniamin Basner graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov Leningrad State Conservatory on a class of violin and composition and began performing as a soloist and orchestral musician. In 1955, Basner became a member of the Leningrad branch of the Composers Union of the USSR and headed its youth-engagement commission. In the following years, the composer worked hard; the greatest fame was brought to him by his operettas, war songs and cinema music, including Where Does the Motherland Begin? (from the The Shield and The Sword film), On the Nameless Height, From Parting to Parting (from the Silence film), Birch Sap (from A Swell Guy film), All Night Long a Nightingale Whistled to Us (from The Days of the Turbins), A Song about a Red Puppy (from A Teacher of Singing), It Was Recently, It Was for a Long Time (from the Friends and Years film), For the Rest of My Life (from the eponymous TV-film). Besides, Veniamin Basner is the author of a number of articles in music magazines of the USSR.
The envelope and the commemorative stamp provide portraits of Veniamin Basner.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl.
Design Artist: V. Khablovsky.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
On January 15, a postage stamp dedicated to the 175th Birth Anniversary of Sofya Kovalevskaya, a mathematician and a mechanical engineer, will go into postal circulation
Sofya Kovalevskaya (1850–1891) was a Russian mathematician and a mechanical engineer; since 1889, a foreign corresponding member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. She was the first woman professor of mathematics around the world.
In 1866, Sofya Kovalevskaya, having settled in St. Petersburg, took lessons in mathematical analysis from A. Strannoliubskii, a student of the Naval Academy, Lieutenant of the Fleet.
It was forbidden for women to enter higher educational institutions in Russia; hence, Kovalevskaya could only continue her studies abroad. In 1869, she began studying at the University of Heidelberg. In 1870-1874, she took private lessons from Karl Weierstrass, a professor at the University of Berlin. In 1874, Sofya Kovalevskaya received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics and Master of Fine Arts “with the highest praise” at the University of Göttingen for the defense of her dissertation “On the Theory of Differential Equations” without the usual examination and public defense for the highest level of mathematical research.
In 1881, she was elected a member of the Moscow Mathematical Society as a privat-docent. On January 30 of 1884, Kovalevskaya gave her first lecture at the Stockholm University, and on June 24 of 1884, she was appointed to a five-year position as Extraordinary Professor. In 1888, she received the Bordin Prize from the Paris Academy of Sciences for the discovery of the third classical case of solvability of the problem of the motion of a solid around a fixed point. In 1889, she received the 1,500 kroner prize of King Oscar II from the Swedish Academy of Sciences for the continuation of this subject and became a permanent Ordinary Professor at the Stockholm University.
On November 7, 1889, Sofya Kovalevskaya was elected a Corresponding Member of the Physics and Mathematics Department of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Sofya Kovalevskaya, a Kovalevskaya top and formulae illustrating the study of the rotation of a heavy asymmetric body around a fixed point.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Pskov.
Design Artist: M. Podobed.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 72 thousand stamps (8 thousand sheets).
On January 17, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 125th Birth Anniversary of poet Mikhail Isakovsky will go into postal circulation
Mikhail Isakovsky (1900-1973) was a Russian Soviet poet, a songwriter, a prose writer and a translator. He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1970) and a Winner of two Stalin Prizes of the First Class (1943, 1949).
The Soldier's Request is one of his apprentice poems, which was published in 1914 in the Nov’ Russian national newspaper.
In 1921-1931, he worked in Smolensk newspapers (Rabochiy Put’ and others). Many poems by Isakovsky were set to music. The most famous are Katyusha and Enemies Burned the Dear House Down (music by M. Blanter), In the Forest, Near the Frontline, Migratory Birds Are Flying, Lonely Accordion, Under the Stars of the Balkans, and others. In the Kuban Cossacks film, his songs As You Were, So You Remained and Oi, Tsvetet Kalina (Oh, the Viburnum Blossoms) to the music of Isaak Dunayevsky were performed.
In 1927, the first collection of poems by Mikhail Isakovsky Wires in the Straw was published. In 1930, a collection of poems The Province was published, and in 1931, Masters of the Earth followed. The poet was appointed Editor of the Kolkhoznik (Collective Farmer) magazine
As a result of cooperation with Vladimir Zakharov, the songs to the words by Isakovsky were introduced into the repertoire of the Pyatnitsky Choir.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp provides a symbolic image of a girl from the Katyusha song and a photo of soldiers from the Great Patriotic War; the commemorative stamp features a portrait of poet Mikhail Isakovsky against the background of a village landscape and manuscripts.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow and Smolensk.
Design Artist: V. Beltyukov
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
On January 23, a postage stamp dedicated to Vladimir Fortov, a physicist, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences will go into postal circulation in the Cavaliers of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” series
Vladimir Fortov (1946-2020) was a Soviet and Russian physicist, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1991, a Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR since 1987). He is a laureate of State Prize of the USSR (1988), State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997), State Prize of the Russian Federation named after Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov (2012) and four prizes of the Government of the Russian Federation (1997, 1999, 2003, 2010). He is a Full Cavalier of the Order of Merit to the Fatherland.
In 1968, he graduated with honors from the Aeromechanical Faculty of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, and was admitted to a postgraduate school. Since 1982, he has been a Professor in specialty of chemical physics, including combustion and explosion physics.
In 1996-1997, Vladimir Fortov was a Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Russian Federation; the Minister of Science and Technology of the Russian Federation; and the Chairman of the State Committee of the Russian Federation for Science and Technology (1996-1998). From 2007 to 2018, he was the Director of the Joint Institute of High Temperatures of the Russian Academy of Sciences, the President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2013–2017).
His principle papers are devoted to the physics of powerful shock waves in dense plasma and extreme states of matter. Under the guidance of Vladimir Fortov and with his direct participation, theoretical and experimental work was carried out in the field of high-energy-density physics, physics of non-ideal plasma and chemical physics, space physics, theory of combustion and explosion, thermophysical properties of substances and their behavior under extreme conditions.
In the world science, he is known as the author and the leader of a new scientific direction: dynamic physics of non-ideal plasma. He made a fundamental contribution to the research cycle on the physics of high energy densities on the Angara-5-1 complex.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Vladimir Fortov and the Order for Merit to the Fatherland.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Noginsk of the Moscow Region.
Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 142×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with (3×5) 14 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 98 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On January 24, three postage stamps dedicated to Vladimir, Uglich and Yaroslavl will go into postal circulation in the Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series
The Golden Ring of Russia is a tourist route, which unites ancient cities of North-Eastern Russia: Yaroslavl, Sergiev Posad, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Uglich, Kostroma, Ivanovo, Suzdal, and Vladimir. All of these cities have retained unique monuments of Russian history and culture.
Vladimir is one of the largest tourist centers of the European part of the country. The Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve introduces visitors to the monuments of Old Russian architecture. Among the most valuable attractions, there are monuments of white stone architecture of the 12th-13th centuries, such as the Assumption Cathedral, the Golden Gate, and the Cathedral of Saint Demetrius.
The postage stamp features the Golden Gate, the Assumption Cathedral, the water tower (places of interest of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve), the Vladimir Regional Puppet Theater, and the building of the old City Duma.
Uglich of the Yaroslavl Region and its near vicinity is the host of more than 300 historical and architectural monuments of Russian culture. These include churches, monasteries, palaces of the 15th-17th centuries, historical civil buildings.
The postage stamp provides images of the Church of St. Demetrius on Blood (Uglich Museum) against the background of the Uglich hydroelectric power plant, the palace chamber of the Uglich appanage princes (Uglich Museum), the Museum of Urban Life of the 19th century, the floodgate arch, and the fire watchtower.
Yaroslavl is the capital of the Golden Ring of Russia, the cultural and spiritual center of Central Russia. The historical center of Yaroslavl is entered in the UNESCO World Heritage List. There are many ancient streets, the Transfiguration of the Savior Monastery, the Assumption Cathedral and the Church of Elijah the Prophet (17th century).
The postage stamp provides images of the monument to Yaroslav the Wise against the background of the Uglich tower of Transfiguration of the Savior Monastery and the Church of the Epiphany, a Pavilion on the Volga Embankment, the Volkov Theater, the Church of Elijah the Prophet (Yaroslavl Museum-Reserve), and Ivan Vakhrameev's house.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Vladimir, Uglich of the Yaroslavl Region and Yaroslavl, as well as unstamped postcards; maxi-cards; and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and First Day Covers with cancels for Vladimir, Uglich of the Yaroslavl Region and Yaroslavl, inside.
Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 58 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm, sheet size: 172×175 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with 12 (3×4) stamps.
Quantity: 84 thousand each stamp (7 thousand each sheet).
On January 24, a postage stamp dedicated to Moscow State University will go into postal circulation
Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) is one of the oldest and largest classical universities of Russia, the center of Russian science and culture, located in Moscow.
It was founded in 1755 on the initiative of Mikhail Lomonosov. Originally, the University was located in the Principal Medicine Store at the Voskresensky Gate on Red Square and had three departments: philosophical, medical and legal. In 1785, Catherine II allocated 125 thousand rubles from the treasury for the construction of the university building designed by architect Matvey Kazakov. However, the very first building did not reach us: the fire in September of 1812 abolished it together with the museum, library, art and scientific valuables. The reconstruction works were finished in 1819 under the direction of architect Domenico Gilardi. In the 19th century, the number of faculties increased, in the middle of the century there were more than a thousand students.
Today, MSU has more than 30 faculties, above 10 research institutes, 4 museums, about 380 departments and more than 40 thousand students and postgraduates. The University has educated 11 Nobel Winners. It is among the three Russian universities with a special status: the decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 2008 regularized their academic independence, which gives the right to establish their own educational standards and programs.
The postage stamp provides an image of the main building of the Moscow State University.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow, as well as a maxi-card and an illustrated cover with the postage stamp, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.
Artist: O. Nikulin; Design: N. Karpova.
Face value: 70 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: 64 thousand stamps (8 thousand sheets).
On January 30, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 125th Birth Anniversary of composer Isaak Dunayevsky will go into postal circulation
Isaak Dunaevsky (1900-1955) was a Soviet composer and conductor, a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1950).
In 1919, he graduated from the Kharkov Conservatory in violin class. From 1924, he was the Musical Director of the Hermitage Theater, and from 1926, he headed the musical section of the Satire Theater and the Moscow Operetta Theater, where in 1927, his operetta The Grooms was successfully staged.
Being one of the founders of Soviet operetta and musical film comedy, Isaak Dunayevsky made music one of the main components of the drama of the story. The Jolly Fellows film (1934) and a number of subsequent ones brought wide fame to the composer. From 1934 to 1940, he composed music for 16 films. He also often participated in voiceovers, played the piano and sang.
During the Great Patriotic War, he led the Song and Dance Ensemble of the Central House of Culture of Railway men, on numerous occasions performed for soldiers in military units and hospitals, and for workers at defense plants.
Among the composer's famous compositions, there are operettas The Grooms, The Golden Valley, Free Wind, White Acacia, and others; films Jolly Fellows, Circus, Volga-Volga, etc.; and songs My Moscow, Song about the Motherland, March of the Jolly Fellows, Song about the Merry Wind, Oi, Tsvetet Kalina (Oh, the Viburnum Blossoms), etc.
The commemorative stamp provides a portrait of Isaak Dunayevsky; the main image features the composer at the piano.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Design Artist: V. Khablovsy.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
On January 31, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 175th Birth Anniversary of painter Julius Klever will go into postal circulation
Julius Klever (1850-1924) was a Russian artist of German origin, a painter, a tutor, master of the parlor-academic genre, an Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1878).
In 1867, on having graduated from the Dorpat Gymnasium, he studied in the landscape class with S. Vorobyov, and later on - with M. Klodt. He was awarded Small and Grand Silver Medals from the Academy of Arts (1870).
The painter's career developed successfully, he early gained wide fame. In 1874, six years after entering the landscape painting class, Julius Klever arranged his first one-man art show, two years later his painting Birch Forest was purchased by Emperor Alexander II. After that, the newcomer painter, who had not finished the academic course, was awarded the title of class artist of the first degree. Julius Klever often traveled with exhibitions about Europe, and his paintings were purchased by wealthy entrepreneurs, public officials and large private art galleries in Russia.
The most famous of his paintings are Winter Sunset, Winter Evening, Evening, Autumn in the Park, Sunset, and Forest Landscape.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Winter Sunset painting by Julius Klever (1891, Kaluga Fine Arts Museum); the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the artist’s portrait against the background of his art studio (a fragment of a painting by L. Alperovich, 1907, National Art Museum, Republic of Belarus).
In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as illustrated covers for the souvenir sheet with a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside; and for the second emission type: an imperforated souvenir sheet made on canvas-type design paper.
Design Artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 250 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 118×83 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 50×37 mm.
Quantity: 15 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.65 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
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