On March 1, a postage stamp dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Zenit Football Club will go into postal circulation
The official birth date of the Club is considered to be May 25 of 1925, when the physical culture team of the Leningrad Metal Works was formed. In 1931, the factory football team began to play in the city championships, and later on, it became a permanent participant in the national championships. During this period, the team was named Stalin Team of LMZ, and since 1936, it was referred as Stalinets; in that time, its main colors - white and blue - were approved. In the 1940 season, the football team became known as Zenit.
In the summer of 1950, Zenit attained its own stadium for training and games. It was Kirov stadium opened on July 30 on Krestovsky Island. In the early 1960s, Zenit under the tuition of coach E. Eliseev achieved good results, reaching the semifinals in the Cup of the USSR and the final in the Cup of Florence.
The modern symbols of the Club are the famous Zenit arrow with the inscription of the team name and a star as a symbol of five-time champion’s title. Today Zenit is a Russian football club playing in the Premier League. It was the Champion of the USSR in 1984, a ten-time Champion of Russia, the Winner of the Cup of the USSR in 1944, a five-time Winner of the Cup of Russia, the Winner of the 1985 Cup season, a nine-time winner of the Super Cup of Russia, the winner of the 2003 Premier League Cup, the winner of the UEFA Cup of 2007/2008, and the winner of the 2008 UEFA Super Cup.
The postage stamp provides an image of jubilee symbols of the Zenit Club: the Club emblem, figure 100 and a lion with a ball.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Design: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 33 rubles.
Stamp size: 24×34 mm, sheet size: 150×110 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 8 (4×2) stamps.
Quantity: 80 thousand stamps (10 thousand sheets).
On March 20, an artistic postage stamp with the face value of 200 rubles will go into postal circulation
The release is provided with an up-to-date set of protection means; the postal stamp is produced on a self-adhesive base to facilitate its application.
The postage stamp presents an image of an emblem of the Federal Postal Service organizations of the Russian Federation in an ornamental design.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.
Design Artist: V. Nikonov; Design: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Stamp size: 25×34 mm, sheet size: 203.2×220 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 30 (6×5) stamps.
Quantity: 1 mln 920 thousand stamps (64 thousand sheets).
On March 21, a postage stamp dedicated to the 200th Birth Anniversary of Alexander Mozhaysky, an inventor and a military leader, will go into postal circulation
Alexander Mozhaysky (1825-1890) was a Russian military leader, a Rear Admiral, and an inventor in the field of aviation.
Mozhaysky graduated from the Naval Cadet Corps in St. Petersburg with the rank of midshipman. He entered the navy service in 1841. For seven years, he continued to serve on various ships of the Northern and Baltic Fleets.
Mozhaysky participated in a sea voyage to the Far East on the Diana frigate. From 1856, he continued his service in St. Petersburg. He commanded a small squadron in the Baltic Flotilla. In 1858, he set off for the Khiva expedition, where he implemented the crossing of troops across the Amu Darya and the Aral Sea. He returned to St. Petersburg in the rank of captain lieutenant. Until 1861, he headed the crew of the Orel (Eagle) battleship.
In 1861, he began a career in the civil service, at which time he became interested in aircraft construction. Dreaming of creating his own flying machine, he studied schematics and engineering. In 1876, A. Mozhaysky became a professor at the Naval Cadet Corps; at the same time, he continued his aeronautical design experiments, and in 1883, a flying machine was assembled. Its weight was 950 kg, and there were strong doubts about its ability to get off the ground. Tests in 1885 only confirmed these reservations: during acceleration, the aircraft tilted, breaking the wing; yet, A. Mozhaysky went down in history as one of the world's first designers of a full-scale airplane.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Alexander Mozhaysky against the backdrop of a blueprint of a full-scale airplane.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Vologda.
Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 63 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm, sheet size: 178×177 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 12 (3×4) stamps.
Quantity: 84 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On March 26, two postage stamps dedicated to Magomed Nurbagandov and Mikhail Churkin will go into postal circulation in the Heroes of the Russian Federation series
Magomed Nurbagandov (1985-2016), an officer of the non-departmental security department of the Directorate of the Federal National Guard Troops Service in the Republic of Dagestan, Police Lieutenant.
By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 21, 2016, for the courage and heroism demonstrated on the performance of military duty, Police Lieutenant Magomed Nurbagandov was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Hero of the Russian Federation Magomed Nurbagandov, a battle scene and the Gold Star Medal.
Mikhail Churkin (1972-2000), the commander of the special operations team of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Captain.
By the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 26, 2000, for the courage and heroism demonstrated on the performance of a special mission, Captain Mikhail Churkin was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously).
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Hero of the Russian Federation Mikhail Churkin, a battle scene and the Gold Star Medal.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Makhachkala and Izhevsk.
Design Artists: S. Ulyanovsky, I. Ulyanovsky and V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 55 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 104×112 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with (2×3) 5 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 40 thousand each stamp (8 thousand each sheet).
On March 28, a postage stamp dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of Innokenty Smoktunovsky, an actor, a People's Artist of the USSR, will go into postal circulation
Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925-1994), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actor, an elocutionist; an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1964); a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969); a People's Artist of the USSR (1974). He was a Hero of Socialist Labor (1990), a Winner of the Lenin Prize (1965) and the Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1971).
The images created by Smoktunovsky on stage - Prince Myshkin in the Bolshoi Drama Theater, Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich in the Maly Drama Theater, Chekhov's Ivanov and Porfiry Golovlev in the Moscow Art Theater - entered the golden pool of Russian theater art.
I. Smoktunovsky was referred to as the first intellectual actor of the Soviet cinema sector; he played his best roles in the films Soldiers, Nine Days of One Year, Hamlet, Tchaikovsky, Ladies' Tailor and in the lyrical comedy Beware of the Car.
The postage stamp features a portrait of Innokenty Smoktunovsky.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Tomsk.
Design Artist: V. Khablovsky.
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: 63 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On March 28, four postage stamps dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War will go into postal circulation in the Flora of Russia series
May 9 is the day of celebration of the national holiday: the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. It is our sacred duty to preserve the memory of the feat of veterans who, owing to their bravery, courage, indefatigable industry and selflessness, ensured peace and freedom for new generations.
The memory of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War is imprinted in the names of domestic varieties of trees, shrubs and plants. Bright flowers symbolize pride and triumph of the right cause.
The postage stamps provide images of peony Pobeda (Victory) from the collection of the N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources; dahlia Vechny Ogon (Eternal Flame) from the collection of the N.V. Tsitsin Main Botanical Garden of the Russian Academy of Sciences; canna Salut Pobedy (Salute of Victory) and rose Geroyam Eltigena (For the Heroes of Eltigen) from the collection of the Nikitsky Botanical Garden – the National Scientific Center of RAS.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Rostov-on-Don, Ryazan and Chelyabinsk, as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Covers with a cancel for Moscow inside.
Design Artist: M. Bodrova
Face value: 33 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: 54 thousand each stamp (27 thousand sheets).
On March 29, a postage stamp dedicated to the 125th Anniversary of the General of the Army A. Khrulev Military Academy of Materiel and Technical Security will go into postal circulation
On March 31 of 1900, Emperor Nicholas II approved the Regulations on the Opening of an Eight-Month Quartermaster’s Course in order to expand the knowledge of officers and officials of the Quartermaster’s Office and to prepare the necessary number of formation officers to fill administrative positions in the Quartermaster’s departments and establishments. On November 22 of 1911, its renaming into the Quartermaster’s Academy was approved. From the beginning of its formation until 1917, the Quartermaster’s Academy trained more than 500 intendant officers. In March of 1918, the Quartermaster’s Academy was transformed into the Military Administrative Academy of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army.
Since December of 1940, the Military Administrative Academy was renamed into the Intendant Academy. After the outbreak of the Great Patriotic War, the Academy was relocated to Tashkent. During the same period, the Academy was involved in the performance of tasks to ensure the combat activity of troops within the rear borders of the South-Western Front and thereby, by the Directive of the General Staff, was attributed to the composition of the active army. By the order of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR No 0700 of September 11, 1942, the Academy was reorganized into the Military Academy of Logistics and Supply. During the war years, the Military Academy of Logistics and Supply and the Military Transport Academy trained more than 13 thousand qualified specialists of logistics and transport. The academy's students held responsible command and engineering positions on all fronts of the Great Patriotic War.
Graduates of the Academy honestly and courageously fulfilled and hold on fulfilling their international duty in Cuba, Angola and Lebanon, Algeria and Vietnam, South Ossetia and Syria. In 1956, the Military Academy of Logistics and Supply and the Military Transport Academy merged, and the unified Military Academy of Logistics and Transport was created, with its location in Leningrad. In 2012, the academy was renamed into Order of Lenin General of the Army A. Khrulev Military Academy of Materiel and Technical Security.
The Academy was awarded the Order of Kutuzov in 2019 and the Order of Zhukov in 2022.
The postage stamp features the building of the General of the Army A. Khrulev Military Academy of Materiel and Technical Security, the banner of the Academy, the Order of Kutuzov and the Order of Lenin.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Omsk, Penza and Saratov.
Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 76 rubles.
Stamp size: 58×26 mm, sheet size: 132×126 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 56 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On March 31, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 175th Birth Anniversary of painter Ivan Pokhitonov will go into postal circulation
Ivan Pokhitonov (1850-1923) was a painter, a genre artist, an Academician and a Full Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1904).
The creative work of the Master merged the poetic view of the world, inherent in a Russian landscape painter, with French sophistication. The artist painted small sized pictures and used an original technique: he worked on small boards of lemon or mahogany trees with the finest brushes, fish bones and other handy objects. In this manner, he attained smoothness, brilliance and a variety of colorful shades, created volume and space with the help of complex pictorial texture.
The artworks by I. Pokhitonov are displayed in many of the world's largest museums. Some of the most famous of his paintings are The Laundresses (1894), The Estate (early 1900s), and Spring Day (early 1900s).
The postage stamp features painting The Laundresses by Ivan Pokhitonov (State Tretyakov Gallery 1894), the margins of the souvenir sheet provide a portrait of the artist against the background of the artist’s studio.
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 St. Petersburg 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: 120×87 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 50×37 mm.
Quantity: 17 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.6 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
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