On June 7, three postage stamps dedicated to Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky and Suzdal will go into postal circulation in the Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series
The Golden Ring of Russia is a tourist route that unites ancient cities of North-Eastern Russia: Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Uglich, and Yaroslavl. All of them have retained unique monuments of architecture, history and culture.
Pereslavl-Zalessky was founded by Prince Yuri Dolgoruky in 1152. The outstanding statesman and military leader Alexander Nevsky was born, lived and reigned here. In the early 14th century, the Duchy of Pereslavl became a part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow. Late in the 17th century, on the shore of Lake Pleshcheyevo near Pereslavl, young Tsar Peter I started construction of the so-called toy flotilla, which laid the foundation of the Russian military fleet.
Today, Pereslavl-Zalessky is the administrative center of the Pereslavl District, a tourist city of the Yaroslavl Region. It hosts a lot of ancient monasteries and churches: the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Trinity St. Daniel Monastery, the Goritsky Assumption Monastery, and a lot of unique museums revealing the history of the city. The calling card of the ancient Russian city is the National Park Pleshcheevo Lake.
The postage stamp provides images of the Cathedral of the Transfiguration of the Savior, the Fortuna boat of Peter the Great (objects of the Pereslavl Museum-Reserve), the monument to Alexander Nevsky (sculptor S. Orlov), the building of the LIT plant, the Church of the Forty Martyrs, the Chapel of Feodor Stratilat (the territory of the National Park Pleshcheevo Lake).
Rostov Veliky has been officially chronicled since 862. From the 10th century, it was one of the capitals of the Rostov-Suzdal Land, then it was a part of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality. Early in the 13th century, it became an independent center: stone building activity was under way there, extensive libraries were created.
Today, Rostov Veliky is the administrative center of the Rostov District, Yaroslavl Region, and a tourist city. In 1995, the Rostov Kremlin Museum-Reserve was entered on the State Code of Especially Valuable Objects of Cultural Heritage of the Peoples of the Russian Federation.
The territory of the city is home to more than 300 cultural monuments, one third of which are monuments of federal significance. The ancient city is famous not only for its stunning temples, but also for its ancient crafts, particularly enamel miniature.
The postage stamp provides images of the ensemble of the Rostov Kremlin with a bell tower, a memorial cross (sculptor N. Mukhin), a ladle with elements of the Rostov enamel work, and shopping malls with the Church of Our Savior on the Marketplace.
Suzdal was first mentioned in chronicles in 1024. In the 13th century, it became the center of the Vladimir-Suzdal Principality and became famous for its crafts: currying, jewelry manufacturing and a lot more. In the 14th century, the city was captured by Tver, but soon after it became part of the Grand Duchy of Moscow and became one of the centers of Orthodox Christianity.
Today, Suzdal is a city reserve in the Vladimir Region. In 1992, its magnificent architectural monuments were included in the UNESCO World Heritage List. The most famous sights are the ensembles of the Kremlin, the Intercession Convent, the Monastery of Deposition of the Robe and the Monastery of the Savior and St. Euthimius.
The postage stamp provides images of the Resurrection Church and trade malls, the St. Nickolas Church from the village of Glotovo (Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve), the Church of Elijah the Prophet, the obelisk of the Vladimir outpost at the entrance to the city, and a fire watchtower.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Pereslavl-Zalessky and Rostov Veliky of the Yaroslavl Region and Suzdal of the Vladimir Region, as well as unstamped postcards, maxi-cards, and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and First Day Covers with cancels for Pereslavl-Zalessky and Rostov Veliky of the Yaroslavl Region and Suzdal of the Vladimir Region inside.
Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 65 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm, sheet size: 172×175 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with 12 (3×4) stamps.
Quantity: 78 thousand each stamp (6.5 thousand each sheet).
On June 11, a postage stamp dedicated to tennis will go into postal circulation in the Sports series
Tennis is a sport in which either two players or two teams consisting of two players compete. The players' task is to use their rackets to send the ball to the opponent's court in such a way that the opponent is unable to play a valid return. Tennis is an Olympic sport.
In Russia, tennis was first mentioned in 1875. This is evidenced by an entry about playing tennis in the diary of the Governor of Moscow - Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich. On August 18 of 1878, the Manifesto for the All-Russian Development of Lawn Tennis in Russia was proclaimed. The year of 1908 was marked by the institution of the All-Russian Union of Tennis Clubs, the governing body of tennis until 1918. The members of most of the clubs were aristocrats, officers, and big merchants.
In 1956, the Tennis Federation of the USSR was founded, which was later transformed into the All-Russian Tennis Federation. The popularization and promotion of the sport in Russia after the collapse of the USSR was favored by the first President, B. Yeltsin.
In the 1990s, the history of the Russian big tennis reached a new level. E. Kafelnikov won the Grand Slam tournament and became the first racket of the world. A. Myskina was the first in the history of women's tennis in Russia to win Roland Garros. Many competitions are held annually. They are divided by age categories and types (singles or doubles).
The postage stamp provides an image of a tennis player serving the ball.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Ryazan and Penza, as well as a maxi-card.
Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 65 rubles.
Stamp size: 30×42 mm, sheet size: 170×151 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (5×3) stamps.
Quantity: 105 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On June 16, a postage stamp dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Artek International Children's Centre will go into postal circulation
Artek is an International Children's Centre located on the Black Sea coast in Crimea. It was founded on June 16, 1925, on the initiative of the Chairman of the Russian Red Cross Society Z. Solovyov as a children's health camp.
In the first year, only 320 children recreated here. Artek residents lived in canvas tents; it was two years later that light plywood houses were built on the shore, and in the 1930s, owing to the winter building built in the upper park, the camp was gradually put on the year-round operation.
Modern Artek is the world's most famous children's Centre, hosting more than 40,000 children a year. The camp successfully implements one of the most important tasks: children’s health improvement owing to the unique natural and climatic potential and achievements of modern medicine.
Carefully preserving the best pedagogical traditions, modern Artek makes use of the latest methods that permit to make children's holidays as intense and interesting as possible.
The postage stamp provides a drawing of Ruslan Minyailenko from Lugansk, the Winner of the drawing contest.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Gurzuf of the Republic of Crimea, Ulyanovsk and Chelyabinsk, as well as a maxi-card and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Gurzuf of the Republic of Crimea inside.
Artist: R. Minyailenko; Design: Kh. Betredinova.
Face value: 63 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 142×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 165 thousand stamps (11 thousand sheets).
On June 18, a postage stamp dedicated to boxing will go into postal circulation in the Sports series
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art, which involves two athletes throwing punches at each other with their fists wearing special gloves. The referee controls the fight, which lasts up to 12 rounds. Victory is awarded to the opponent who outpointed, or to the one who has knocked out his opponent. It is an Olympic sport.
The postage stamp provides an image of outstanding boxer Boris Lagutin.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Penza, as well as a maxi-card.
Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 35 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 76.5 thousand stamps (8.5 thousand sheets).
On June 24, four postage stamps dedicated to military uniforms of the participants of the 1945 Victory Parade will go into postal circulation in the On the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 series
Uniforms and insignia of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army changed every few years, adapting themselves to the current demands and requirements of the time.
Supplements to the uniform were made in April of 1945: at that time, a double-breasted uniform with two rows of buttons was introduced for marshals and generals.
A new parade uniform of the sea-green color was produced for generals and marshals for the Victory Parade held on June 24, 1945. It was tailored in the austerity mode: exclusively for its participants and practically out of stock. It was a modified everyday uniform made of the best materials: dense cotton and fine wool.
The postage stamps provide images of participants in the Victory Parade held on Red Square on June 24, 1945: a front commander and a People's Commissar of the USSR Navy, a standard-bearer and the commander of a composite regiment of the 1st Ukrainian Front, the commander and soldiers of the composite battalion of trophy banners, the chief and pupils of Suvorov military schools.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Simferopol, Yevpatoria, Kerch and Feodosia of the Republic of Crimea.
Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 40 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×50 mm, sheet size: 168×177 mm.
Emission form: sheets with formatted margins with 12 (4×3) stamps.
Quantity: 72 thousand each stamp (6 thousand each sheet).
On June 26, a postage stamp dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the Resort Town of Essentuki of the Stavropol Territory will go into postal circulation
Essentuki is a resort town in the Stavropol Territory. It forms the Essentuki urban district. Since 1992, it has been the administrative center of the specially protected ecological resort region Caucasian Mineral Waters (CMW) and the seat of its administration. Since 2006, it has been a resort of federal significance.
Essentuki is considered the largest and most popular drinking and balneotherapeutic resort in Russia for treatment of gastrointestinal, hepatic and metabolic diseases. The main healing remedies of the resort are more than 20 mineral springs. The city has vast spa parks - Lechebniy Park (lower park) and Victory Park (upper park). The parks host mineral water springs, many therapeutic institutions, and marked up Terrainkur routes. The basic therapeutic factors of Essentuki are salt-alkaline springs Essentuki-4, Essentuki-20, Essentuki-17, Essentuki-2 (New) and sulphur-alkaline spring Essentuki-1-Burovaya. The waters of the springs are used for drinking therapy, baths, irrigations and inhalations. Besides, the sulfide silt mud of Tambukan Lake is also used for therapeutic purposes (mud treatment).
The postage stamp provides an image of Upper Nikolayevsky Mineral Baths.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Essentuki of the Stavropol Territory.
Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 58×26 mm, sheet size: 136×129 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 56 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On June 26, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the Reserved Kenozerye Cultural Landscape will go into postal circulation in the UNESCO World Heritage series
Russia has been a Member State of UNESCO since April 21, 1954.
In July of 2004, the Park Reserved Kenozerye was included in the UNESCO World Heritage sites under the name of Kenozerye Cultural Landscape. It is located on the territory of the Kenozersky National Park. Its objects have no analogues in the world. It is a unique example of the Russian village way of life, which has been preserved far away from large cities. A distinctive feature is the famous Russian wooden architecture: the territory of the National Park is home to more than 30 chapels and churches, which make it possible to see in miniature the history of architectural development of the Russian North. The key sights are the ensembles of the Porzhensky and Pochezersky churchyards that are regarded monuments of architecture of federal significance, as well as numerous churches and chapels.
The postage stamp provides an image of a chapel in the name of St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (late 18th century) in the village of Vershinino; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the typical landscape of Kenozerye, Lake Kenozero.
In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Arkhangelsk, as well as an illustrated cover with the souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Arkhangelsk inside.
Artist: D. Musikhina-Belova; Design: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 100×75 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 65×32.5 mm.
Quantity: 18 thousand souvenir sheets.
On June 27, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of painter K. Yuon will go into postal circulation
Konstantin Yuon (1875–1958) was a Russian and Soviet painter, a master of landscape painting, a stage designer, an art theorist, an educator, and a professor. He is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1926), a People's Artist of the RSFSR (1945), an Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1947) a People's Artist of the USSR (1950), and a Winner of the Stalin Prize, First Class (1943).
He was born on October 12 (24), 1875, in Moscow. From 1892 to 1898, he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture. In 1903, he became one of the organizers of the Union of Russian Artists. He was also a member of The World of Art association.
Since 1907, he worked in the field of theater decoration; he was involved in staging the opera Boris Godunov in Paris within Sergei Diaghilev's Russian Seasons. Before the revolution, the main theme of his creative work was urban landscapes of Russian cities (Moscow, Sergiev Posad, Nizhny Novgorod, etc.) performed in a distinctive style, imbued with light, with broad perspectives, featuring churches, women in folk costumes, and traditional Russian household items. For example, far-famed is his painting Domes and Swallows (1921–1922).
In 1925, Yuon became a member of the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (AARR). From 1948 to 1950, he was the Director of the Research Institute of Theory and History of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
From 1952 to 1955, he lectured as a professor at the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow, as well as at a number of other educational institutions (the Repin Institute in Leningrad, the Correspondence People's University of Arts in Moscow).
The postage stamp provides a fragment of painting Domes and Swallows (1921–1922) from the collection of the Yaroslavl Art Museum; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a portrait of the painter. The background design makes use of a fragment of painting The Interior (1907) from the collection of the Kroshitsky Sevastopol Art Museum.
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 an illustrated cover 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: 130×101 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 50×50 mm.
Quantity: 16 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.5 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
On June 30, a postage stamp dedicated to the Volkov Russian State Academic Drama Theatre will go into postal circulation
The first Russian public professional theatre was founded in 1750 in Yaroslavl by outstanding actor and director Fyodor Volkov. He transformed a building that could accommodate up to 1,000 spectators for performances.
In 1819, provincial architect P.Y. Pankov designed and built with own funds the first wooden theater building in the classical style in place of a demolished earthen rampart. Since then, all new theater buildings were constructed on the site of P. Pankov's first theater.
In 1907, the dilapidated building was dismantled. A new theater building, designed by architect N. Spirin, was under construction between 1909 and 1911 and was officially opened in September of 1911. In 1918, the theater building was nationalized.
During the Great Patriotic War, the theater continued to operate, even though some of its employees had gone to the front. Many artists performed at the frontline in the composition of frontline groups.
On June 11, 1950, for its great achievements in the development of theatrical art and in connection with the 200th Anniversary of its foundation, the theater was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. On April 29, 1966, the theater was given the honorary title of “Academic.” In 1975, in connection with its 225th Anniversary, the theater was awarded the Order of the October Revolution.
On September 16, 2019, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin signed the Decree On classifying the Federal State Budgetary Institution of Culture “Fyodor Volkov Russian State Academic Drama Theater” as an especially valuable object of cultural heritage of the peoples of the Russian Federation.
The postage stamp provides an image of the building of the Fyodor Volkov Russian State Academic Drama Theater in Yaroslavl.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Yaroslavl.
Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×174 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 15 (3×5) stamps.
Quantity: 97.5 thousand stamps (6.5 thousand sheets).
On June 30, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the establishment of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park will go into postal circulation
The Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park is located in the foothills of the Eastern Sayan Mountains. It was established in 1925 as a nature reserve on the right bank of the Yenisei River, near the southwestern suburbs of Krasnoyarsk, to protect the natural complexes around the syenitic rock pillars. In 2019, it was transformed into a national park. Its territory is a typical section of a mid-mountain taiga landscape with elevations ranging from 200 to 840 m above sea level. The highest point is located on the Kaidynsky Range.
About 98% of the territory of the Reserve is covered by forests. More than 50 species of plants growing in the National Park are listed in the Red Data Books of the Russian Federation and the Krasnoyarsk Territory, nine of which are on the federal list (eight species of orchids and feather grass). The fauna of the National Park is represented by 296 species of animals. A more widespread among ungulates is the maral (a large subspecies of red deer). The protected area is also home to musk deer, roe deer, and elk.
Large and medium-sized predators recorded in the Krasnoyarsk Pillars include brown bear, wolf, lynx, wolverine, fox, and badger. Small predators include weasel, ermine stoat, Siberian striped weasel, American mink, otter, and sable. Rodents are the most numerous family in the Park. The list of birds recorded during ornithological observations in the protected area includes 227 species. Of the species listed in the Red Book of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the peregrine falcon, eagle owl, little owl, sparrow owl, and house owl nest within the National Park and its protected area, as well as the regionally rare bearded owl and long-eared owl.
The main attraction of the Park is the syenitic rocks. Some of them acquired guessable outlines of people, animals and mythological creatures. The most famous of them are Ded (Grandsire), Perya (Feathers), Takmak, Lvinye Vorota (Lion's Gate), Pervyi Stolb (First Pillar), and Kitaiskaya Stenka (Chinese Wall).
The postage stamp provides an image of the Chinese Wall in the Takmakovsky District of the Krasnoyarsk Pillars National Park; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature the surroundings of the Reserve and the wood grouse and fox residing there.
In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Krasnoyarsk, as well as an illustrated cover with the souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Krasnoyarsk inside
Design Artist: A. Kradyshev.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 122×98 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 37×50 mm.
Quantity: 18 thousand souvenir sheets.
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