On October 2, two postage stamps dedicated to secondary vocational education will go into postal circulation in the Vocational Professions series
October 2 is Secondary Vocational Education Day in Russia, established by the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of July 25 of 2022.
Secondary Vocational Education Day is celebrated by teachers and students of vocational training schools, colleges, vocational lyceums, and technical schools.
Currently, vocational education is one of the most popular and prestigious types of education. Colleges have surpassed higher education institutions in terms of the number of applicants, with a total of 3.5 million students enrolled in vocational education institutions.
The postage stamps provide images of representatives of secondary vocational education professions: a turner and a welder.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.
Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 35 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm, sheet size: 120×180 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 50 thousand each stamp (12.5 thousand sheets).
On October 3, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 500th Anniversary of the commencement of the Russian development of the Northern Sea Route will go into postal circulation
The Northern Sea Route (NSR) is a Russia's primary maritime Arctic shipping lane that runs along the northern coast of Russia traversing the Barents, Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi seas of the Arctic Ocean and partly of the Pacific Ocean (the Bering Sea).
The modern NSR is the result of centuries-long development of northern regions of Russia. It connects European and Far Eastern ports, as well as the mouths of navigable Siberian rivers, into a single transport system. Its length from the Kara Gate to the Providence Bay is about 5,610 km, and the length of the adjacent navigable river routes is about 37,000 km. Transport convoying through ice massives is possible only with the help of icebreakers. The Northern Sea Route serves the Arctic ports and those of major Siberian rivers, thereby ensuring the import of food, fuel, and equipment, and the export of timber and minerals.
During the Great Patriotic War, the NSR was the most important transport route in the Arctic, used by warships of the Pacific Fleet to reach the Barents Sea.
The postage stamp features a compass rose; the margins of the souvenir sheet provide images of famous Russian navigators and polar explorers: S. Dezhnev, V. Bering, B. Vilkitsky, O. Schmidt, I. Papanin, and A. Chilingarov against the backdrop of a map, as well as the Taymyr and Lenin icebreakers, the Mir-1 research vessel, and animals inhabiting the northern seas.
In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Arkhangelsk and Murmansk, as well as an illustrated cover with the souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a special cancel for urban-type settlement Providence inside.
Design Artists: A. Yegizaryan, R. Komsa, and S. Sviridov.
Face value: 350 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size (diam): 100 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet (diam): 33 mm.
Quantity: 19 thousand souvenir sheets.
On October 3, an overprinted 2016 stamp (No. 2139 “LUKOIL” Oil Company) dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of Kogalym, Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra will go into postal circulation
Kogalym is a city in Russia, located in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra. It is situated in the Surgut District of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra of the Tyumen Oblast of Russia, between the Inguyagun and Kirill-Vysyagun rivers. The city covers an area of 20.5 km². Its population is 61.4 thousand people (2021).
The origination of the town is related to the discovery of the Povkhovskoye, Vatyeganskoye, and Tevlinsko-Russkinskoye oil fields in Western Siberia in 1971. In 1975, the builders of the Surgut–Korotchayevo railway settled in the area, and on August 31 of 1976, the settlement received its official name - Kogalymsky.
Kogalym is the base city of the main production facilities of PJSC LUKOIL (its main division, LLC LUKOIL-Western Siberia).
The postage stamp provides an image of an oil industry worker against the backdrop of an oil production complex, with the overprinted text Kogalym — the oil production center, 50 years and a surcharge of the new denomination “50 rubles”.
In addition to the issue of the overprinted postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kogalym of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra.
Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky; Design: M. Miloradova.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 170×167 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 48 thousand stamps (6 thousand sheets).
On October 14, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the nuclear industry of Russia will go into postal circulation
The nuclear industry of Russia dates back to 1945. After the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the USSR State Defense Committee instituted a Special Committee. The new agency launched an extensive effort to create an atomic arsenal. The RDS-1 bomb was the first action point on the path to nuclear parity. In 1946, the Europe and Asia first controlled fission reaction of uranium was held, and I. Kurchatov launched the first nuclear reactor. The F-1 uranium-graphite research facility was built in Moscow at Laboratory No. 2 of the USSR Academy of Sciences (presently, the Kurchatov Institute). F-1 was used by scientists to create and refine technologies for producing weapons-grade plutonium. In 1949, the RDS-1 nuclear bomb was successfully tested.
In 1954, the world's first nuclear power plant was launched in Obninsk. In 1959, the world's first nuclear icebreaker was commissioned. Lenin became the flagship of the nuclear icebreaker fleet, which had been ensuring safe navigation in the Arctic Ocean for over 60 years. In 1964, the Beloyarsk and Novovoronezh nuclear power plants were launched. Today, Russia is the world leader in the construction of nuclear power plants abroad. In 1967, the world's largest proton accelerator was built and launched.
In 2007, the Rosatom State Corporation was established. This marked the beginning of the modern history of the nuclear energy industry in Russia.
In 2020, the Federal Program for Nuclear Science and Technology was developed. Since 2021, Russia has been implementing a comprehensive program named Development of Equipment, Technologies, and Scientific Research in the Field of Atomic Energy Use, coordinated by the Rosatom and scientifically supervised by RRC Kurchatov Institute.
As of January 2024, Russia has 11 operating nuclear power plants with 37 nuclear units in operation, with a total installed capacity of 30 GW.
The souvenir sheet features the Akademik Lomonosov floating nuclear power plant.
In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Novosibirsk.
Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 110×80 mm; stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 65×32.5 mm.
Quantity: 19 thousand souvenir sheets.
On October 15, two postage stamps dedicated to fauna will go into postal circulation in the framework of the Joint Issue of the Russian Federation and the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Diplomatic relations between Russia and Laos were established on October 7, 1960. Over the past 65 years, friendly ties between the two countries have been actively developing, with fruitful cooperation in the political, commercial, economic, tourist, cultural, and humanitarian spheres.
The natural areas and climate of Russia and Laos create favorable conditions for a wide variety of animals to live in these countries, some of which are on the verge of extinction.
The East Siberian lynx is a subspecies of a Eurasian lynx and the largest representative of the species. These predatory cats have relatively short bodies and long, strong legs; their thick fur grows even on their thick paws between their paw pads. Lynxes inhabit the forests of Eastern Siberia and Yakutia, mainly in dense dark coniferous taiga.
The marbled cat is a species of wild cat. Its coat is thick and soft, with a specific marbled pattern—dark spots and stripes on a light brown or grayish-yellow background. Thanks to its long tail and flexible body, the cat is excellent at moving from tree to tree, and the special structure of its joints allows it to move down a tree headfirst, like squirrels. It inhabits the tropical forests of continental Southeast Asia. It sticks to a predominantly arboreal lifestyle and is active at night and at dusk.
The postage stamps provide images of the representatives of the feline family: the East Siberian lynx, which lives in Russia, and the marbled cat, which lives in Laos.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as maxi-cards, and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside.
Design Artist: Kh. Mirzoev; Design: O. Savina.
Face value: 25 rubles.
Stamp size: 34×24 mm, sheet size: 110×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 108 thousand each stamp (27 thousand sheets).
« back