On May 5, two postage stamps dedicated to the Kursk Root Hermitage and the Kursk Znamensky Monastery of the Mother of God will go into postal circulation in the Monasteries of the Russian Orthodox Church series
The Kursk Root Hermitage is a monastery of the Kursk Diocese of the Russian Orthodox Church, named in honor of the Nativity of the Mother of God. It is located in the village of Svoboda on the right bank of the Tuskar River, within the Zolotukhinsky District of the Kursk Region.
The monastery was founded in 1597 by decree of Tsar Fyodor Ioannovich on the site where, according to a legend, in 1295, a resident of Rylsk found an icon of the Mother of God The Sign at the root of a tree. At the place of the discovery, a spring-well burst out. At the same time, the first cathedral was built in the Root Hermitage to honor the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God. In 1920, the Icon was taken out of Russia. In 1924, the Monastery was closed. Between 1924 and 1926, the cathedral was blown up; the bell tower, the holy gates, the stairways, the cemetery chapel, and the church dedicated to the Icon of the Mother of God Life-Giving Spring were destroyed. Despite the authorities' opponency, pilgrimages to the holy spring continued. The Monastery was revived in 1989. In the 1990s, the Cross Procession was resumed. In 2001, the Root Fair, timed to the Summer Cross Procession, was started.
The postage stamp provides a panoramic view of the Monastery and an Icon of the Blessed Mother of God.
The Kursk Znamensky Monastery of the Mother of God is an Orthodox monastery located in Kursk. It belongs to the Kursk and Rylsk Diocese. The Monastery was founded in 1613; it is one of the oldest monasteries in the Kursk Region. For a long period, from 1618 until 1919, the Monastery served as the repository for the miraculous Kursk Root Icon of the Mother of God The Sign. The architectural complex of the Znamensky Monastery incorporates several architectural monuments of federal significance.
The Znamensky Cathedral was dismantled in 1816 and then rebuilt in the classicism style, and in 1832, the Znamensky Monastery became the residence of the Archbishop of Kursk. In 1924, it was closed; its churches became parish churches and remained so until 1932, when the last parish was disbanded. The monastery was reopened in August of 1992.
The postage stamp provides a panoramic view of the Monastery and the Icon of the Blessed Mother of God.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kursk.
Design Artist: S. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 154×190 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins (2×5) with 9 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 72 thousand each stamp (8 thousand each sheet).
On May 6, a postage stamp dedicated to the All-Russian Physical Culture and Sports Program Ready for Labor and Defense will go into postal circulation
Ready for Labor and Defense (GTO) is an All-Russian physical culture and sports complex created "for the purpose of further improving the state policy in the field of physical culture and sports, creating an effective system of physical education aimed at the development of human potential and strengthening public health". The program is an analogue of the Be ready for labor and defense of the USSR system that existed in the USSR.
The GTO complex comprises the following categories: preschool children, elementary school pupils, middle school students, university students, adults, and the elderly. The system is based on three blocks: locomotor, gymnastic and swimming, which allow one to assess the level of physical fitness and provide an opportunity to participate in various competitions and events. There are also several difficulty levels that imply performing a certain number of exercises.
A mark of distinction of the GTO complex is an award given to participants for the successful fulfillment of the standards of tests of various denominations: bronze, silver, gold (by analogy with medals in "top-class" sports) in each age group of the GTO complex.
The postage stamp features a family whose members have successfully passed the GTO tests.
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 Artist: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 97 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 152×152 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 549 thousand stamps (61 thousand sheets).
On May 8, five postage stamps dedicated to war correspondents will go into postal circulation in the On the 85th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 series
Alexander Fadeev (1901–1956) was a Soviet writer, a public figure, a journalist, and a war correspondent.
He wrote his first major work, the novella The Flood, in 1922–1923. In 1925–1926, while working on the novel The Rout, which brought him fame and recognition, he decided to become a professional writer. He is also known for his novel The Last of the Udege, dedicated to the Civil War. No less well-known is his novel The Young Guard, about a Krasnodon underground organization that operated in the territory occupied by Nazi Germany, many of whose members were killed by the Nazis. For many years, A. Fadeev headed writers’ organizations of various levels and held various positions in the USSR Union of Writers. From 1942 to 1944, he was the Editor-in-Chief of Literaturnaya Gazeta, founded the Oktyabr magazine and was a member of its editorial board. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a war correspondent for the Pravda newspaper and the Soviet Information Bureau.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Alexander Fadeev; in the background, there are the The Young Guard book, the Pravda newspaper, and a manuscript.
Pyotr Lidov (1906–1944) was a Soviet journalist and a war correspondent for the Pravda newspaper, and the author of the first essay Tanya about Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya (1942).
From the very first days of the Great Patriotic War, P. Lidov became a war correspondent; his first war report was submitted to the editorial office of Pravda on June 22 of 1941, and published in the June 24 issue. He traveled to dangerous sections of the frontline, flew with a bomber crew into German rear areas, worked under bombardment, and made forays into German-occupied territories. He wrote about military operations near Smolensk, the partisans of Belarus and the situation in occupied Minsk, and produced reports. In June of 1944, he was sent to Poltava with the assignment to write about the Flying Fortresses base of the American allies. He was killed in action with the rank of major on June 22, 1944, by the blast wave from a Junkers aircraft, which he and his comrades had shot down.
The postage stamp features a portrait of P. Lidov; in the background, there is an issue of the Pravda newspaper and the article Tanya dedicated to Zoya Kosmodemyanskaya.
Roman Karmen (autonym: Kornman; 1906–1978) was a Soviet film director, a documentary filmmaker, a war cameraman, a journalist, a scriptwriter, an educator, and an essay writer.
His first major assignment was filming the funeral of V. Lenin in the Column Hall of the House of Unions. From 1923 to 1930, he worked as a photojournalist for magazines Ogonyok, Prozhektor, and Sovetskoe Foto. In July of 1934, he filmed a report on H. G. Wells’ arrival to Moscow. On June 25 of 1941, he was drafted into military service, working as a cameraman and the head of the film team for the Northwestern Front; he filmed on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War near Moscow and Leningrad. He also worked as a war correspondent for the United Press American news agency since foreign correspondents were kept away from the frontline. He participated in the conquest of Königsberg, the forced crossing of the rivers of Neman, Vistula, and Oder, and the liberation of Warsaw; he was one of the first cinematographers to film the Majdanek concentration camp. In February of 1943, he filmed the surrender of Field Marshal F. Paulus near Stalingrad. On May 8, 1945, in Berlin, he filmed the signing of the act of Germany’s unconditional surrender. Until the mid-1970s, he filmed in Albania, Burma, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, China, and South America.
The postage stamp features a portrait of R. Karmen; in the background, there are stills from the film Leningrad in the Struggle (1942).
Yevgeny Khaldei (1917–1997) was a Soviet photographer and a war photoreporter.
From 1939, he was as a correspondent for the TASS Photochronicles. He represented the TASS editorial office in the Navy during the Great Patriotic War. He photographed the Paris Conference of Foreign Ministers, the defeat of the Japanese in the Far East, the Conference of the Allied leaders in Potsdam, the raising of the flag over the Reichstag, and the signing of Germany’s surrender. At the Nuremberg Trials, his photographs were among the presented material evidence. He participated in the photo coverage of the Potsdam Conference, the Paris Conference, and the Nuremberg Trials. After the war, he created a gallery of images depicting front-line soldiers engaged in peaceful labor. In 1959, he became a photo correspondent for the Pravda newspaper. In 1995, at the International Festival of Photojournalism in Perpignan (France), E. Khaldei was awarded the most honorary award in the world of art: the title of the Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
The postage stamp features a portrait of E. Khaldei; in the background, there are his photographs and a photographic film.
Aleksandr Stanovov (1921–2005) was a Soviet photographer and war photojournalist.
When a pupil of the 7th grade, he made his own camera and took his first photographs. In 1938, his photographs were published in the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. During the Great Patriotic War, he was a correspondent for frontline newspapers We Will Defeat the Enemy and Defender of the Fatherland. In July of 1944, while in the ranks of the troops near Vilnius, he was wounded but did not leave the battlefield. He was the first among other front-line correspondents to capture the soldiers who were the first to reach the border line: Major General N. Kalinin, the commander of the 159th Rifle Division, and soldiers N. Makridov, G. Galutva, T. Gornov, A. Popov, I. Samokhin, M. Korobov, M. Khairoutdinov, and M. Surin. He also took several famous photographs of sniper R. Shanina, a holder of two Orders of Glory, and Major L. Delfino, the commander of the Normandy-Neman squadron. A photograph of partisan N. Ridlevsky with his daughters Olga and Zinaida, taken on the day of the liberation of the village of Cherei in the Chashniki District in 1944, became a symbol of the people’s struggle. In 1952, A. Stanovov took a photo of those who had put the final point in the Great Patriotic War: Heroes of the Soviet Union Mikhail Yegorov and Meliton Kantaria, who planted the Victory Banner over the Reichstag in Berlin.
The postage stamp features a portrait of A. Stanovov; in the background, there are his photographs and a photographic film.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Tver.
Design Artist: M. Podobed.
Face value: 85 rubles each stamp.
Stamp size: 35×35 mm, sheet size: 129×96 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with (3×2) 5 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 18 thousand sheets.
On May 8, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to Heroes of the Soviet Union Leonid Golikov and Zinaida Portnova will go into postal circulation in the On the 85th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 series
Leonid Golikov (1926–1943) was a member of a Timur youth organization, a participant in the Great Patriotic War, a resistant fighter, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Leonid Golikov took part in 27 combat operations. He distinguished himself particularly during the defeat of German garrisons in the villages of Aprosovo, Sosnitsy, and Sever. For his valor and bravery, he was posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner, the Medal For Bravery, and the Medal For the Partisan of the Great Patriotic War (2-nd Сlass). He was killed in action on January 24 of 1943, in the village of Ostraya Luka of the Pskov Region. He was subsequently registered in the list of Hero Pioneers.
Zinaida Portnova (1926–1944) was a resistant fighter, a member of the underground organization Young Avengers; a reconnaissance scout for the K. Voroshilov Partisan Detachment in the territory of the Byelorussian SSR occupied by German troops; a Hero of the Soviet Union.
From 1942, she was a member of the Obol underground organization Young Avengers. She participated in distributing leaflets among the population and carrying out sabotage operations against the invaders. From August of 1943, she was a reconnaissance scout for the K. Voroshilov Partisan Detachment. In December of 1943, while returning from a partisan mission, she was captured in the village of Mostishche. She was tortured for over a month in an attempt to extract information about the partisans. On the morning of January 10 of 1944, she was executed by shooting in a prison in the city of Polotsk (according to another version, in the village of Goryany).
The envelope with a commemorative stamp provides portraits of Heroes of the Soviet Union Leonid Golikov and Zinaida Portnova; the commemorative stamp features the emblem for the 85th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Veliky Novgorod.
Design Artists: S. Ulyanovsky and A. Moskovets.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
On May 8, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 125th Birth Anniversary of Nikolai Vatutin, a military commander and a Hero of the Soviet Union will go into postal circulation in the On the 85th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 series
Nikolai Vatutin (1901–1944) was a Soviet military commander, a General of the Army, and a Hero of the Soviet Union.
During the Great Patriotic War, he commanded the troops of the Voronezh, Southwestern, and 1st Ukrainian Fronts. In coordination with military units of the Stalingrad and Don Fronts, the troops under N. Vatutin’s command played an active part in encircling and defeating of a 330,000-strong enemy force near Stalingrad. The bodies of the Southwestern Front under his command participated in the Voroshilovgrad Offensive and liberated the northern part of the Donbas. Regarding the results of the operation, N. Vatutin was promoted to the rank of General of the Army.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp provides a portrait of Nikolai Vatutin with a map of the Voroshilovgrad Offensive and a battle scene in the background; the commemorative stamp features the emblem for the 85th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Belgorod, Volgograd and Voronezh.
Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
On May 12, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 250th Birth Anniversary of navigator Vasily Golovnin will go into postal circulation in the Geographical Projects of Russia series
Vasily Golovnin (1776–1831) was a Russian navigator, a memoirist, and a Vice Admiral. He was a Corresponding Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
He was the author of a code of maritime signals. He completed two circumnavigations: aboard the Diana sloop in 1807–1809 and aboard the Kamchatka sloop in 1817–1819. He and his crew were kept under British detention in Cape Town. He conducted geographical and ethnographic observations. In 1811, V. Golovnin compiled a detailed inventory and mapped Shantar and Kuril Islands; while making an inventory of Kunashir Island, he, along with four sailors and two officers, was taken prisoner by the Japanese. He described his stay in Japan and his circumnavigations in his writings.
In 1821, he was appointed assistant director of the Naval Corps, and from 1823, he was a quartermaster general of the fleet. He trained a host of navigators, including F. Litke and F. Wrangel. V. Golovnin’ name was assigned to the strait between the Kuril Islands, a mountain, and a cape on Novaya Zemlya, among other features.
The main illustration provides a portrait of V. Golovnin, the Kamchatka sloop on which he sailed in 1817–1819, and the RGO logo; the commemorative stamp features images symbolically reflecting geographical projects.
In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Ryazan.
Design Artists: S. Kapranov and M. Podobed.
Quantity: 4 thousand postcards.
On May 13, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the Russian Corporation of Rocket and Space Instrumentation and Information Systems will go into postal circulation in the Space Exploration series
Joint-Stock Company Russian Corporation of Rocket and Space Instrumentation and Information Systems (JSC Russian Space Systems) is part of the Roscosmos State Corporation; it specializes in the design, manufacture, and operation of space information systems. Its main areas of activity include the creation, development, and targeted use of the GLONASS global navigation satellite system, space-based search and rescue systems, hydrometeorological support systems, radio-technical support for space scientific research, and ground-based stations for receiving and processing of remote sensing data of the Earth.
In July of 2015, the RKS began developing the National Satellite Network for High-Precision Positioning; the implementation of this project ensured high-precision real-time determination of object coordinates. In 2021, the ground-based infrastructure for the high-precision wide-area functional extension of the GLONASS was completed, based on the development of a differential correction and monitoring system. In February of 2021, a Soyuz-2.1b rocket put into orbit the Arktika-M weather satellite, equipped with RKS hardware. A Microelectronics Center has been arranged at the RKS. The RKS is developing an artificial intelligence subsystem for the Digital Economy national project within the Digital Earth initiative.
The commemorative stamp presents a symbolic image of a launch vehicle being launched into space; the main illustration shows schematic diagrams of the ground-based control system and a space satellite.
In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce a special cancel for Moscow.
Design Artists: S. Kapranov and S. Ulyanovsky.
Quantity: 12 thousand postcards.
On May 19, four postage stamps dedicated to the architecture of the Kursk Region will go into postal circulation in the Cultural Heritage of Russia series
The Kursk Region is rich in architectural landmarks that reflect the Region’s history, its architectural styles and cultural traditions. These include estates, churches, memorial complexes, and buildings associated with various historical periods.
The building of the Boys Secondary School in the city of Kursk is a cultural heritage site of regional significance. The building is a striking example of Classicism architecture. The school was founded on February 23 of 1808, on the basis of the Chief Public School.
The Baryatinsky’s Estate Maryino in the village of Maryino is a cultural heritage site of federal significance. The estate was built by Ivan Baryatinsky as the chief residence of the princely family. A four-story manor house with two-story wings on either side occupies the center of the estate complex. The estate was built between 1811 and 1820.
The Memorial Museum of Composer G. Sviridov in the city of Fatezh is a cultural heritage site of federal significance, which was opened in commemoration of the 90th Birth Anniversary of the classic composer. It was established as a branch of the Kursk Regional Museum of Local History. The museum is housed in a historic mansion built in 1868, two floors of which in the early 20th century were occupied by the Post and Telegraph Office, while the third floor was converted into service flats.
The Building of the Noble Assembly in Kursk is a cultural heritage site of federal significance. It is located on one of the city’s main historic streets - Sonin Street. It was built in 1877. The building’s architecture is in the eclectic style, which was dominant in the architecture of the mid-19th century, and is consistent with the style of other city buildings of that period.
The postage stamps provide images of the following landmarks: the building of the Boys Secondary School in the city of Kursk (1808); the Baryatinsky’s Estate Maryino in the village of Maryino (1811–1820); the Memorial Museum of Composer G. Sviridov in the city of Fatezh (1868); and the Building of the Noble Assembly in Kursk (1877).
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kursk.
Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 50 rubles each stamp.
Stamp size: 40×28 mm, sheet size: 100×80 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 4 (2×2) stamps (a block of four).
Quantity: 15 thousand sheets.
On May 20, a postage stamp featuring a monument to the Young Guard Heroes will go into postal circulation in the Monuments of the Russian Military Historical Society series
The All-Russian Public-State Organization Russian Military Historical Society is a Russian voluntary, self-governing public state-owned association founded in 2012 by Decree of Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to the charter of the Russian Military Historical Society, its activities are aimed at “consolidatlon of the efforts of the state and society in studying Russia’s military historical past, assisstance in the study of Russian military history, counter efforts to attempts to distort it, support of the popularization of achievements in military-historical science, fostering patriotism, raising the prestige of military service, and preserving sites of military-historical cultural heritage”.
The Russian Military History Society actively collaborates with the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, organizing battle reenactments, military history camps for children, and the installment of monuments to heroes of various military conflicts.
The Russian Military History Society has prepared and published 10 scientific works and dozens popular publications.
The postage stamp provides an image of a monument to the Young Guard Heroes installed in Moscow in 2024, sculptor – M. Baskakov.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow.
Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 97 rubles.
Stamp size: 30×42 mm, sheet size: 140×110 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with (4×2) 6 stamps and 2 coupons.
Quantity: 42 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).
On May 26, four stamps dedicated to the inhabitants of the Black Sea will go into postal circulation in the Fauna of Russia series
The Black Sea is a sea within the Atlantic Ocean basin, located between Europe and Asia, east of the Balkans, south of the East European Plain, and southwest of the Caucasus. The Black Sea is home to a diverse fauna, including species of fish, shell-fish, crustaceans, and mammals.
The long-snouted seahorse (Hippocampus guttulatus) is one of the most unusual members of the Black Sea fauna. It belongs to the family of Syngnathidae, within the order of Syngnathiformes. It inhabits coastal areas, in sun-warmed shallow waters among seagrass, algae, and coral. The seahorse’s body is covered with long spines and leathery ribbon-like appendages. Its tail is long and prehensile. Its head, tilted toward the body, ends in a tubular snout, which it uses to draw prey into its mouth along with water.
The red mullet (Mullus barbatus) is a small Black Sea bottom-dwelling fish of the family of Mullidae, order of Syngnathiformes, known for its long barbels on the chin and its reddish-silvery coloration. Its body is of fairly bright red color with silvery highlights and is covered with large scales. Adults feed exclusively on small benthic animals, while juveniles prefer plankton and small crustaceans.
The greater weever (Trachinus draco) is a predatory bottom-dwelling fish and one of the most venomous species in the Black and Mediterranean Seas. It has an elongated, beige-colored body with an oblong caudal peduncle and a large head. It inhabits the seabed in coastal areas and occasionally rises to the surface. It feeds on small fish, worms, and crustaceans.
The yellow gurnard (Chelidonichthys lucerna) is a predatory fish of the Triglidae family found in the Black Sea. It is distinguished from other fish by its large, wing-like pectoral fins, each of which has three free lower finger-like rays that serve as “legs.” It leads a bottom-dwelling lifestyle and prefers sandy substrates. It feeds on slow-moving and immobile animals, as well as fish, shrimp, and crabs.
The postage stamps provide images of Black Sea fish: a long-snouted seahorse, a red mullet, a greater weever and a yellow gurnard.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Sevastopol and Sochi of the Krasnodar Region as well as maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps and a label inside.
Design Artists: M. Bodrova, A. Saltykova.
Face value: 35 rubles each stamp.
Stamp size: 34×24 mm, sheet size: 110×150 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 56 thousand each stamp (28 thousand sheets).
On May 27, a postage stamp dedicated to aeronautical sports will go into postal circulation in the Sports series
Aeronautical sport is a sport that combines flights in various types of lighter-than-air craft (air balloons, stratostats, airships) with setting record-breaking results in distance, altitude and duration.
The founding of the Society for Aeronautics in 1874 in France is considered the beginning of aeronautical sport. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, flying clubs were established to bring together aeronautical athletes, with the Imperial All-Russian Flying Club in St. Petersburg being one of these.
In December of 1989, Balloon Federation of the USSR was established, succeeded by the Hot Air Ballooning Federation of Russia (since January of 1992, a collective member of the National Aero Club of Russia, and since February of 2001, a collective member of the Russian Air Sports Federation). It represents Russian balloonists on the Ballooning Commission of the World Air Sports Federation - the highest governing body uniting balloon pilots worldwide. Since 1993, the Russian Hot Air Ballooning Championships have been held (since 1996, in the city of Velikie Luki). The promotion and development of ballooning in Russia is supported by traditional International Ballooning Festivals held in the North Caucasus, Kaluga, and Moscow.
The postage stamp provides an image of hot air balloons.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka will produce First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Pereslavl-Zalessky in the Yaroslavl Region, Ryazan, and Feodosia of the Republic of Crimea, as well as a maxi-card.
Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 35 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 85.5 thousand stamps (9.5 thousand sheets).
On May 29, a postcard with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the 200th Birth Anniversary of Tertiy Filippov, a statesman and the Chairman of the Song Commission of the Russian Geographical Society will go into postal circulation in the Geographical Projects of Russia series
Tertiy Filippov (1826–1899) was a Russian statesman, an essay writer, an ethnographer, an Actual Privy Councillor, and an Honorary Member of the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences.
From 1850 to 1856, he was a literature teacher at the 1st Moscow Gymnasium. From 1857 to 1864, he was a special envoy of the Chief Procurator of the Synod. From 1864, he worked at the State Audit Office as an assistant director (1864–1870) and the director (1870–1878) of the Provisional Audit Commission. In 1874, he was appointed a member of the Taxation Commission under the Ministry of Finance. He was a member of the Statistical Council under the Ministry of Internal Affairs representing the State Audit Office (1876). Tertiy Filippov was a Deputy State Auditor (1878–1889), a Senator (from 1883), a State Controller (1889–1899), and a member of the Finance Committee (from 1889). Under the T. Filippov’s leadership, the elaboration of new State Control Agencies was completed (1892).
From the 1850s onward, T. Filippov was engaged in literary activities. Together with A. Ostrovsky, A. Pisemsky, and others, he was a member of the “young editorial board” of the Moskvityanin journal and was the Editor of the Russkaya Beseda journal (1856–1857, in cooperation with A. Koshelev).
He founded a choir of the house church of the State Control, which included officials from the agency. The repertoire consisted of church, folk, and contemporary songs.
T. Filippov was a member of the Russian Geographical Society (since 1872, in the Ethnography Section), the initiator and the first Chairman (since 1884) of the Society’s Song Commission. He was a founding member and a vice-chairman of the Orthodox Palestinian Society; in 1883, Patriarch Nicodemus of Jerusalem granted him the title of epitrop (authorized representative) of the Holy Sepulchre and representative of the patriarchal throne. T. Filippov was the founding member of the Russian Literary Society (1886).
The main image provides a portrait of T. Filippov, collections of folk songs published with his involvement, and the RGO logo; a commemorative stamp features images symbolically reflecting geographical projects.
In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka will produce special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg and Tver.
Design Artists: S. Kapranov and R. Komsa.
Quantity: 4 thousand postcards.
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