Zemsky Sobors are high estate-representative institutions with advisory functions where general state issues have been considered, they have been convoked in Russia throughout one and a half century from the middle of the XVI century up to the end of the XVII.
The Sobor of 1613 was convoked in conditions of dynastic crisis. It was opened on January 7, 1613 and Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov was elected to reign on February 21, 1613.
On July 11, 2013 Mikhail Fyodorovich was crowned in the Assumption Cathedral of the Moscow Kremlin and became the first tsar of a new Romanovs’ dynasty.
The envelope with a commemorative stamp depicts a portrait of tsar – Mikhail Fyodorovich Romanov and an image from the “Book of the election of Mikhail Fyodorovich, great monarch, tsar and great prince” (Moscow, 1856) from funds of the Russian State Archive of ancient acts.
| Denomination |
Printing company |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Glue layer |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
Ryazh Printing Factory of Goznak (RPFG) |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
glue |
1000000 |