Victor Kurochkin (1923-1976) was a writer, a scriptwriter, a playwright and a journalist; a participant in the Great Patriotic War.
After the War, he graduated from the Leningrad Law School, in 1949-1951, worked as a judge in the village of Utorgosh of the Novgorod Region, then as a journalist in the Leningradskaya Pravda and Smena newspapers In 1959, he graduated from the extension department of the Maxim Gorky Literature Institute.
Victor Kurochkin is the author of such books as Short Childhood, Nadenka from Apalyovo, The Nailed-Up House, of stage play Kozyrikha and others. The most famous work of the writer is his story At War as at War, which entered the golden fund of the Russian military prose. The story was published in 1965 and screened in 1968.
The commemorative stamp features a portrait of Victor Kurochkin and a scribbling pad; the main illustration shows an image of an unfolded book with a scene of a tank battle.
| Denomination |
Paper |
Printing method |
Format of the envelope |
Edition |
| Letter “A” |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
0,5 million copies |