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.
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| Letter “A” |
High Whiteness Modified (HWM) |
Offset |
110 × 220 mm |
0.5 million copies |