The Pokrovskaya Tower forms a part of the fortress walls of the Okolny city and is a monument of military defense architecture. It was built at the end of the 15th century; the first tier was carved directly in the rock. The tower housed a garrison, which could come out for a hand-to-hand combat with the enemy on necessity.
The Pogankin Chambers is the largest civil building of the 17th century on the territory of ancient Pskov. The chambers is a U-shaped building made of Pskov limestone and consisting of three parts: three-storied, two-storied and one-storied. The enfilade arrangement of the rooms imparts the building an elongated shape.
The Order Chambers is the only administrative building of the 17th century extant in Pskov. It was built in 1692-1695. The layout of the building obeys the structure of the Order Office. The ground floor was divided into central premises, a coffer room with an archive and a well room, where criminals (“wells”) were confined in the 17th century. On the first floor, there were two rooms: the voivode's chamber and the scribes' chamber.
The House of the Priest presents small two-storied chambers with a stone wall-adjacent porch and a tabernacle on the northern courtyard facade. The exact date of construction of the house is unknown, its history dates back to the middle of the 17th century.
The postage stamps provide images of the Pokrovskaya Tower, the Pogankin Chambers, the Order Chambers and the House of the Priest of the Pskov Museum-Reserve.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “Pskov Region. Architecture” is included:
- block of four №3115-3118 “Cultural Heritage of Russia. Architectural monuments of the Pskov Region”;
- stamp №860 “The 1100th anniversary of Pskov”;
- vignette.
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