The Golden Ring of Russia is a tourist route that unites ancient cities of North-Eastern Russia: Vladimir, Ivanovo, Kostroma, Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov Veliky, Sergiev Posad, Suzdal, Uglich, and Yaroslavl. All of them have retained unique monuments of architecture, history and culture.
Today, Ivanovo attracts travelers because of its unique Soviet avant-garde architecture, the Museum of Ivanovo Calico, and its up-to-date, well-maintained embankment.
The postage stamp features the Calico Museum, the Shchudrovskaya Tent (sites of the Burilin Ivanovo State Museum of History and Local Lore), the House-Ship, the Ivanovo Regional Art Museum, and the Transfiguration Cathedral.
Modern Kostroma brings to balance the heritage of different times. A walk through its streets provides an opportunity to see the living history of Russian urban planning — from the patterned temples of the 17th century to the strict symmetry of classicism and industrial architecture of the 20th century.
The postage stamp features a Fire Tower (Kostroma State Historical, Architectural, and Art Museum-Reserve), a monument to Ivan Susanin (sculptor N. Lavinsky), a Snow Maiden Snegurochka's Tower-House, the Holy Trinity Ipatiev Monastery, and strip malls.
Sergiev Posad is a city in the Moscow Region of Russia. It is the administrative center of the Sergiev Posad Urban District. The city is believed to have been founded in 1337.
In 1782, Empress Catherine II signed a decree establishing Sergievsky Posad, which united the scattered settlements around the monastery walls. In later years, the city began to play an important role in the political life of the Muscovite state and gained fame as the spiritual center of Russia. Launching the railway traffic between Moscow and Yaroslavl made it one of the largest cities in the Moscow Province.
From 1930 to 1991, Sergiev Posad was named Zagorsk, in memory of V. Zagorsky, the lost secretary of the Moscow Party Committee. The folk crafts that developed in the region braught it wide fame.
Today, the Sergiev Posad District is one of the largest cultural centers. Numerous guests to the city visit the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity at Sergiev Posad, whose architectural ensemble was put on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993.
The postage stamp provides images of the Assumption Cathedral of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity at Sergiev Posad, monuments to Sergius of Radonezh and S. Mamontov (sculptor V. Chukharkin), N. Bartram Art and Education Toy Museum of the Sergiev Posad Toy Institute, a branch of the Russian University of Traditional Arts and Crafts, and shopping arcade.
The composition of the souvenir pack in cover “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia. Ivanovo, Kostroma. Sergiev Posad” includes:
- stamp №3580 “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Ivanovo”;
- stamp №3581 “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Kostroma”;
- stamp №3600 “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Sergiev Posad”;
- FDC with cancellation in Ivanovo “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Ivanovo”;
- FDC with cancellation in Kostroma “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Kostroma”;
- FDC with cancellation in Sergiev Posad “Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series. Sergiev Posad”;
- vignette.
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