№ 1425-1426. Russia. Regions

The history of Bryansk land goes back to the end of the X century. Vladimir I (grand prince of Kiev), wanting to finally subdue tribes of the Vyatichy, "began to build cities on the Desna and on Vostry, and on Trubezhevy and on Sula, and on Stugna". The foundations of the fortress city Bryansk were laid in 985, which also played the role of the center of spread of Christianity. At the beginning of the XIV century, Bryansk was ravaged by the Tatars, and then came under the authority of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and only in 1500 the city was returned to Russia and their habitants swore allegiance to Moscow. Officially Bryansk region with its present borders was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on July 5, 1944, after the liberation of its territory from the German occupation. The stamp depicts: Bryansk forest, freight locomotive "Vityaz" of Bryansk Engineering Plant, and the stele of the memorial complex "Guerrilla glade".

The Jewish Autonomous Region is notable for a unique history. It was founded on May 7, 1934 as a national territorial subdivision for Jewish settlers, who arrived in the Amur River region in 1920 - 1930. The surprising thing is that neither the settlers nor their descendants have never constituted a majority of inhabitants of AR, and after a large-scale repatriation in Israel in 1970-1990 become a very small minority. However, the name and status of the autonomous region, supported by a unique symbolic and cultural colour and historical destiny remain unchanged. The stamp depicts: a monument to writer Sholem-Aleichem in the city of Birobidzhan, hill with the TV aerial on the river Bira and the fountain in the form of a candlestick-menorah in the background of the Birobidzhan railway station.