According to the results of The Image of Contemporary Russia All-Russian competition of sketches of postage stamps and postcards, the selected artworks were drawings by Anastasia Voloshenko (St. Petersburg) and Galina Nazarenko (Yekaterinburg).
The organizers of the competition were the All-Russia People's Front and JSC Marka with support from the Moscow Branch of the Union of Artists of Russia.
The organizers received 1,750 artworks by participants from 30 regions of the Russian Federation.
The participants in the Competition were citizens of the Russian Federation: professional artists and designers, including students and graduates of creative universities, and non-professional artists.
The partners of the Project were the ArtContract information and exhibition agency, the VISTA-ARTISTA trademark of products for artists and the ZVEZDA radio station.
The postal stamp provides an image of a bear against the background painted in the colors of the Russian flag.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Self-adhesive |
Offset + security system |
Die cut 11¼ |
37 × 37 mm |
198 thousand stamps |