Wood carving is one of the types of decorative and applied arts, an ancient folk craft. Abramtsevo-Kudrino wood carving originated in the Abramtsevo estate near Moscow, in the village of Kudrino; its creator is considered to be Vasily Vornoskov. The most complex type of wood carving is sculptural. Its separate subtype is Bogorodskoe carving. Its center is the village of Bogorodskoe in the Sergiev Posad District of the Moscow Region. Wood carving in the Tatyanka style was created by Shamil Sasykov in 1990 and patented as his own unique invention. The chief place of origin of the Pomor dove, or the Arkhangelsk Bird of Happiness, is considered the Arkhangelsk Province.
The postage stamps feature articles made with different wood carving techniques: Bogorodskoe carving, Abramtsevo-Kudrino carving, Northern carving and Tatyanka carving.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the block of four |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 11¼ |
104 × 104 mm |
37 × 37 mm |
40 thousand blocks of four |