Alexey Shchusev (1873-1949) was an architect, a Full Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1908), an academician of architecture (1910), an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943).
In 1911, Shchusev became the chief architect of the Kazan railway station in Moscow. In 1912-1916, he designed railway stations in Sofrino, Krasnoufimsk, Sergach and Murom. In 1918-1923, Shchusev headed the development of the New Moscow master plan, was the chief architect of the first All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft-and-Industrial Exhibition held in Moscow in 1923. The most famous work by Shchusev was the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square. In 1925-1926, Alexey Shchusev fulfilled the project of the Central House of Culture of Railwaymen. In 1926-1929, he was the director of the Tretyakov Gallery.
A significant place in the Shchusev's activity belonged to projects for the renewal of the cities destroyed during the Great Patriotic War.
One of his latest creations was the Komsomolskaya station of the Ring Line of the Moscow Metro that reflects the triumph of victory over fascism.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Memorial Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the Kulikovo Field; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a portrait of Alexey Shchusev, his desk, his projects and books.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the block |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + security system |
Frame 12¼:12 |
97 × 83 mm |
42 × 30 mm |
19 thousand blocks |