UNESCO (the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) was founded in 1945.
Russia has been a Member State of UNESCO since April 21 of 1954. Joining the international treaty has opened new opportunities for our country to acquaint the world with its outstanding cultural and historical monuments and unique nature reserves, to obtain additional guarantees of their preservation and to gain access to the world's experience in their management. To date, our country has 21 cultural and 11 natural World Heritage sites.
Peterhof is a world-famous palace and park complex located at 29 km from St. Petersburg on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. The complex is famous for its fountains and cascades, which are monuments of world hydraulic engineering art of the 18th-19th centuries.
Currently, the Peterhof State Reserve Museum comprises the Lower Park, the Upper Gardens, the Alexandria and Oranienbaum parks, gardens on the islands of the Colonist Park, the Palace of Peter the Great in Strelna and museums on the territory of these palace and park ensembles.
The postage stamp provides an image of the Grand Peterhof Palace; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a panorama of the Upper Gardens of the Peterhof State Reserve Museum.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Format of the block |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + figure cutting + security system |
Frame 11½ |
65 × 32,5 mm |
122 × 98 mm |
19 thousand blocks |