Igor Spassky (1926–2024) was a Soviet and Russian scientist, an engineer, and a chief designer of the Rubin Leningrad Planning and Installation Bureau under the Ministry of the Shipbuilding Industry of the USSR; a Scientific Director of Joint-Stock Company Central Design Bureau of Marine Engineering ‘Rubin’ in St. Petersburg. Igor Spassky was a Hero of Socialist Labor, a Holder of the Lenin Prize and the USSR State Prize. He was a Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (until 1992 - a member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR), an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, a Doctor of Technical Sciences, a professor. Spassky was a Hero of the Russian Federation, a member of the Interdepartmental Scientific Council on Shipbuilding of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Igor Spassky; in the background: a drawing of a Project 658 submarine and an exterior view of a Project 941 Akula nuclear submarine.
| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + security system |
Comb 12¼:12 |
42 × 30 mm |
56 thousand stamps |