A sculptural composition dedicated to Kursk writer Arkady Gaidar and the Timur young volunteers was unveiled in Kursk in 2025 to celebrate the 85th Anniversary of the release of the film Timur and His Team. It was staged by Salavat Shcherbakov, an Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.
A bronze sculpture of Kolobok (a Roly-Poly), created for park improvement in Kursk, was designed by Vasily Tsereteli, the President of the Russian Academy of Arts, and artist Evgeniy Teterin. In 2025, Kolobok became the central figure of the Pioneer Park in Kursk.
In 2005, a monument to the great Russian composer Georgy Sviridov was unveiled in Lenin Street in Kursk. It was made by Kursk artists Nikolai Krivolapov and Igor Minin.
The monument To the Sons of the Regiments was unveiled in 2022 near the building of the N. Aseev Regional Scientific Library. The monument was installed by virtue of the Russian Military‑Historical Society. The author of the monument is Mikhail Baskakov.
The postage stamps feature the following: the monument to Arkady Gaidar and Timur young volunteers; the Kolobok sculpture; the monument to G. Sviridov and the monument To the Sons of the Regiments installed in the city of Kursk.
The stamps are also available for viewing in the AR mode in the mARka application.
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| Paper |
Printing method |
Perforation |
Format of the stamp |
Edition |
| Chalk surfaced |
Offset + bronzed paste + partial varnishing + security system |
Frame 11¼:11¾ |
32,5 × 65 mm |
42 thousand stamps |