The ceremony took place in Moscow today. Artur Chilinagarov, the Russian Geographical Society First Vice-President; Dmitry Panyshev, Deputy Head of the Federal Communications Agency; and Mikhail Akulov, Russian Railways Vice-President, took part in the event.
The Trans-Siberian Mainline is the longest railway in the world. Trains commenced moving across the Amur Bridge, the largest in Eurasia, near Khabarovsk on October 5, 1916. This date is considered the finish of the Trans-Siberian Mainline construction. Nowadays, the mainline connects the Russian European part, the Ural, the Siberia and the Far East, as well as railway exits to Europe and Asia, and Pacific ports.
The artistic stamped envelope and postcard depict the Amur Bridge landscape near Khabarovsk and the Russian Geographical Society logo.
“The Federal Communications Agency has been working with the Russian Geographical Society and the Russian Railways so we could not stand idly by such significant historical landmarks and have issued a unique anniversary envelope and a postcard, the 1.5 million-printrun of which will spread around the whole world inviting everyone to visit our country”, — said Mr. Panyshev.
Design: Kh. Betredinova
Envelope circulation: 1,500,000 copies.
Postcard circulation: 6,500 copies.
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