The stamp cancellation ceremony was held online in the framework of a video conference of the meeting of the Russian Historical Society. The event was attended by Sergey Naryshkin, the Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, the Chairman of the Russian Historical Society, and Oleg Dukhovnitskii, the Head of the Federal Communications Agency.
Starting from 2012, the Federal Communications Agency and JSC
Marka issue annually postage stamps in the
Heroes of the Russian Federation series as a tribute and a token of thanks to Russian soldiers and officers for the accomplished feats. The common feature of the people to whom these issues are dedicated are great courage, honor, a sense of duty and endless courage, which forced them to perform a feat in the name of their people and Motherland.
The postal stamp features a portrait of Alexei N. Botyan and the
Golden Star medal against the background of the sights of the city of Krakow. The quantity is 85 thousand stamps.
As noted by the Head of Rossvyaz, Alexei Nikolaevich Botyan was an outstanding intelligence officer who participated in the defense of Moscow and played a significant role in protection of the city of Krakow against destruction by German troops. His feat will always be present to the mind of his family, colleagues and friends, and will be recorded in the history of philately of the Russian Federation.
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