On August 13, an official ceremony took place of cancellation of a stamped postcard dedicated to the feat of militia officers



The event was attended by Lieutenant General Andrei Larionov, Interim Head of the Civil Service and Personnel Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia; Colonel Nikolai Shcherba, Deputy Staffing Commander of the Central District of the National Guard of the Russian Federation; Artyom Adibekov, the Director General of JSC Marka; Vladimir Sleptsov, the Head of the Solnechnogorsk Urban District; Konstantin Pavlov, the Deputy Director of the Industry Department of the Krost Group; and Major General Alexander Denisov, a Member of the Board of the Association of Combat Veterans of Internal Affairs Bodies and Internal Troops of Russia.

The heroic work of militia officers during the War was of great importance. Late in October 1941, during the days of the most severe fighting at the approaches to Moscow, the city militia units were brought into combat units and formed a militia division intended for combat operations at the close approach to the city. Moscow militiamen, hand in hand with the military and the civilians, contested the victory in the Battle of Moscow by keeping public order in the hardest conditions.

The Federal Communications Agency and JSC Marka maintain close relationships with subordinate authorities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, develop an interest in philately, and participate in patriotic campaigns and events.


According to the Director General of JSC Marka, a stamped postcard issued in the quantity of 3 thousand copies is to perpetuate the memory of the heroes. The card features a monument in honor of the feat of militia officers fallen in war during the defense of Moscow in 1941 and the emblem of the Association of Combat Veterans of Internal Affairs Bodies and Internal Troops of Russia. The postcard will for sure become a philatelic rarity among collectors around the world and will forever preserve the memory of the event.















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