The Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) is the largest territorial subject of the Russian Federation in terms of area. It forms part of the Far Eastern Federal District.
It was established on April 27, 1922, as the Yakut ASSR in the composition of the RSFSR, although the Yakut uyezd, comparable to the territory of modern Yakutia, emerged as early as in 1638. On September 27, 1990, the Yakut ASSR was transformed into the Yakutsk-Sakha Soviet Socialist Republic, and in 1991, the Yakutsk-Sakha SSR gained its current name of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia).
Yakutia is a region with a high level of natural resource economic potential. It is notable for its extreme climatic conditions: winters here are the coldest of any region in the world, disregarding those with no or little permanent population. The republican languages are Yakutian and Russian.
The key sectors of industry are mining (diamonds, gold, oil, gas, coal, etc.); processing (lapidary industry, jewelry, oil and gas processing, woodworking, building materials production, etc.); fuel and energy complex (energy producing materials); timber sector, shipbuilding and consumer industry (leather and footwear industry, down and fur production, etc.), and food manufacturing.
Besides, tourism and vacation business are in progress in Yakutia. The territory of the Republic contains more than 200 areas of special natural protection (including 3 nature reserves and 2 national parks of federal significance), unique mining sites (kimberlite pipe Mir being one of them), places of interest and museums of Yakutsk and other cities.
The inscription on the postage stamp reads: Republic of Sakha (Yakutia). 100 Years; the margins of the postage block feature the coat of arms of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), the national ornament, the Yakut round dance, the Yakutsk State Academic Russian Drama Theater named after A.S. Pushkin, the Museum of History of Studying of Permafrost, the National Art Museum of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Lena Pillars, the ALROSA Yakut diamond trading company, the monument to Peter Beketov, the founder of Yakutsk, and others.
In addition to the issue of the postal block, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Yakutsk.
Design Artist: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 100 rubles.
Block size: 135×88 mm, stamp size in the block (diam): 33 mm.
Quantity: 23 thousand blocks.
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