The Battle of Stalingrad was one of the greatest battles of the Great Patriotic War. The victory at Stalingrad was a critical point of World War II, in which the Red Army surrounded and destroyed substantial enemy forces and seized the strategic initiative.
The Battle of Stalingrad is considered to begin on July 17, 1942. By late July and early August, the Nazis expelled units of the 62nd and 64th Armies to the left bank of the Don River. Some of our divisions were encircled. On July 28, Stalin issued order No. 227 entitled "Not a Step Back!". During three weeks of the offensive operation, German tanks of the Goth's 4th army approached Stalingrad from the south, the14th tank corps got nearer from the north, and six divisions of the Paulus' 6th army drew closer from the west.
On November 19, the counter-offensive of the Red Army started in the framework of the Uran operation. On November 23, an immense fascist group was encircled in the area of Kalach-on-Don. During December, Italian, Romanian and some German units were annihilated. In January of 1943, blows inflicted by Soviet troops split the 6th Army into two parts. On January 31, the Nazis Southern Group was mopped up, and Field Marshal Paulus with 24 generals were taken prisoners. On February 2, 1943, the Northern Group of Germans surrendered.
The commemorative stamp provides an image of the emblem of celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945; the main image features armored boat BK-31, logo 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Stalingrad and an image of sculpture The Motherland Calls! by E. Vuchetich against the map of the Battle of Stalingrad.
In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka produced special cancels for Moscow and Volgograd.
Emblem author: A. Moskovets.
Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.
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