Nikolai Storch (1923-2002) was the Chief of the 8th Department of the USSR Armed Forces General Staff (1972-1988), a Lieutenant General (1972).
He was born on March 21, 1923, in the village of Cherepashintsy of the Vinnitsa County, Podolsk Province. In the pre-war period, in January of 1940, he was enlisted into the Workers’ and Peasants’ Red Army and enrolled as a cadet in the Vinnitsa Rifle and Machine-Gun School.
In September of 1941, he was appointed a platoon commander in the 241st rifle regiment of the 95th rifle division, which participated in the defense of Odessa in a composition of the 35th infantry corps of the Independent Coastal Army. On November 20, 1943, he was appointed assistant chief of the operational department of the headquarters of the Independent Coastal Army. Late in March of 1944, he was sent to study at the Frunze Military Academy.
By the order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR of July 6, 1972, Nikolai Storch was appointed the Head of the 8th Department of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR.
Nikolai Storch made a great personal contribution to the strengthening of the Service of Special Communications and Official Secrets Protection. With his assistance, departments determining the prospects for the Service development were established; training of graduates of the Service-specific Krasnodar Military School improved qualitatively; studies of officers in military academies and training of reserve officers were put straight. Under the leadership of Nikolai Storch, major scientific and methodological efforts were undertaken and normative documents were issued.
In 1985, Lieutenant General N.V. Storch was awarded the State Prize of the USSR "for his activities in the field of military science and technology".
The postage stamp provides a portrait of Nikolai Storch against the building of the People's Commissariat of Defense of the USSR.
In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Sevastopol.
Design Artist: R. Komsa.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×50 mm, sheet size: 168×177 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 12 (4×3) stamps.
Quantity: 108 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).
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