Kolomenskoye is a former palace village and a residence of Grand Dukes. The building development of this territory began in the 14th century; it is deemed that the first building was the Church of the Ascension, consecrated in 1532.
In 1923, a mandate was issued in the name of architect and restorer Peter Baranovsky to supervise the monuments of the villages of Kolomenskoye and D’yakovo. From that moment, the Kolomenskoye Museum-Reserve history originated.
Presently, Kolomenskoye covers 250 hectares of parkland with 10 specially protected natural areas, 16 architectural monuments of federal significance, a monument that in 1994 entered into the UNESCO World Heritage List (the Church of the Ascension), and the only memorial museum in Moscow of the first Emperor - the House of Peter the Great (1702).
The Museum-Reserve regularly holds festivals, exhibitions, excursions, museum classes for schoolchildren, and annually arranges the largest honey fair in Russia.
The margins of the postal block feature a map of the Museum-Reserve, the Church of St. George the Victorious with a bell tower and a refectory, and the Front Gate; the postage stamp provides an image of the Church of the Ascension.
In addition to the issue of the postal block, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and a special cancel for Moscow, as well as an illustrated envelope for the second emission type of the postal block with screen varnish and numbering.
Design Artist: Kh. Betredinova
Face value: 150 rubles.
Block size: 123×98 mm, stamp size in the block: 37×50 mm.
Quantity: 21 thousand blocks (first emission type); 4.2 thousand blocks (second emission type*).
*To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.
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