On April 20, a stamp dedicated to film Vyzov (The Challenge) was put into postal circulation in the Modern Russian Cinematography series

The Challenge is the first Russian feature film produced in space. It is a joint project of Channel One, Joint Stock Company Glavkosmos, State Corporation Roskosmos, and the Yellow, Black and White studio of the START online cinema, with the support of the Cinema Fund. The film is scheduled for release on April 20, 2023.

There were about three thousand applications for the leading part, the number of which was reduced to 20-30, and finally the choice was made on the candidacy of actress Yulia Peresild. Klim Shipenko, the film director, performed functions of a camera operator, a makeup artist and an art director during the flight. Experienced pilot-cosmonaut Anton Shkaplerov, who had already worked in space three times, became the commander of the ship, and Shipenko and Peresild received the status of participants in the space flight.

Peresild and Shipenko spent 12 days on the ISS. About 30 hours of footage were filmed. In June of 2022, the group performed on-the-ground filming on the territory of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, the Voronovo health resort, and in the film studio with a specially built copy of the Mission Control Center of the Roscosmos State Corporation.

The postage stamp is based on a poster designed for the release of the The Challenge film.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Star City (Zvezdny Gorodok) and Korolev of the Moscow Region, Baikonur, Perm and Chelyabinsk, as well as a maxi-card.

Design: Kh. Betredinova.
Face value: 30 rubles.
Stamp size: 30×42 mm, sheet size: 170×153 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with 15 (5×3) stamps.
Quantity: 180 thousand stamps (12 thousand sheets).

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