On September 8, an envelope with a commemorative stamp dedicated to the liberation of Donbass from Nazi invaders was put into postal circulation in the On the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 series

The Donbass offensive operation (August 13 – September 22 of 1943) was carried out by the troops of the South-Western Front under the command of Army General R. Malinovsky and the Southern Front under the command of Colonel-General F. Tolbukhin with the support of the Azov Flotilla.

On September 8, 1943, the capital of Donbass, Stalino (presently Donetsk), was liberated. The results of the operation were the advance of Soviet troops for up to 300 km, the completion of the liberation of Donbass (including the cities of Donetsk, Taganrog, and Mariupol) and ingress to the Dnieper. Thirteen divisions of the South Group of the Nazi Army were defeated. Representatives of all the brotherly peoples of the USSR fought bravely in the ranks of the Soviet troops for Donbass. Hundreds of them were honored with the title of a Hero of the Soviet Union, thousands were awarded orders and medals, and 23 military units were given the names of the cities they liberated.

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 illustration features the Monument to the Liberators of Donbass in Donetsk against the background of a battle map.

In addition to the issue of the envelope with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka produced special cancels for Moscow and Donetsk.


Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Quantity: 500 thousand envelopes.

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