On October 8, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Alexey Shchusev, an architect, was put into postal circulation

Alexey Shchusev (1873-1949) was an architect, a Full Member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1908), an academician of architecture (1910), an Academician of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1943).

He was born on September 26 (October 8) of 1873 in the city of Kishinev. In 1891-1897, Shchusev studied in St. Petersburg at the Higher Art School of the Imperial Academy of Arts. On demand of Grand Duchess Elizabeth Fyodorovna, Alexey Shchusev created a significant project - the Marfo-Maryinsky Convent with the Church of Saints Martha and Mary and the Holy Protection Cathedral (1908-1912).

In 1911, Shchusev became the chief architect of the Kazan railway station in Moscow. In 1912-1916, he designed railway stations in Sofrino, Krasnoufimsk, Sergach and Murom. In 1918-1923, Shchusev headed the development of the New Moscow master plan, was the chief architect of the first All-Russian Agricultural and Handicraft-and-Industrial Exhibition held in Moscow in 1923. The best-known work by Shchusev was the Lenin Mausoleum on Red Square. The early wooden mausoleum was built under the direction of the architect for the day of Lenin's funeral, and in October of 1930, a new building was constructed upon his project. In 1925-1926, Alexey Shchusev fulfilled the project of the Central House of Culture of Railwaymen. In 1926-1929, he was the director of the Tretyakov Gallery.

A significant place in the Shchusev's activity belonged to projects for the renewal of the cities destroyed during the Great Patriotic War.

One of his latest creations was the Komsomolskaya station of the Ring Line of the Moscow Metro that reflects the triumph of victory over fascism.

The postage stamp provides an image of the Memorial Church of St. Sergius of Radonezh on the Kulikovo Field; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a portrait of Alexey Shchusev, his desk, his projects and books.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg, as well as illustrated covers for the souvenir sheet with a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside and for the second emission type: an imperforated souvenir sheet with embossing.


Design Artist: O. Savina.
Face value: 150 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 95×83 mm, stamp size in the sheet: 42×30 mm.
Quantity: 19 thousand sheets (the first emission type); 3.8 thousand sheets (the second emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover.

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