On October 24, a postage stamp dedicated to the Tehran Conference of 1943 was put into postal circulation in the History of Russian Diplomacy series

From November 28 to December 1, 1943, a conference was held of the leaders of the three allied states of the anti-Hitler coalition: Joseph Stalin, the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the President of the USA; and Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain. The meeting went down in history as the Tehran Conference

At Stalin's urging, Tehran was chosen as the venue for the Conference. The Tehran Conference focused attention on military issues, primarily the question of opening a second front in Europe. Each side presented its point of view regarding the scale, time and place of the Allied invasion of Europe. On December 1, 1943, the heads of governments of the USSR, the USA and Great Britain signed military decisions of the Tehran Conference. The leaders of the three powers exchanged views on the foundation of an international security organization after the war.

At the end of the conference, the Declaration of the Three Powers was published. According to the document, the leaders of the Big Three agreed upon the plans for the destruction of Nazi armed forces in terms of the timing and scale of operations undertaken from the east, west and south. The Declaration stated the determination of the three states to work together both during the war and in the ensuing time of peace. The Tehran Conference is one of the major diplomatic events of the Second World War. It was an important stage in the development of international and inter-Alliances relations of that period.

The postage stamp features the leaders of the three states: Joseph Stalin, the Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR; Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the President of the USA; and Winston Churchill, the Prime Minister of Great Britain.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and St. Petersburg.


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×50 mm, sheet size: 170×130 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 6 (3×2) stamps.
Quantity: 60 thousand stamps (10 thousand sheets).

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