On June 5, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the Peterhof State Reserve Museum was put into postal circulation for the 70th Anniversary of Accession of Russia to UNESCO

UNESCO was founded in 1945; the basic objective of the Organization is to favor the consolidation of peace and security by promoting collaboration among nations in the field of education, science and culture in order to ensure universal respect for justice, the reign of law and human rights for all peoples without distinction of race, sex, language or religion.

Russia has been a Member State of UNESCO since April 21 of 1954. Joining the international treaty has opened new opportunities for our country to acquaint the world with its outstanding cultural and historical monuments and unique nature reserves, to obtain additional guarantees of their preservation and to gain access to the world's experience in their management. To date, our country has 21 cultural and 11 natural World Heritage sites.

Peterhof is a world-famous palace and park complex located at 29 km from St. Petersburg on the shore of the Gulf of Finland. The complex is famous for its fountains and cascades, which are monuments of world hydraulic engineering art of the 18th-19th centuries.

Peterhof was first mentioned in 1705 in the campaign logbook of Emperor Peter the Great, when it was named Peterhof ("Peter's Court") in the Dutch manner.

Currently, the Peterhof State Reserve Museum comprises the Lower Park, the Upper Gardens, the Alexandria and Oranienbaum parks, gardens on the islands of the Colonist Park, the Palace of Peter the Great in Strelna and museums on the territory of these palace and park ensembles.

The postage stamp provides an image of the Grand Peterhof Palace; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature a panorama of the Upper Gardens of the Peterhof State Reserve Museum.

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


Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 200 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 122×98 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 65×32.5 mm.
Quantity: 19 thousand souvenir sheets.

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