On June 6, a stamp dedicated to the 225th Birth Anniversary of poet Alexander Pushkin was put into postal circulation in the framework of the Joint Issue of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

Alexander Pushkin (1799-1837) was an outstanding poet, a playwright, a prose writer, a critic, a theorist, a historian, a publicist, the creator of the national Russian language, one of the most authoritative literary figures of the first half of the 19th century.

Pushkin's creative work is diverse and comprises many genres, such as stories, poems, fairy tales, odes, sonnets, madrigals, critical articles, and a novel in verse. The main themes touched upon by the master are selfless love, the value of friendship, the beauty of Russian nature, patriotism, the continuity of generations, the immortal and the perishable, the problems of remembrance and oblivion, philosophical beliefs and contemplations. All his writings are characterized by the depth of thought, the elegance of language, originality of style, and the accord of form and content.

Alexander Pushkin is an unrivalled symbol of Russian culture. His creative work has had an immense impact on the formation of national consciousness and has become an essential part of the world literary heritage.

The postage stamp provides an image of a fragment of painting Pushkin Composing Poems by P. Konchalovsky, 1937-1944 (All-Russian Pushkin Museum) and an illustration to Pushkin's novel Eugene Onegin "Tatiana at the Ball. (The hostess sees a lady coming, / A stately general at her heels…)" by A. Itkin, 2009 (Pushkin State Museum), as well as the cover of the book Eugene Onegin.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Voronezh, Gurzuf of the Republic of Crimea, Kaliningrad, Krasnodar, Nizhny Novgorod, Penza, Polotnyany Zavod of the Kaluga Region, Pushkinskiye Gory of the Pskov Region, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Sevastopol, Stary Oskol of the Belgorod Region, Tver, Tomsk and Chelyabinsk, as well as maxi-cards, unstamped postcards, and an illustrated cover with a postage stamp, a 1997 souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Pushkinskiye Gory of the Pskov Region inside.


Design Artist: M. Bodrova
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 150×155 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 120 thousand stamps (15 thousand sheets).

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