On January 10, a postage stamp dedicated to the 800th Anniversary of the town of Yuryevets of the Ivanovo Region was put into postal circulation

Yuryevets is the administrative center of the Yuryevets District, the Ivanovo Region of the Russian Federation. It is one of the oldest towns in the Ivanovo Region. It was founded as a fortress in 1225 by Yuri Vsevolodovich, the Grand Prince of Vladimir, and was named after him.

Today, Yuryevets is a unique, eco-friendly tourist town. The 16 km wide Volga River, the taiga forest of incredible beauty: Yuryevets landscapes were painted in the pictures by A. Savrasov, I. Levitan, B. Kustodiev, and A. Benois. There are five museums in Yuryevets: the Historical and Art Museum, the Andrei Tarkovsky Museum Center, the Museum of Architects the Vesnin brothers, the House of Fairy Tales of Alexander Rou and the Istoki Puppet Theater-Museum.

The postage stamp provides a panoramic view of the town of Yuryevets of the Ivanovo Region.

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


Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 60 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: 56 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).

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