On February 10, a postage stamp dedicated to the 375th Birth Anniversary of state figure Fyodor Golovin was put into postal circulation in the History of Russian Diplomacy series

Fyodor Golovin (1650-1706) was a Russian state figure, a military leader and a diplomat.

F. Golovin was born in 1650; he came from an old boyar family. Being the closest associate of Peter I in many state and military affairs, F. Golovin was the first to be awarded the highest state award - the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First Called, as well as the ranks of Field-Marshal General, Admiral-General and the rank of Count.

In his childhood and teenage years, F. Golovin received an excellent education for that time. He became a prominent state figure in 1686-1689, when he negotiated with China as the Great Ambassador and the Vice-regent of Siberia. The talks ended with the signing of the Treaty of Nerchinsk, which for the first time defined the borders between the two states.

In 1696, the Tsar engaged F. Golovin in the naval affairs: during the second Azov campaign, he provided the sea protection of the Russian troops besieging Azov, a Turkish fortress at that time. The next year, along with F. Lefort and A. Menshikov, he accompanied Peter I on his first trip to Western Europe.

After the suppression of the Streltsy uprising, F. Golovin was elevated to the rank of Admiral-General and received under his command the Military Naval Office, which was in charge of staffing the fleet.

As the Head of the diplomatic department, he persistently sought peace in the south with Turkey. On August 8, 1700, a courier from Constantinople reported on the conclusion of a peace treaty with the Ottoman Porte, and on August 19, Peter I declared war on Sweden. On the same day, he promoted his Chancellor to the rank of Field Marshal and appointed him the leader of the army.

In 1701, F. Golovin was put in charge of the Navigational School founded in Moscow, in the Sukharev Tower; later on, in 1715, the navigator classes of the school, which were transferred to St. Petersburg, formed the basis of the Naval Academy. F. Golovin took part in editing the first Russian printed newspaper News of Military and Other Affairs Worthy of Knowledge and Tribute that Took Place in the Moscow State and Other Surrounding Countries. On November 16, 1702, he was belted earl.

Since 1699, F. Golovin was actually the second leader of the Russians foreign policy after Peter the Great, zealously and skillfully defending Russian interests in international affairs, especially in the diplomatic struggle with Sweden. During his chancellorship, the institute of permanent Russian representatives abroad was established. Since late 1705, he was occupied with the conclusion of a friendly alliance with Prussia, but did not have time to complete the plan.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Fyodor Golovin.

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


Design Artist: A. Moskovets.
Face value: 72 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×104 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 6 (3×2) stamps.
Quantity: 48 thousand stamps (8 thousand sheets).

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