Pre-stamped postcards dedicated to the 100th Anniversary of the Artek International Children's Centre have been put into postal circulation

JSC Marka has issued pre-stamped postcards based on the artworks of the winners of the drawing contest. In the nomination “Postcard Happy Birthday, Artek!”, the following drawings were selected for postcards: Happy Birthday! by Natalia Konovalenko (15 years old, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Region); Pioneers in the Park by Yulia Babakhina (18 years old, Khabarovsk) and Artek a Thousand Miles per Hour. The Sights, by Kristina Dvornikova (43 years old, Taganrog, Rostov Region).

The Print Run of pre-stamped postcards is 57.7 thousand of each card. The postcard can be sent anywhere in the Russian Federation without gluing additional postage stamps. You can buy the products in the online store www.rusmarka.ru, in post offices in Crimea and in the Collectioner show room chain throughout the country.

June 16 of 2025 will mark the 100th Anniversary of the Artek International Children's Center in the Republic of Crimea. By the anniversary date, the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution Artek International Children's Centre, JSC Marka, JSC Russian Post and FSUE Post of Crimea held a thematic drawing competition for a sketch of a postage stamp and a postcard. The competition was held in two categories: “Postage stamp 100th Anniversary of the Artek International Children's Centre”; and “Postcard Happy Birthday, Artek!” in three age groups: 8-15 y.o., 16-35 y.o. and aged 35 and older. In total, nearly 1,000 artworks from 708 participants were submitted for the Competition. The winners' works made the basis for the sketches of a postage stamp and postcards.

“Happy Birthday!” by Natalia Konovalenko (15 years old, Slavyansk-on-Kuban, Krasnodar Region)

“Pioneers in the Park” by Yulia Babakhina (18 years old, Khabarovsk)

“Artek a Thousand Miles per Hour. The Sights” by Kristina Dvornikova (43 years old, Taganrog, Rostov Region)

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