On April 25, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War was put into postal circulation in the framework of the Joint Issue of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus

The Victory in the Great Patriotic War is a heroic feat of the Soviet people, an example of unity, solidarity, selflessness and love for the Motherland.

The first days of the war demonstrated that neither the surprise of the attack nor the heavy blows of the enemy could break the will and steadfastness of the Soviet people. Having passed through years of trials, the Red Army took Berlin by storm on May 2 of 1945 and hoisted the Great Victory Banner over the Reichstag. The Act of Unconditional Surrender of Nazi Germany was signed in the suburbs of Berlin on May 8, 1945 at 22:43 Central European time (May 9 at 00:43 Moscow time). The Victory in the Great Patriotic War ensured freedom for new generations.

The year of 2025 has been declared in the CIS countries the Year of the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, as well as the Year of Peace and Unity in the fight against Nazism. Victory Day will forever remain a day of remembrance and gratitude to all those who gave their lives for our peaceful future, who returned to their homeland with victory, who spent days and nights forging it on the home front.

The souvenir sheet provides an image of the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1-st Class; the margins of the souvenir sheet feature photos taken by E. Khaldei and V. Grebnev.

Augmented reality technology is implemented on the souvenir sheet. The mARka application allows one to see footage of the Victory Day Parade of 1945.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, St. Petersburg, Sevastopol, Simferopol, Kerch, Feodosia, Yevpatoria, Krasnoperekopsk, Dzhankoy, and Yalta of the Republic of Crimea, Astrakhan, Belgorod, Blagoveshchensk, Bryansk, Velikiye Luki of the Pskov Region, Velikiy Novgorod, Vladikavkaz, Volgograd, Vologda, Voronezh, Henichesk, Donetsk, Ekaterinburg, Yelets of the Lipetsk Region, Yoshkar-Ola, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Kaluga, Kirov, Krasnodar, Kursk, Kyzyl, Lugansk, Magas, Maykop, Melitopol, Murmansk, Nalchik, Nizhny Novgorod, Novosibirsk, Omsk, Orenburg, Orel, Penza, Perm, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Rostov-on-Don, Ryazan, Samara, Saratov, Smolensk, Sochi and Novorossiysk of the Krasnodar Territory, Stavropol, Syktyvkar, Tambov, Tver, Tula, Tyumen, Ufa, Cheboksary and Chelyabinsk, as well as illustrated covers with a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Moscow inside for the first emission type and with a numbered souvenir sheet made with screen varnish for the second emission type.


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 110×110 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet (rhomb): 49.5×49.5 mm.
Quantity: 58 thousand souvenir sheets (the 1-st emission type); 3.8 thousand souvenir sheets (the 2-nd emission type*).
* To be on sale as part of an illustrated cover

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