On July 23, PCWCS dedicated to Major General V. Ponomarev, the founder and the first of the Internal Troops Aviation of the Rosgvardiya, was put into postal circulation in the “History of the Russian Law Enforcement Forces” series

Vladimir Ponomarev (1935–2007) was the founder and the first commander of the Internal Troops Aviation, a Major General of Aviation

He was born on February 9, 1935, in Rostov-on-Don. After graduating from the Balashov Military Aviation School of Pilots in 1956, he served in various military positions as the chief of the flying personnel of the Border Troops of the KGB of the USSR. He was directly involved in the conceptual decisions regarding the creation of the Internal Troops Aviation of the USSR Ministry of Internal Affairs and served as its first commander (from 1978).

V. Ponomarev made an invaluable contribution to the formation, making and development of the first aviation military units of the internal troops. He headed operational and tactical research into the use of internal troops aviation, which resulted in the legal, operational, tactical, and administrative foundations for the long-term activities of internal troops aviation.

Under the command of V. Ponomarev, from 1978 to 1994, the law enforcement aviation grew from a single aviation squadron to a large state aviation formation. Under his leadership, the personnel of aviation military units and internal troop forces manifested courage and heroism in performing their combat duties during special operations and armed conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, the cities of Spitak, Fergana, Baku, and on the damage control and recovery after the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident.

The postcard shows: the commemorative stamp provides images of officers, the flag and the emblem of the Russian Guard Troops; the main illustration features a portrait of V. Pononmarev and aircraft Il-76 named after him.

In addition to the issue of the postcard with a commemorative stamp, JSC Marka produced special cancels for Moscow and Rostov-on-Don.


Design Artists: S. Ulyanovsky and M. Podobed.
Quantity: 3.5 thousand postcards.

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