On August 23, a postage stamp dedicated to the Kursk Battle Memorial Complex was put into postal circulation in the framework of the Joint Issue of the Communications Administrations of the RCC member countries

The Kursk Battle Memorial Complex in the village of Ponyri of the Kursk Region presents a sculpture of a Soviet soldier who prevents two looming walls with images of Nazi vehicles from closing up. The first stage of the Kursk Battle Memorial Complex was opened in 2023 during a ceremony timed to coincide with the 80th Anniversary of Victory in the Battle of Kursk. The authors of the Project are sculptor Andrey Korobtsov and architect Konstantin Fomin.

The postage stamp provides an image of the first stage of the Kursk Battle Memorial Complex in the village of Ponyri of the Kursk Region.

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


Design Artist: S. Kapranov.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 150×159 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 72 thousand stamps (9 thousand sheets).

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