On August 26, a postage stamp dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of the town of Kogalym of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra was put into postal circulation

Kogalym is a town in Russia, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra. It is located in the Surgut District of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug, Tyumen Region, Russia, between the Inguyagun and Kirill-Vysyagun rivers. The area of the city is 20.5 km². Population is 61.4 thousand people (2021).

The foundation of the town is related to the discovery of the Povkhovskoye, Vatyoganskoye and Tevlinsko-Russkinskoye oil fields in Western Siberia in 1971. In 1975, the builders of the Surgut-Korotchaevo railroad landed in the area of the settlement, and on August 31 of 1976, the settlement received its official name – Kogalymsky. Already in 1978, the first ton of oil was produced.

Kogalym hosts the main production facilities of PJSC LUKOIL (its main division LLC LUKOIL-West Siberia). On December 16 of 2016, PJSC LUKOIL put into commercial operation a plant for manufacturing permanent magnet motors.

The postage stamp provides an image of sculptural composition A Drop of Life by A. Kovalchuk against the background of the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana and a modern residential complex.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Kogalym of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra, as well as an illustrated cover with the postage stamp, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Kogalym of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug-Yugra inside.


Design Artist: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 131×137 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 63 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).

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