On August 27, six postage stamps dedicated to Cities of Labor Valor were put into postal circulation

A City of Labor Valor is an honorary title of the Russian Federation, instituted by the Federal Law of March 1, 2020, “in order to commemorate the feat of home front workers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. It is granted to the cities of the Russian Federation, whose residents "made a significant contribution to the achievement of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 by providing uninterrupted production of military and civilian products at industrial enterprises, located in the city, and demonstrated massive labor heroism and selflessness”.

The postage stamps provide images of:

— sculptural composition dedicated to home front workers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Tyumen (authors S. Titlinov, A. Medvedev, and S. Savin);
— monument to home front workers in Kazan (sculptor M. Gasimov);
— monument Home Front for the Front in Magnitogorsk (sculptor L. Golovnitsky, architect Y. Belopolsky);
— monument to the heroes of the front and home front in Perm (sculptor V. Klykov;)
— monument of Military and Labor Glory in Penza (sculptors G. Yastrebenetsky, V. Kozenyuk, and N. Teplov, architect V. Sokhin);
— monument to a woman and a teenager who carved out a Victory on the home front in Tomsk (authors D. Zheltov, V. Romanov, and M. Petrov).

In addition to the issue of the postage stamps, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow, Magnitogorsk of the Chelyabinsk Region, Penza, Perm, Tomsk, Tyumen and Kazan.


Design Artist: A. Povarikhin.
Face value: 60 rubles.
Stamp size: 37×37 mm, sheet size: 139×105 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 6 (3×2) stamps.
Quantity: 16 thousand each stamp (16 thousand sheets).

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