On August 29, a postage stamp dedicated to the 300th Birth Anniversary of Pyotr Rumyantsev, a military commander and military theorist, was put into postal circulation

Pyotr Rumyantsev (1725-1796) was a Russian military commander and military theorist, a Field Marshal General.

Pyotr Rumyantsev was born on January 4 (15), 1725. The godmother of the future commander was Empress Catherine I. At the age of ten, he was enlisted as a private in the Life Guard of the Preobrazhensky Regiment. In 1739, he was appointed to the diplomatic service and enlisted in the Russian Embassy in Berlin. In 1740, he was enrolled in the Army Nobility Corps, and then sent to the active army in the rank of sublieutenant.

P. Rumyantsev's first duty station was Finland, where he participated in the Russo-Swedish War of 1741-1743. He distinguished himself in the capture of Helsingfors. In 1743, he was sent to St. Petersburg in the rank of captain to bring the news of the conclusion of the Abosky peace treaty. Upon receiving this report, Empress Elizaveta Petrovna immediately promoted the young man to colonel and appointed him commander of the Voronezh Infantry Regiment. Besides, in 1744, she elevated his father, General-in-Chief and diplomat A. Rumyantsev, who had participated in the drafting of the treaty, to the rank of count, along with his descendants. Thereafter, Pyotr Rumyantsev became a count. In 1748, he took part in the campaign of Repnin's corps to the Rhine during the War of the Austrian Succession in 1740-1748. During the Seven Years' War, he commanded the siege and capture of Kohlberg. He was the Commander-in-Chief of the active army during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774. For the victories at Larga and Kagul, which led to the conclusion of the Kuchuk-Kainarji peace treaty favorable for Russia, he was awarded the title Zadunaisky (Trans-Danubian).

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Pyotr Rumyantsev against the background of a commander on a warhorse and his army.

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


Design Artist: I. Ulyanovsky.
Face value: 50 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×115 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 9 (3×3) stamps.
Quantity: 76.5 thousand stamps (8.5 thousand sheets).

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