On September 19, a postage stamp dedicated to the 200th Anniversary of the city of Cherkessk was put into postal circulation

Cherkessk is a city in the North Caucasus Region of Russia and the capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic.

Cherkessk was founded in 1825 as the Batalpashinskaya village on the site of a former military fortification, the Batalpashinsky Cossack redoubt, which had borne this name since 1804. In a later time, the first large industrial enterprise in Karachay-Cherkessia opened in the city: an iron foundry (presently, the Refrigeration Engineering Plant). During the Great Patriotic War, Cherkessk was occupied in 1942 and liberated on January 17, 1943.

Since 1957, Cherkessk has been the center of the Karachay-Cherkess Autonomous Region, and in 1991, the city was granted the status of capital of the Karachay-Cherkess Republic. Modern Cherkessk is a developing city and the main industrial, administrative, economic, and cultural center of the Republic.

Cherkessk occupies a leading position in the economic potential of Karachay-Cherkessia, where about 56% of the Republic's industrial output is produced, 56% of the total area of residential buildings is commissioned, and more than 76% of the total consumer sales volume is formed.

The postage stamp features Pervomayskaya Street, a pedestrian street in the central part of the city of Cherkessk.

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


Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 65×32.5 mm, sheet size: 150×155 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 8 (2×4) stamps.
Quantity: 56 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).

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