On November 20, an overprinted stamp (№2291 “Full Cavalier of the Order “For Merit for the Fatherland”. M.Plisetskaya (1925-2015), a ballet dancer”) dedicated to the 100th Birth Anniversary of ballet dancer M. Plisetskaya was put into postal circulation

Maya Plisetskaya (1925–2015) was an outstanding ballet dancer, a choreographer, a soloist at the Bolshoi Theatre from 1948 to 1990, a Full Cavalier of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, a Hero of Socialist Labor, and a People's Artist of the USSR.

Maya Plisetskaya was born in Moscow. In 1943, after having graduated from the Choreographic School, M. Plisetskaya was taken into the Bolshoi Theatre and quickly became its leading ballet dancer. She danced the parts of Odette and Odile, Kitri, the Mistress of the Copper Mountain, Mehmeneh Banu, Carmen and others.

She became famous not only as a magnificent dancer, but also as a talented choreographer and ballet master. She staged a large number of performances on the stage of the Bolshoi Theater, playing the main roles in many of them.

The ballerina developed her own style, distinguished by grace, graphicity, sharpness, and completeness of gesture and posture. Dance art has reached a high harmony in her plastique. She was not afraid of stage experiments and possessed phenomenal creative longevity.

The postage stamp provides a portrait of Maya Plisetskaya, an image of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland, inscription “100th Years from the Birthday” and a surcharge of the new denomination.

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


Design Artist: R. Komsa (stamp); Design: M. Miloradova (overprint).
Face value: 80 rubles.
Stamp size: 42×30 mm, sheet size: 146×170 mm.
Emission form: a sheet (3×5) with 14 stamps and a coupon.
Quantity: 58.8 thousand stamps (4.2 thousand sheets).

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