On January 23, a postage stamp dedicated to the 400th Anniversary of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny of the Republic of Tatarstan was put into postal circulation

Naberezhnye Chelny is a city of republican significance in Tatarstan. It is located in the northeast of the republic on the left bank of the Kama River, the Chelny River, and the Nizhnekamsk Reservoir. It is a major industrial center and the second most populous city in Tatarstan.

The first settlement on the site of the city was Chalninsky Pochinok (later the village of Mysovye Chelny, and since 1930, Krasnye Chelny) founded by Russian peasants from the nearby town of Elabuga in 1626. The city proper grew out of the neighboring village of Berezhnye Chelny, which was founded a little later. By the end of the 19th century, the village had become a major center for the grain trade. In 1914, the government of the Russian Empire started the construction of a grain elevator, which at that time was the third largest in Russia in terms of capacity. Every year, tens of thousands of people from all over the USSR came to work on its construction. From 1982 to 1988, the city was called Brezhnev, but in later years, its historical name was restored.

Today, Naberezhnye Chelny is one of the leading industrial centers in Tatarstan. The largest enterprise in the city is the KAMAZ group of companies. It manufactures trucks, trailers, buses, electric buses, special-purpose vehicles, engines, and power units. There are factories in operation that produce metal pipes and piles (Naberezhnye Chelny Pipe Plant TEMPO), lifting equipment (Naberezhnochelninsky Crane Plant), electrical installation products, power line supports (Electrical Installation Products Plant, a branch of Tatelektromontazh), electrical equipment for dump trucks, excavators, and electric transport (Transport Electrical Equipment Plant), and others. The city has the Nizhnekamsk Hydroelectric Power Plant and the Naberezhnochelninskaya Thermal Power Plant. The Orlovskoye oil field is located in the city's industrial zone.

The postage stamp provides an image of the coat of arms of Naberezhnye Chelny, the Motherland monument, a business center, and a panorama of the city with the Kama River.

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


Design Artist: M. Bodrova.
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: 58.5 thousand stamps (6.5 thousand sheets).

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