On March 27, a postage stamp dedicated to Sergiev Posad was put into postal circulation in the Cities of the Golden Ring of Russia series

Sergiev Posad is a city in the Moscow Region of Russia. It is the administrative center of the Sergiev Posad Urban District. The city is believed to have been founded in 1337. It was then that Bartholomew (St. Sergius of Radonezh) and his brother Stefan settled on Makovets Hill, having built a small wooden church in the name of the Holy Trinity and a cell.

In 1782, Empress Catherine II signed a decree establishing Sergievsky Posad, which united the scattered settlements around the monastery walls. In later years, the city began to play an important role in the political life of the Muscovite state and gained fame as the spiritual center of Russia. Launching the railway traffic between Moscow and Yaroslavl made it one of the largest cities in the Moscow Province.

In the 18th century, the Holy Trinity-St. Sergius Monastery became the richest and most important in the country and received the status of a lavra. The development of Sergiev Posad followed the path of transformation from scattered monastic settlements into a large administrative, industrial and cultural center.

From 1930 to 1991, Sergiev Posad was named Zagorsk, in memory of V. Zagorsky, the fell secretary of the Moscow Party Committee. The folk crafts that developed in the region, such as Bogorodskoe and Sergiev toys, Abramtsevo-Kudrino carvings, and Sergiev Posad matryoshka, braught it wide fame.

Today, the Sergiev Posad District is one of the largest cultural centers. Numerous guests to the city visit the the Most Holy Trinity Lavra at Sergiev Posad, whose architectural ensemble was put on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1993.

The postage stamp provides images of the Assumption Cathedral of the Monastery of the Most Holy Trinity at Sergiev Posad, monuments to Sergius of Radonezh and S. Mamontov (sculptor V. Chukharkin), N. Bartram Art and Education Toy Museum of the Sergiev Posad Toy Institute, a branch of the Russian University of Traditional Arts and Crafts, and shopping arcade.

In addition to the issue of the postage stamp, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Sergiev Posad of the Moscow Region, as well as unstamped postcards, maxi-cards and an illustrated cover with postage stamps, a label and First Day Covers with cancels for Sergiev Posad, Ivanovo, and Kostroma inside.


Design Artist: V. Beltyukov.
Face value: 65 rubles.
Stamp size: 50×37 mm; sheet size: 172×175 mm.
Emission form: a sheet with formatted margins with 12 (3×4) stamps.
Quantity: 84 thousand stamps (7 thousand sheets).

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