The event was held simultaneously in Moscow, Vladimir, Monchegorsk, Salekhard, Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Ulyanovsk, and Gorlovka of the Donetsk People's Republic in the format of a teleconference. The residents of these cities made a significant contribution to achieving Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945, ensuring uninterrupted production of military and civilian products at industrial enterprises located on the city’s territory, and displaying herewith mass labor heroism and selflessness.
The participants in the cancellation ceremony in Moscow were Aleksandr Sidyakin, the Head of the Central Executive Committee of the United Russia party, a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, a coordinator of the Historical Memory federal United Russia Party Project; Denis Pushilin, member of the Supreme Council of the United Russia Party, a Secretary of the Donetsk Regional Branch of the United Russia Party, the Head of the Donetsk People's Republic; and Mikhail Volkov, the Director General of JSC Russian Post.
From Vladimir, Olga Khokhlova, the Chairman of the Legislative Assembly of the Vladimir Region, went on air. In Monchegorsk, the stamps were cancelled by Andrey Rudakov, the Head of the city of Monchegorsk. In Salekhard, Alexey Titovskiy, the Head of the city of Salekhard, took part in the cancellation ceremony. In Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Dmitry Zaplutaev, the Head of the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, took part in the cancellation ceremony and Maxim Ivanov, a Deputy of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, the Secretary of the Khabarovsk Regional Branch of the United Russia party, participated in the ceremony in Moscow. In Ulyanovsk, the participant in the ceremony was Gennady Spirchagov, the Executive Chairman of the Government of the Ulyanovsk Region. Pavel Kalinichenko, the First Deputy Head of the Administration of the Gorlovka City District of the Donetsk People's Republic, greeted the participants of the cancellation ceremony on behalf of Gorlovka.
The postage stamps feature:
— a monument dedicated to the Yamal home front workers of during the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 in Salekhard (sculptor A. Butaev, architect A. Tyutnev);
— a memorial to the memory of the natives of Vladimir fallen in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 in Vladimir (sculptor A. Pereverten, architect V. Fomin);
— a monument to the defenders of the Arctic in Monchegorsk of the Murmansk Region (sculptor V. Korolev, architect M. Gorelik);
— a City of Labor Valor stele in Komsomolsk‑on‑Amur of the Khabarovsk Territory (sculptor D. Stritovich, architect T. Yurchenko);
— a monument to the citizens of Volodarsk, heroes of the labor front in Ulyanovsk;
— a memorial In Memory of the Fallen Factory Workers in Gorlovka of the Donetsk People’s Republic.
The Design Artists of the postage stamps are Alexander Povarikhin and Maria Bodrova. The face value is 70 rubles. The Print Run is 15 thousand each stamp.
A series of postage stamps Cities of Labor Valor has been in production since 2021 on the initiative of the Historical Memory federal project of the United Russia party. A total of 34 postage stamps have been issued during this period in the quantity of 1 mln 158 thousand items.
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