Presentation and special cancellation of postcards created by the RGS and the Russian Post took place in Murmansk

Postcard mockups. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore

On December 24, 2021, the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore hosted the presentation of a series of postcards dedicated to the Russian regions. The pilot edition includes popular destinations for winter holidays: the Murmansk Region, the Republic of Karelia and the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass. The solemn ceremony of cancelling the postcards, held in the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore, was attended by Vasily Ryabov, Deputy Director of the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore, Denis Moiseev, Chairman of the Murmansk Regional Branch of the Russian Geographical Society, and Alexander Kochurov, Director of the Department of the Federal Postal Service of the Murmansk region.

In 2022, it is planned to issue postcards dedicated to each region of the Russian Federation. On the postcards there are photographs from the archives of the RGS contest "The Most Beautiful Country”. This season it will begin for the eighth time. Throughout the years, the participants presented more than 570 thousand images from various parts of Russia. These pictures are an ode to the unique perfection of wildlife. Some of them will soon quite literally fly all over the country.

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Participants of the event with postcards after the special cancellation. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore

Thanks to the appearance of a new series of postcards, tourists traveling around Russia will be able to buy postcards with photos of the places they visited and send them rightaway to friends or relatives. The new series will be sold the post offices of the Murmansk region, the Republic of Karelia and the Kemerovo region - Kuzbass, as well as in the store of the Russian Geographical Society. For the first three regions, the partners have released five versions of images, 1,500 copies each.

Denis Moiseev: "Today 5 types of postcards with views of the Murmansk region were released. They are based on the “The Most Beautiful Country" contest winning photos taken here in winter. However, there are many beautiful places in our region even in the warm season. Therefore, we suggest that the Russian Post creates postcards with pictures of the Murmansk region in summer”.

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Postcard cancellation. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore
Postcard mockups. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore
Signing the postcards. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore
Participants of the event with postcards after the special cancellation. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore
The postcards. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore
Postcard cancellation. Photo provided by the Murmansk Regional Museum of Local Lore