Postal block No. 113 "1025 years of the baptism
of Kyivan Rus" from one stamp No. 1298.
The issue of the
postal block was carried out as part of the joint issue
"Ukraine-Russia-Belarus". But in Ukraine they celebrated the baptism
not just of Rus', but with an emphasis on “Kyiv”. For Ukrainians, this is a
reason to be proud that the Orthodox faith spread throughout Rus' from Ukraine
from Kyiv.
The post block
depicts Viktor Vasnetsov's fresco "Baptism of Kyivans", which is
located in the Patriarchal Cathedral of St. Volodymyr in Kyiv (XIX century).
Baptism of Rus -
the process of acceptance and spread of Christianity in Kyivan Rus. The key
event is the mass baptism of the inhabitants of Kyiv in 988, and later of other
cities of the state by Prince Volodymyr I Svyatoslavovich, as a result of which
Christianity became the leading religion in Russia.
Block format -
116x65 mm.
Stamp format -
46.98x46.98 mm;
Circulation of the
block is 65,000 copies.