A postcard with an original stamp was issued in honor of the 200th birthday anniversary of Admiral Grigory Butakov, a member of the Imperial Russian Geographical Society.
The postal products were released as part of the “History of the Russian Armed Forces” series by the Federal Communications Agency and “Marka” JSC with the support of the Russian Geographical Society. The circulation amounted to 7.5 thousand units.
Grigory Ivanovich Butakov (1820–1882) was Russian naval figure, naval commander, adjutant general, admiral, the father of steam-powered ship tactics, explorer of the Black Sea, member of the Russian Geographical Society. During the Crimean War of 1853, commanding the steamer frigate VLADIMIR, he captured the Turkish steamer PERVAZ BAHRI. In 1855, Butakov was appointed chief of staff in Nikolaev, in 1856 – the High Chief of the naval unit in Nikolaev and the Military Governor of Nikolaev and Sestopol. From 1860 almost until the end of his service, he was in the Baltic Fleet.
The original stamp presents images of Russian soldiers of different eras; the main image shows a portrait of Butakov and the steamer frigate VLADIMIR. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10454&p=10967&hilit=vladimir#p10967
https://www.rgo.ru/en/article/postcard- ... ry-butakov
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GEIGORY IVANOVICH BUTAKOV and VLADIMIR
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