On 20.06.2011 Russia released a stamp which depicts the silhouette of the monument to Simon Bolivar on the background of the national flag of the Republic of Venezuela to celebrate 200 years of its Independence.
The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is located on the northern coast of South America. For a long time the territory of the Venezuelan coast was colonized by the Spanish crown.On December 1811, Venezuela was declared a republic. One of the leaders of the national liberation struggle was Simon Bolivar. He took an active part in the overthrow of Spanish rule in Venezuela, and the proclamation of its independence, and in 1819 was elected president of the republic of Gran Colombia, consisting of Venezuela and New Granada.
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