Russian Peace Foundation.

On 27th April Russia released a stamp on 50 years of Russian Peace Foundation depicting its emblem.

In March 1950, millions of supporters of peace in the Soviet and abroad have signed the Stockholm Appeal "On the prohibition of nuclear weapons. " Many Soviet people on their own initiative began to send donations to the struggle for peace. For the strictest control over the expenditure of these funds April 27, 1961 was established public organization - the Soviet Peace Fund. The main directions of its activities - to promote peace, friendship and understanding between peoples, as well as the development of compassion and humanitarianism, international cooperation, scientific, cultural and youth exchanges.