Cities of Labor Valor

Russia Post released a set of 6 stamps on Cities of Labor Valor on 29th August 2023.A City of Labor Valor is an honorary title of the Russian Federation, instituted by the Federal Law of March 1, 2020, “in order to commemorate the feat of home front workers during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”. It is granted to the cities of the Russian Federation, whose residents "made a significant contribution to the achievement of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 by providing uninterrupted production of military and civilian products at industrial enterprises, located in the city, and demonstrated massive labor heroism and selflessness”.

The stamps depicts memorial To Heroes of the Front and Home Front in Ivanovo, tank T-34 Irkutsk Komsomol Member in Irkutsk, monument The Union of the Front and Rear in Krasnoyarsk, monument to workers of the machine-building factory in Lugansk, sculptural composition To the Gorky Residents - Valiant Home Front Workers in Nizhny Novgorod and monument The Family of a Winner Soldier in Yakuysk.