Insect Stamp of RussiaInsect Stamp of RussiaIt is an opening of a country that Kiev dukedom was formed in an area of the existing Ukrainian Republic in the Soviet Union in the ninth century. It take an invasion of Mongolia in the thirteenth century, and Kiev dukedom collapses, and It pursue a foothold in the north, and Moscow dukedom is formed in the 15th century. When the 18th century began, It expanded a territory with Peter great emperor and became Russian Empire. However, the 20th century began, and a revolution broke out in February and October of 1917 with a panic and defeat of Russo-Japanese War, Czarist Russia collapsed, and the Soviet Union government was formed, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was formed in 1922. A seat of power concentrated on Secretary-General of Communist Party (Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev) under one Communist Party party autocracy afterward. A policy of Gorbachev promotes the republican independence that constituted the Soviet Union, and each republic becomes independent in sequence. It founded CIS (the Commonwealth of Independent States) in 1991, and the Soviet Union became extinct, and the former Soviet Union was succeeded in the Russian Federation.
The holding commemorative stamp of a time 13th International Congress of Entomology was issued from the Soviet Union in 1968.
The holding commemorative stamp of a time 23rd International Congress of APIMONDIA was issued in 1971.
Four kinds of honeybee stamps were issued in 1989.
The small sheet which drew five kinds of dragonfly stamps from Russia after Soviet Union collapse in 2001 was published.
The small sheet of five kinds of stamps describing Metalic Beetle and Stag Beetle of the Russia specialty was issued in 2003.
Five kinds of Bumble Bee stamps were issued in 2005.
Soviet Union
1968.5.30 13th International Congress of Entomology
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| Ground Beetle Carabus schoenherri (Carabidae) |
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| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
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| Male bee | Nest protection bee | Worker bee | Queen bee & worker bee |
| Western Honeybee Apis mellifera (Apidae) |
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Russia
2001.4.5 Dragonfly Stamp
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| Narrow-winged Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Agrionidae) |
Giant Charpentier Dragonfly Epitheca bimaculata (Corduliidae) |
Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis (Aeschnidae) |
Chaser Dragonfly Libellula depressa (Libellulidae) |
Northern Damselfly Coenagrion hastulatum (Agrionidae) |
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| European Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus (Lucanidae) |
Calosoma Beetle Calosoma sycophanta (Carabidae) |
Ground Beetle Carabus lopatini (Carabidae) |
Ground Beetle Carabus constricticollis (Carabidae) |
Ground Beetle Carabus caucasicus (Carabidae) |
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| Multicoloured Bumble Bee Bombus armeniacus (Anthophoridae) |
Multicoloured Bumble Bee Bombus fragrans (Anthophoridae) |
Multicoloured Bumble Bee Bombus anachoreta (Anthophoridae) |
Multicoloured Bumble Bee Bombus unicus (Anthophoridae) |
Multicoloured Bumble Bee Bombus czerskii (Anthophoridae) |
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