№ 1441. 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War

The postage stamp is dedicated to the 65th anniversary of the end of the Second World War (1939-1945).
The stamp depicts a fragment of Memorial to anti-Hitler coalition soldiers which was erected at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on May 9, 2005, in the center of the Alley of partisans. The whole collective of sculptors and architects worked on this monument: Michael Pereyaslavets, Alexander Kuzmin, Salavat and Sergey Shcherbakov. Sculptural composition consists of four bronze figures representing the soldiers of the U.S., USSR, Britain and France armies. Concrete column crowned with gilded symbol of the United Nations is behind the backs of soldiers.