Stamp: Smolensk fortress (Soviet Union, USSR 1971)
Smolensk fortress (Soviet Union, USSR 1971)
16 November (Soviet Union, USSR ) within release Historical Buildings of Russia goes into circulation Stamp Smolensk fortress face value 6 Russian kopek
| Stamp Smolensk fortress in catalogues | |
|---|---|
| Michel: | Mi:SU 3946 |
Stamp is vertical format.
Also in the issue Historical Buildings of Russia:
- Stamp - Pskov Kremlin face value 3;
- Stamp - Novgorod Kremlin face value 4;
- Stamp - Smolensk fortress face value 6;
- Stamp - Moscow Kremlin face value 50;
Stamp Smolensk fortress it reflects the thematic directions:
A castle (from Latin: castellum) is a type of fortified structure built in Europe and the Middle East during the Middle Ages by European nobility. Scholars debate the scope of the word castle, but usually consider it to be the private fortified residence of a lord or noble. This is distinct from a palace, which is not fortified; from a fortress, which was not always a residence for nobility; and from a fortified settlement, which was a public defence – though there are many similarities among these types of construction. Usage of the term has varied over time and has been applied to structures as diverse as hill forts and country houses. Over the approximately 900 years that castles were built, they took on a great many forms with many different features, although some, such as curtain walls and arrowslits, were commonplace.
