Exhibition "Mail: From the Tsar's Courier to the E‑mail"

About exhibition

Russian Post is one of the oldest in Europe. Its history is inextricably linked with the history of the state and the cultures of the peoples of our country. In the 14th–15th centuries postal stations — "yamy" — were established along the roads of the Muscovite state, where fresh horses, carts and coachmen were kept ready at all times. To travel along the postal road it was necessary to have a written permit — a "podorozhnaya gramota" (travel warrant). In 1833 the first city post in Russia was opened in the capital, and the first postage stamps were put into circulation on 1 January 1858. The exhibition project tells the story of postal communications in our country. A special section of the exhibition is devoted to the communications troops during the Great Patriotic War and the Battle of Stalingrad. A separate complex is dedicated to the Stalingrad radio amateurs, the Feofanov brothers, who made an invaluable contribution to the development of radio communications and television broadcasting in our region.