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  Sergius of Radonezh blesses Prince Dmitry Donskoy before the campaign against Mamai and sends with him the monks Peresvet and Oslyabya by Alexander Loganovsky. 1847–1849. Donskoy Monastery.

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625th anniversary of the Battle of Kulikovo (1380). The souvenir sheet of Russia, 1 stamp×15.00 Rubles, 2 August 2005, PTC Marka Catalogue No 1049, Michel No 1281 (Block 83), Scott No 6923. Coated paper. Offset printing, multicoloured. Perforation: frame 12. The size of the souvenir sheet: 95×65 mm. The size of the stamp: 52×37 mm. Print run: 100,000. The stamp: Sergius of Radonezh blesses Prince Dmitry Donskoy before the campaign against Mamai. The high relief: the original marble relief by Alexander Loganovsky (1812–1855) was mounted on the façade of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour destroyed in the end of 1931, now (2012) it is housed at Donskoy Monastery; the bronze replica of Loganovsky’s relief is mounted on the northern façade of the rebuilt cathedral consecrated in 2000. The margins of the souvenir sheet: miniatures from The Word of Mamai's Defeat, a Russian literally monument of 15th c.; the memorial column in the Kulikovo Field (designed by Alexander Brullov (1798–1877), unveiled in 1850). Русский: 625-летие Куликовской битвы (1380 г.) Почтовый блок России, 1 марка×15,00 руб., 2 августа 2005 г., Каталог ИТЦ «Марка» № 1049, Michel № 1281 (Block 83), Scott № 6923. Бумага мелованная. Офсетная печать, многоцветная. Зубцовка рамочная 12. Размер почтового блока –95×65 мм. Размер марки – 52×37 мм. Тираж 100 000. Марка: Сергий Радонежский благословляет Дмитрия Донского перед походом на Мамая. Горельеф: оригинальный мраморный горельеф работы А.В. Логановского (1812–1855) был установлен на фасаде Храма Христа Спасителя, разрушенного в конце 1931 г., в настоящее время (2012 г.) хранится в Донском монастыре; бронзовое повторение горельефа Логановского размещено на северном фасаде воссозданного храма, который был освящён в 2000 г. Поля блока: миниатюра из «Сказания о Мамаевом побоище», русского литературного памятника XV столетия; мемориальный обелиск на Куликовом поле (открыт в 1850 г., архитектор – А.П. Брюллов (1798–1877)).