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Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:23
New Rossica Journal Editor! Please welcome William Moskoff to the Rossica Journal editorial team. Mr. Moskoff will serve as Chief Editor starting with Rossica Journal #155 and will lead a team that includes members who will focus on the layout of the journal, printing, and digital editions. He can be reached at william.moskoff@rossica.org. Please welcome him to the team!

Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 10:19
Journal 154 Update! Journal 154 is complete and is currently being prepared for printing and mailing. Journal 154 CD ROMs and Download editions will be ready within the next few days. If you are a download subscriber, look for an email in your inbox with download instructions soon. If you have moved or have a new email address that you have not shared with the Rossica Society lately, please send your updates to the Ian Sellick, the Society membership chairman so that your records can be updated.

Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2010 18:30
New Virtual Exhibit: Russia and Persia, by Bjorn Sorhne

Almost 30 years of collecting and research have gone into this postal history exhibit, including several visits to Iran since 2001 and three longer visits to the National Archives in India (New Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay) between 2004 and 2006. The interests of two Great Powers - Russia and England - collided in Persia, and from the early 1860s to the early 1920s the situation was often very unsettled (political and social chaos from 1901 to 1906, the division of Persia into zones of influence, WWI and German intrusion followed by famine and an extension of the Russian Civil War). All of this combines to make collecting in this area extremely challenging.


Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:18
New Virtual Exhibit: Soviet Antarctica 1955-1959 - Preparation for and Participation in 3rd International Geophysical Year, by Dr. Ross Marshall

Believed to be the finest exhibition of this material in the world, the initial stages of Soviet Antarctic research and exploration are laid out here in great detail. The Antarctic components for the scientific studies planned for the 3rd International Geophysical Year called for coastal stations to be established in the first year, followed by the exploration and development of stations in the interior. This exhibit tells the story of the Soviet involvement and uses a very wide range of materials, demonstrating many aspects.


Posted: Fri Jan 01, 2010 20:17
New Virtual Exhibit: Soviet Union Postage Stamp Advertising Labels 1923-1927, by Dr. Paul Ortega.

Special labels advertising various Soviet commercial, trading and banking enterprises to be used with affixed postage stamps on mail were introduced in 1923. This was part of the New Economic Policy based on a gold standard of currency to overcome the financial disaster of runaway inflation following the 1917 Russian Revolution and the five-year civil war throughout the territory of Russia.


Posted: Thu Dec 31, 2009 20:54
New Virtual Exhibit: Russian Stamps: Look beyond filling spaces, by Dr. Greg Mirsky.

Originally presented at ROSSICAPEX 2009 at the Annual General Member's meeting.



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