SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

Landscapes.
Chusovaya River, Urals.
First stamp in a set of 9, issued on 15.12.1959.
Face value: 10 Soviet kopek.
Design: S. Pomansky.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 2.500,000 copies.
Size: 38 x 27 mm.

Catalogues
- AFA No. 2290.
- Michel No. 2300.
- Scott No. 2272.
- StampWorld No. 2089.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2399.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2242.
- Zagorski No. 2296.

Chusovaya river (Чусовая река) flows through Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast, in the Russian Federation. Its length is 592 km (368 mi) and its basin has an area of 23,000 km² (8,900 sq mi). It is a tributary of the Kama (Кама), which in turn empties into the Volga. It originates from the eastern slopes of the Ural Mountains, in Asia, crosses the mountains and runs down the western slopes of European Russia. The Chusovaya has more than 150 tributaries, among which the Sylva (Сылва) River and the Kumysh (Кумыш) River stand out, which has an underground route of about 6 km (3.73 mi). It is an important river as a source of water; along its course is the 37 km² (14 sq mi) Volchikhinsky Reservoir that supplies the city of Yekaterinburg. The large rocky walls that make up part of its banks (seen in the stamp) are an important tourist attraction. Before the construction of the railway across the Urals, the river served for the transport, especially of metals and furs, from the Ural Mountains to western Russia.