International Mountaineers' Camps of USSR.
Mount Elbrus (Kabardino-Balkaria, Russian Federation).
Last stamp in a set of 5, issued on 05.09.1986.
Face value: 30 Soviet kopek.
Design: I. Kozlov.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 2,350,000 copies.
Size: 58 c 26 mm.
Catalogs
- Michel No. 5639.
- Scott No. 5485.
- StampWorld No. 5436.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 5687.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 5339.
- Zagorski No. 5691.
Mount
Elbrus (Russian: Эльбрус: Karachay-Balkar: Минги тау), a dormant
volcano, rises 5,642 m (18,510 ft) above sea level. It is the highest and most
prominent peak in Russia and Europe. It is situated in the western part of the Caucasus Mountains,
in the Russian republic of Kabardino-Balkaria
(southern Russian Federation), 100 kilometers from the Black Sea and 370
kilometers from the Caspian Sea. Elbrus is centered in the Prielbrusye
National Park (Russian: Приэльбрусье национальный парк) and has two
summits, both of which are dormant volcanic domes. The taller, western summit
is 5,642 metres (18,510 ft); the eastern summit is 5,621 metres (18,442 ft).
The eastern summit was first ascended on July 10, 1829 by Khillar Khachirov,
and the western summit in 1874 by a British expedition led by Florence Crauford
Grove. Mount Elbrus was formed more than 2.5 million years ago. The
volcano was active in the Holocene, and according to
the Global
Volcanism Program, the last eruption took place about AD 50.
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Thanks to Kazimierz R. Leszczyński for his
contribution (http://leszkarozdub.blogspot.com).
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