SOVIET UNION

SOVIET UNION / СОЮЗ СОВЕТСКИХ СОЦИАЛИСТИЧЕСКИХ РЕСПУБЛИК.

Landscapes.
Belukha Mountain, Altai Republic.
Seventh stamp in a set of 9, issued on 15.12.1959.
Face value: 60 Soviet kopek.
Design: S. Pomansky. 
Engraving: Ivan Sapronov.
Printing: Recess.
Print: 1,500,000 copies.
Size: 38 x 27 mm.

Catalogs
- Michel No. 2306.
- Scott No. 2278.
- StampWorld No. 2095.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 2405.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2249.
- Zagorski No. 2302.

Belukha Mountain (Russian: Белуха; Altai: Ӱч-Сӱмер; Kazakh: Мұзтау Шыңы), located in the Katun Mountains, is the highest peak of the Altai Mountains in Russia and the highest of the system of the South Siberian Mountains. It is part of the World Heritage Site entitled Golden Mountains of Altai. Located in the Altai Republic (Russian Federation), Belukha is a three-peaked mountain massif that rises along the border of Russia and Kazakhstan. There are 169 glaciers on the mountain, including Belukha and Sapozhnikov glaciers. Of the two peaks, the eastern peak (4,506 m, 14,784 ft) is higher than the western peak (4,440 m, 14,567 ft). Belukha Mountain was first climbed in 1914 by Boris and Mikhail Tronov brothers. Lake Akkem appears in the foreground of the stamp image.

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Thanks to Dragan Buškulić for his contribution (https://worldofstamp2.wordpress.com/).