Soviet Union Stamp Engravers

Let's share our USSR engraved stamps!

I think my best engraved set from USSR is the one issued on February 27, 1975 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the birth of Michelangelo, designed by German Komlev. Note stamps are combined engraved and lithographed.

- David, Gallery of the Academy of Florence, Florence, Italy, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova
- Crouching Boy, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, engraved by Vladimir Smirnov
-The Rebellious Slave, Louvre Museum, Paris, France, Tatiana Nikitina
- The Creation of Adam, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Italy, engraved by Vladimir Smirnov
-Staircase of the Laurentian Library, Florence, Italy, engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov
- Christ and the Virgin, Sistine Chapel ceiling, Vatican, Italy, engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov

SS issued with the above set, designed by German Komlev

The stamp shows Michelangelo self portrait, Louvre, Paris, engraved by
Aleksander Tkachenko

World Fair "EXPO-70", Osaka, designed by Ivan N. Kozlov and Nikolai I. Shevtsov, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova and issued on March 10, 1970:


Lenin image based on a famous photo taken in 1920:

Yes Eli it appears that the Soviet Union produced some excellent engravers.

Here is some of the few engraved SU/Russia stamps I have.

Russia 1967
Scott 3409 - 3412

Various Kremln views.

I have no idea who were the engravers but I'm sure
you can help me out.

Here is a Souvenir Sheet showing 3 of the Michelangelo set you posted above.
As per Scott they were Issued only in the min. sheets of 6.


Russia 1975
Scott 4301a

Hello lithograving,

Thank you very much for sharing the great set of the Kremlin .

I am far, very far, to be expert in USSR stamps, but I find (not allowed) a very reliable source of information, including of designers and engravers. Here is the information about your set from this site:

designer of the stamps is Vasily Zavyalov. The engravers are:
- 4K. Tatiana Nikitina
- 6K. Lidiya Mayarova
- 10K. Ivan M. Mokrousov
- 12K. Aleksander Tkachenko
- 16K. Vladimir Smirnov

Shota Rustaveli was a 12th-13th-century Georgian poet and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. He is the author of "The Knight in the Panther's Skin", the Georgian national epic poem. The story takes place in India and Arabia. It tells the friendship between the two heroes, Avtandil and Tariel, and the quest to find the object of love, Nestan-Darejan.

The 800th anniversary of Rustaveli birth, designed by Yevgeny Aniskin and issued by USSR on August 31, 1966:

The Knight fighting the Tiger, illustration by the Georgian artist Mose Toidze, engraved by Lidiya F. Majorova:

Shota Rustaveli, bronze relief, Riga Elementary School for Applied Arts, engraved by I. Mokrousov:

Avtandil at a Mountain Spring, illustration by the Georgian artist Sergo Kobuladze (1909-1978), engraved by Tatyana M. Nikitina:

Sculptural Portrait of Shota Rustaveli by the Georgian sculptor K. Merabishvili (1906-1993), issued imperforate in SS:

Centenary of "The Capital", by Karl Marx (1818 – 1883), designed by V. Mekhantev, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova and issued on August 29, 1967:

USSR/Russia 1965
Painters

80th birth anniversary of S. V. Gerasimov (1885-1964)
The collective farm watchman 1933


Engraver : Ivan M. Mokrousov

Scott 3145




150th birth anniversary of Pavel A. Fedotov (1815-52).
Major's Courtship

Engraver : Ivan Sapronov *
Scott 3146




* On page 151 Collecting By Engraver thread is
some info as to who was the engraver of this stamp.
http://goscf.com/t/9106&whichpage=151

Snake, designed by Vladimir D. Kolganov and issued by the USSR on December 16, 1977:

Common European Viper (Vipera berus), engraved by Aleksander Tkachenko:

Lebetine Viper (Vipera lebetina), engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov:

Saw-scaled Viper (Echis carinatus), engraved by Tatiana Nikitina:

Siberian Pit Viper (Agkistrodon halys caraganus), engraved by Lidiya Mayarova:

Indian Cobra (Naja naja), engraved by Vladimir Smirnov:

Three more stamps were issued together with the upper snake stamp, designed by Vladimir D. Kolganov and issued on December 16, 1977:

Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus), engraved by V. Savelev:

Walrus (Odobenus rosmarus), engraved by Marina Silyanova:

Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica), engraved by Marina Silyanova:

300th Birth Anniversary of Johann Sebastian Bach, designed by V. Karasev and issued by the USSR on March 21, 1985. No information about the engraver.

Landscapes of the USSR, a set of 9 stamps designed by Sergei A. Pomansky and issued in two parts. Here is the first part issued on December 15, 1959:

Chusovaya River, Urals, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova:

Lena River, Siberia, engraved by Ivan Sapronov:

Lake Iskanderkul, Central Asia, engraved by Ivan Sapronov:

Seashore, Primorsky Territory, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova:

Lake Baikal, Siberia, engraved by Semen Ivanovic Aferov:

Here is the second part issued on December 30, 1959:

Lake Ritsa, Caucasus, engraved by Ivan Sapronov:

Mount Belukha, Altai, engraved by Ivan Sapronov:

Khibinsky Mountains, Kola Peninsula, engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov:

Gurzuf Region, Crimea, engraved by Lidiya Mayarova:

Russian Naval Commanders, designed by Vladislav E. Koval and issued by the USSR on December 22, 1987:

Admiral G.A. Spiridov (1713-1790), engraved by Marina Silyanova:

Admiral F.F. Ushakov (1745-1817), engraved by Yury Yermakov:

Admira D.N. Senyavin (1763-1831), engraved by Viktor Starikovsky:

Admiral M.P. Lazarev (1788-1851), engraved by N. Burenkin:

Admiral P.S. Nakhimov (1802-1855), engraved by Aleksander Tkachenko:

Issued in a sheet contains engraved tab shows the Russian navy flag:

National Icebreaking Fleet, designed by Anatoly Aksamit and issued by the USSR on December 22, 1976:

Icebreaker "Pilot", engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov:

Icebreaker "Yermak", Lidiya Mayarova:

Icebreaker "Fyodor Litke", engraved by Ivan M. Mokrousov:

Icebreaker "Vladimir Ilich", engraved by Aleksander Tkachenko:

Icebreaker "Krasin", engraved by Aleksander Tkachenko: