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USSR 1989 French Revolution Bicentenary Stamp

USSR Post · 1989

A Soviet postage stamp from 1989 commemorating the French Revolution's bicentenary, showing portraits of Marat, Danton, and Robespierre.

This Soviet stamp commemorates Danton as part of an international revolutionary icon, two centuries after his death.

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Soviet stamp from 1989 showing three engraved portrait heads of French Revolution figures: Marat in a white turban at left, Danton with powdered wig in center, and Robespierre in profile at right. Text reads 200 years of the Great French Revolution, names below, and 15 k, Pochta SSSR.
USSR Post, bicentenary stamp of the French Revolution, 1989.

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What it is

This is a postage stamp issued by the USSR Post in 1989 to mark the two-hundredth anniversary of the French Revolution. It shows engraved portrait heads of three revolutionary figures: Marat, Danton, and Robespierre.

Why it matters

The stamp shows how the French Revolution, and figures like Danton, remained symbols used internationally long after their deaths. The Soviet Union, which saw itself as heir to revolutionary tradition, used the bicentenary to honor these men as forerunners of radical political change.

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  • Why might the Soviet Union choose to commemorate the French Revolution two hundred years later?
  • What does grouping Marat, Danton, and Robespierre together on one stamp suggest about how they were remembered?
  • What might be missing from this simple commemorative image about the complicated and often violent relationships between these three men?

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