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Featuring cities of Ukraine
Why is there tulip on the stamp?
The Crimea has a beautiful and surprising connection to tulips, rooted in both nature and history. Wild tulips grow naturally on the Crimean steppes and mountain slopes, especially in March and April. Tulips from this region have been part of the genetic base for cultivated tulips spread through Turkey and into Holland in the 16th–17th centuries.
For Crimean Tatars, tulips (lâle) are not just flowers — they are deep cultural symbols. This motif appears in traditional Crimean Tatar embroidery, ceramics, and architecture, symbolizing: Love, Rebirth, Homeland.
After the deportation in 1944 by Stalin’s regime, many Crimean Tatars kept tulip motifs in their art and clothing as a symbol of their Loss and Return.
Why is there sugar on the stamp?
The city of Sumy became famous in the 19th and early 20th centuries for its sugar beet industry, which brought economic growth, industrial and railway development, and architectural beauty— especially thanks to wealthy sugar barons like the Kharytonenkos.
Kharytonenko family owned several sugar factories and became wealthy industrialists and philanthropists. Their wealth helped transform Sumy into a cultural and architectural hub - many of the city's landmarks were built or funded by them.
Why is there chestnut leaf on the stamp?
Chestnuts are one of the strongest natural symbols of Kyiv. The leaf and flower of the horse chestnut appear in Kyiv’s official symbols, souvenirs, and even on metro tokens. Since the 19th century, chestnut trees have lined many Kyiv boulevards, especially Khreshchatyk, making spring in the city famous for its white-pink chestnut blossoms. Songs, poems, and paintings often depict Kyiv in spring “under the chestnut bloom,” turning the tree into a romantic emblem of the city. Chestnut leaves decorate local crafts, postcards, and city branding. Basically, Kyiv without chestnut blossoms would be like Paris without Eiffel Tower silhouettes — still beautiful, but missing its signature charm.
It is Taras Shevchenko on the stamp.
Taras Shevchenko — Ukraine's national poet, artist, and symbol of Ukrainian identity — has a deep and direct connection to the Cherkasy region. He was born (1814), raised, and laid to rest there (1861). His work idealizes the Ukrainian village, mourns the fate of the serfs, and praises the freedom-loving Cossack spirit — all heavily tied to Cherkasy. The region shaped his worldview, inspired his writing, and now serves as a living memorial to his creative legacy.
