Holders of a Russian passport need a visa authorized by Costa Rica, or alternatively Costa Rican authorities will accept Russian nationals with a visa stamp for the European Union, Canada, USA, South Korea, or Japan valid for 90 days after arrival ; with a tourist visa, Russians can stay in Costa Rica for a maximum of 90 days.

The stamp says " Uzbek astronomer and mathematician Ulugbek " in Russian.

A postage stamp showing Piglet and Winnie-the-Pooh as they appear in the Russian adaptation

Russian stamp, 1993

Russian empire visa stamp ( 1917 )

Vera Mukhina's Worker and Kolkhoz Woman sculpture ( seen on a Russian stamp here on the right ) influenced the creators of the Goddess of Democracy

A pen cancel on a Russian postage stamp.

A 1958 stamp of the Soviet Union depicting a 16th century mail courier for the 100th anniversary of Russian postage stamps.

A 2008 stamp of the Russian Federation.

The postage stamp idea had already swept much of the world when, in September 1856, the Russian authorities decided to follow suit.

The term Zemstvo stamp is also used in philately to refer to local-issue Russian postage stamps from this period.

Expertization certificate issued in 2004 for a 1915 Russian 10 ruble postage stamp.

A Russian stamp honoring Vladimir Vysotsky, 1999.

Khariton on a Russian stamp issued on the 100th anniversary of his birth

In 1999 he was honoured with his image portrayed on a Russian postage stamp.

* Ilya Muromets is depicted on the 1913 Russian stamp.

Yermak on a Russian postage stamp ( 2010 )

Fyodor Litke's portrait on a 1947 Soviet Union | Soviet postage stamp in a series issued to commemorate the centennial of the Russian Geographical Society.

Address stamp ( propiska ) in Russian passport

This mint stamp of the 1918 Russian revolution era is much less commonly found used. A mint high value 100 Rupee key type stamp of Ceylon valid for postage or revenue use and vulnerable to tampering to remove a fiscal cancel to make it appear to be a more valuable unused stamp. In philately, a mint stamp is a stamp which is in its original state of issue, is unused, has never been mounted and has full gum, if issued with gum.

A notable exception is the Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich, whose symphonies use the theme of angst in post-World War II compositions depicting Russian strife during the war.

A 1914 Russian poster depicting the Triple Entente.

In depicting the 1905 Russian Revolution Potemkin sought to create a new history for Russia, one led and triumphed over by the formerly oppressed masses.

The U. S. S. R also screened films depicting partisan activity and the suffering inflicted by the Nazis, such as Girl No. 217, which showed a Russian girl enslaved by an inhumane German family.

An 18th-century Russian icon depicting various types of the Theotokos icons

Russian icon | Russian Icon depicting Andrew of Crete | St. Andrew of Crete ( left ) and St. Mary of Egypt.

A French political cartoon depicting Qing dynasty | China as a king cake is about to be carved up by Queen Victoria ( British Empire | Britain ), Wilhelm II ( German Empire | Germany ), Nicholas II of Russia | Nicolas II ( Russian Empire | Russia ), Marianne ( Third French Republic | France ), and a samurai ( Empire of Japan | Japan ) while a Mandarin ( bureaucrat ) | Mandarin official helplessly looks on.

In 1974, a massive tall statue Alyosha, depicting a Russian World War II soldier, was installed on a high foundation.

1914 Russian poster depicting the Triple Entente – Britannia ( right ) and Marianne ( left ) in the company of Mother Russia.

Russian drinking bowl depicting Samson.

Political cartoon depicting the Afghan Sher Ali Khan | Emir Sher Ali with his " friends " the Russian Bear and Lion | British Lion ( 1878 )

An 1800s Russian engraving depicting the Whore of Babylon riding the seven-headed Beast ( a Sirrush )

* Charles Joseph Minard's 1861 diagram depicting Napoleon's Russian campaign of 1812

Russian map depicting positions of the Eastern detachement and Japanese advance.

The first stamps of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic appeared in 1918, as two values depicting a sword cutting a chain.

Ehrenburg was also active as a poet till his last days, depicting the events of World War II in Europe, the Holocaust and the destinies of Russian intellectuals.

An old postcard depicting the Russian Orthodox monastery in Tambov

In 1896, the article depicting Popov's invention was reprinted in the ' Journal of the Russian Physical and Chemical Society '.

* Borodino Panorama, depicting the Battle of Borodino between Napoleon I of France and a Russian Army outside Moscow in 1812.

* Stalingrad Battle Panorama, depicting the Battle of Stalingrad between Nazi Germany army and the Russian Army in 1942-1943.

His technique and imagination in depicting the shimmering play of light on the waves and seafoam is especially admired, and gives his seascapes a romantic yet realistic quality that echoes the work of English watercolorist J. M. W. Turner and Russian painter Sylvester Shchedrin.