Grigoriy Bronza Explained

Grigoriy Zakharovich Bronza Григо́рий Заха́рович Бро́нза
Birth Date:	1927 4, df=yes
Birth Place:	Vradiivka, Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR
Death Place:	Tiraspol, Transnistria
Nationality:	USSR, Transnistria
Field:	graphics, sculpture, painting
Works:	Postage stamps of Moldova and Transnistria

Grigoriy Zakharovich Bronza (Russian: link=no|Григо́рий Заха́рович Бро́нза; 30 April 192730 January 2010) was a prominent artist of Transnistria (Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic). He was an art restorer and an honorary member of the Transnistria Union of Artists. Bronza was a designer of postage stamps of Transnistria and Moldova. He also helped create a number of museums in the former Soviet Union.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

World War II

During World War II, Grigoriy Bronza served in the Red Army and was awarded the following Soviet military decorations:^{[3] [5]}

• Order of the Patriotic War,
• Medal for Battle Merit,
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945",
• Medal "For the Victory over Japan".

Postage stamps

Bronza is the author of the first stamps of Moldova issued in June 1991. He designed the first stamps of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic issued in December 1993.^{[1] [3]} Bronza designed the third definitive stamp issue of Transnistria (1997). He also created a series of stamps for the 5th anniversary of the events in Bendery (1997), a series of stamps "Historical and modern coats of arms of cities of Transnistria" (1999), the 200th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin issue (1999), etc.^{[2] [7]}

See also

• Postage stamps and postal history of Moldova
• Postage stamps and postal history of Transnistria

External links

• Moldavian postage stamps
• Moldova rare postage stamps

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://www.ng.ru/collection/2002-05-17/22_marka.html . ru:Против течения . Новиков С. . 17 May 2002 . Газета: Коллекция . Независимая газета . ru . 2015-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150529225517/http://www.ng.ru/collection/2002-05-17/22_marka.html . 29 May 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
2. Web site: 31 декабря. Первые Приднестровские марки . Маркус . Календарные события: Декабрь . Приднестровский коллекционер . ru . 2015-05-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303223746/http://stamps-pmr.2x2forum.ru/t64-topic . 3 March 2016 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: http://9may.vllife.ru/story/5 . ru:Творческий огонь сердца . Иванов М. В., Белова С. М. . 9 Мая – С Днём Победы! . ru . 2011-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524174042/http://9may.vllife.ru/story/5 . 24 May 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
4. Biography of Grigoriy Bronza. Inventory No. 1. Cases of permanent storage. Central State Archive of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, Fund No. 1002.
5. Иванов М. Хранитель истории // Дальневосточный учёный . – 2004. – № 8. – 12 мая. – С. 10.
6. Web site: http://9may.vllife.ru/story/6 . ru:Твои люди, Россия! Памятники от Бронзы . Иванов М. В. . 9 Мая – С Днём Победы! . ru . 2011-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150524175159/http://9may.vllife.ru/story/6 . 24 May 2015 . dead . dmy-all .
7. Web site: http://mirmarok.ru/virtexhibition/22/ . ru:Виртуальная выставка. Почтовые марки ПМР . Виртуальные выставки . Мир м@рок; Союз филателистов России . ru . 2011-07-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111117230106/http://mirmarok.ru/virtexhibition/22/ . 17 November 2011 . dead . dmy-all . (Chronological stamp collection of S. V. Rogutsky).