Russian Post issued a stamp to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Sambo in Russia. Sambo is a Russian martial art and combat sport. The word “SAMBO” is an acronym forSAMozashchitaBezOruzhiya, which literally translates as “self-defense without weapons”. Sambo is relatively modern since its development began in the early 1920s by the SovietRed Armyto improve their hand-to-hand combat abilities.Intended to be a merger of the most effective techniques of other martial arts, Sambo has roots in JapaneseJudo, international styles of wrestling, plus traditionalfolk stylesofwrestling such as:ArmenianKokh,GeorgianChidaoba,RomanianTrinta,TatarKoras,UzbekKurash,MongolianKhapsagayandAzerbaijaniGulesh.
The stamp depicts Sambowrestlers on the background depicting elements of the corporatedesign developed to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Sambo.
Released November 5, 2013.
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