Battle of Sinop, 150th Anniv, Souvenir Sheet

The Russian squadron led by Vice-Admiral P.S.Nakhimov destroyed the Turkish squadron of Osman Pasha.
The Battle of Sinop was the last battle of the epoch of sailing.
The stamp and the margins of the sheet feature a picture by A.P. Bogolyubov The Battle of Sinop. 18 November 1853.
The picture was painted in 1856-1860