Gosnak

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Gosnak
legal form Akzionernoje Obschtschestvo
( Public Company )
founding 1818
Seat Moscow , RussiaRussiaRussia 
management Arkadij Vladimirovich Trachuk (General Director)
Branch Value printing, coinage
Website www.goznak.ru/en/

Moscow coin
Banknote printing plant in Perm

Gosnak is a Russian state company based in Moscow . The company is subordinate to the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation and produces Russian paper and coins as well as passports, postage stamps and other printed matter for the Russian state, foreign states and companies.

According to Gosnak, it has annual production capacities for 11,000 tons of security paper, 7 billion banknotes, 3.5 billion coins, 40 million passports and between 30 and 45 million postage stamps.

Gosnak is one of a number of companies considered systemically important by the Russian government .

history

Gosnak 1818 on a decree of Alexander I founded out. In the Russian Empire , the company became a monopoly for the production of paper money and government bonds . Among other things, the company was responsible for printing the first Russian postage stamp, producing the first Soviet passport and minting the medals for the 1980 Summer Olympics .

structure

Gosnak consists of eight sub-companies:

  • The Moscow Printing Works ( Russian Московская печатная фабрика )
  • The Moscow Printing Works ( Russian Московская типография Гознака )
  • The Perm Printing House ( Russian Пермская печатная фабрика )
  • The Moscow Mint ( Russian Московский монетный двор )
  • The Saint Petersburg Mint ( Russian Санкт-Петербургский монетный двор )
  • The Saint Petersburg paper mill ( Russian Санкт-Петербургская бумажная фабрика )
  • The Krasnokamsk Paper Mill ( Russian Краснокамская бумажная фабрика )
  • The Gosnaks Research Institute in Moscow ( Russian: Научно-исследовательский институт )

Web links

Commons : Goznak  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Gosnak: Management , accessed on June 10, 2020
  2. Gosnak: The Company today , accessed June 11, 2020
  3. interfax.ru: Перечень системообразующих организаций экономики РФ , accessed on June 11, 2020
  4. Gosnak: History , accessed June 12, 2020