2022The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Important Figures of the Stur Generation - First Day Cover

The history of mankind, as well as the histories of individual nations, includes short periods during which many important figures are born. Their ground-breaking ideas will go on to affect the social, scientific, cultural, artistic or political life of their nation and radically change the development of their society. These people do not usually only focus on a single dimension, the scope of their activities is wider, it includes culture and society. The period from 1815 to 1825, which gave birth to the generation, generally referred to as the Ľudovít Štúr generation, is one such period of Slovak history. This generation, led by this charismatic man, born in 1815, crucially influenced the development of the Slovak nation during the revolution of 1848 – 1849 and the so-called makeshift period of 1860 – 1867, when the key issues related to the existence of Slovaks as a nation were decided.