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Author: M S Siddiqui

A Rare Stamp of the Soviet Union issued to commemorate Ibn Sinna (Avicenna)
InterNational
March 19, 2018 M S Siddiqui

Ibn Sina (Avicenna): The Man Who Defined Medicine for 1,000 Years

In 1980, the Soviet Union which then ruled his birthplace Bukhara, celebrated the millennium of Avicenna’s birth by circulating various commemorative stamps with artistic illustrations.

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