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Despite the fact that the twenty-first century is called a time of rapid information technology, and the global Internet has covered almost everything, the work of the Russian Post is in demand and necessary, as it was many years ago Still, many people expect letters written on paper sheets and sent in envelopes, rather than by email Elderly people in remote outbacks eagerly await the arrival of the postman to receive a pension or news from people dear and close to them People who deliver letters, newspapers, magazines and other correspondence to specific addresses are called postmen And they work in Russian post offices The profession of a postman, like other postal workers, is responsible, important, and necessary The working day of a modern letter carrier and all postal workers begins with sorting correspondence Some post offices have machines that do this, but people often have to double-check everything They place ordinary and registered letters, magazines, small parcels, notices, and sometimes summonses at specific addresses and sign them All valuable correspondence, including money transfers, are transmitted only against signature, and postal operators are responsible for their integrity and delivery to a specific addressee And despite the fact that the Internet has made it possible to send letters electronically, the notorious “belt bag” for postal workers can be very impressive in size Not only postmen work in post offices Post office employees process and transfer various correspondence every day, both in Russian cities and to other countries These are parcels and parcels, money orders and telegrams, newspapers, magazines and other printed publications Taking into account modern trends, postal employees have mastered the latest types of communication services For example, hybrid and expedited mail, accepting various types of payments, including utility payments, sending out advertising and related materials, transporting various types of cargo, and much, much more Since 2013, Russian Post has been considered a strategic enterprise of the Russian Federation, and celebrates its professional holiday in July, the second Sunday of the month, annually Russian post is a “living organism” that functions without rest To deliver mail, postal cars, airplanes, including air flights, as well as an innumerable “army” of cars are used And it all started with the reforms of Peter I, it was this tsar-reformer, creating a shipyard in the city of Arkhangelsk, who established regular and first postal communication between Moscow and the city on the banks of the Northern Dvina Much has changed since then, but the essence of the postal service has remained the same - timely delivery of any correspondence intact and safe Let us add that World Post Day is celebrated annually on October 9th