When we send a letter or parcel, we make sure to indicate the address to whom it is intended. We specify the name, surname, city, street name, house number, etc., and we also write a set of some incomprehensible numbers. These numbers must be known, otherwise the parcel or letter will not be accepted or sent back. These digits are called "postal codes", which are explained in explanatory dictionaries as follows: "a sequence of letters or digits added to a postal address in order to ensure sorting of correspondence". A rather vague definition. Therefore, one would like to know more about them.
In the USSR, the index was first introduced in 1932. It consisted of an alternation of numbers-letters-letters-numbers. If a letter was sent from Russia to Ukraine, and in particular to Kiev, the index looked like "12U1". This index was deciphered: the first number meant the city of Kiev, the letter - Ukraine, the last number - a digit of a smaller unit of territorial division. Time went on. Now in Russia the postal index is denoted by six digits. The first three digits mean the city code, the last three digits mean the number of the post office.
Postal codes have not lost their relevance in the modern world, in the age of the Internet and cell phones. There may be fewer letters or greeting cards sent, but they have been replaced by various advertising booklets, brochures and catalogs. The Postal Service has a lot more to do. But the inhabitants of Russia should also take care that every house, every apartment has its own mailbox. This is especially true for residents of private or country houses.
A great assortment of mailboxes can be seen at the OrderBox online store: individual mailboxes, mid-range mailboxes, vertical mailboxes, mailbox numbers, cheap mailboxes. The idea to sell mailboxes to the owners of the store came by chance. Working in the market for housing and utilities products, the company discovered that residents of remote areas of Russia were constantly experiencing difficulties in obtaining boxes for receiving correspondence.
Recently built houses and newly built settlements and their residents need not only a specific postal address for their homes, but also a place for letter carriers to deposit their mail. Sometimes houses are located far away from post offices, and residents are unable to visit the post office every day. In turn, the post office cannot store tons of unclaimed mail. To solve this issue, a great compromise has been found: mailboxes.
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