How many people wonder what a postal code is and what it is for? This digital code is most often used automatically by most people when sending parcels and letters, and when making numerous purchases over the Internet. Its importance is often realized only when, due to an incorrectly written index, a long-awaited package goes missing or an important letter takes too long to arrive.

What is it and what is it for?

A postal code is a special combination of numbers established by Russian law, which is indicated on a letter, postcard, parcel or order form. With its help, the work of the post office is optimized: the amount of manual labor is minimized, sorting efficiency is increased, delivery is accelerated, the risk of errors when moving parcels and letters is reduced, and the likelihood that the mail will reach the correct addressee increases.

Indexes are written in special angular numbers; this format is easier to read by computers. For the convenience of the sender, letters and forms contain examples of writing numbers, as well as a form of thin dotted lines. Therefore, to fill out this column you do not need special skills, just accuracy and attentiveness. It must be remembered that an error or lack of an index can lead to the loss of the shipment or its severe delay. Numbers can be written in ink of any color, excluding green, red and yellow.

Story

At all times, people exchanged messages. Life sometimes depended on the speed and accuracy of information transfer. Signal lights, fleet-footed messengers, dogs, birds, passing caravans and ships were used. The Persians formed lines of thousands of people, placing them within earshot. Using roll call, messages were transmitted over long distances. Carrier pigeons were particularly accurate, with a phenomenal ability to find their home.

An evolutionary leap forward was the introduction of the telegraph in the first half of the 19th century. But he still could not cope with the information flow of rapidly developing humanity. They couldn't cope with it and postal services, they needed obvious improvements. The invention of the postal code helped cope with the growing volumes of letters and parcels. This elegant solution streamlined the work of mail, and over time played a role in its automation.

Indexation in Russia

Postal indexing first appeared in the USSR in 1932. Experimental use of the index began in Soviet Ukraine and continued successfully until 1939, when World War II broke out. The indices were canceled, apparently for national security reasons.

For the second time they began to be used throughout the Soviet Union. In 1971, a global indexation of the entire country was carried out. Numbers were assigned to each post office. From now on, on every parcel, greeting card or letter, the sender was required to indicate a digital index. This was done largely due to the fact that postal services began to use advanced machines at that time to process items.

How is it decrypted?

In the form in which the index is used now, it was approved in 1998. Postal divisions in our country correspond to administrative divisions. Today, the Russian postal code is a natural sequence of six digits, format AAAABBB. AAA is a numeric code that is assigned to cities of republican, regional or regional significance. Large federal subjects and megacities have several codes. BBB is a numeric code that is assigned to each post office in a particular city.

For illustration. The following information is encrypted in the index 414042: 414 - Astrakhan city code, 042 - post office No. 42, which is located on Bumazhnikov Avenue and serves houses in the district. Other examples: 685007, 685 - Magadan code, 007 - post office No. 7, serving houses on Ammonalnaya Street; 241027, 241 - Bryansk code, 027 - post office serving buildings on K. Marx Square.

How to find out postal code?

In our age of the developed Internet, this is easy to do. There are three common ways to determine a zip code.

1. First. Call or go to the post office. This method is suitable if you need to find out the index of a specific branch that is located nearby. However, at the post office, employees will give information about any address, because they have the corresponding directories.
2. Second. Use the help program. Convenient and detailed program is 2GIS. With its help, you can quickly determine the address of almost any building in Russia. To find out what the postal code is for the desired house, you just need to find it on the map and click on it.
3. Third. The easiest and fastest way is to use any Internet search engine to find a directory indicating all Russian postal codes. The main thing is to find a recent reference book. The fact is that there are a lot of indexes; changes are constantly taking place in their database, which are not significant, but it is still advisable to use the most up-to-date information to eliminate errors.

And remember that the index must always be specified. This affects the speed of delivery of the item.

A postal code is a sequence of numbers and letters. It is indicated along with the postal address. With its help, the processes of sorting correspondence become much easier.

First used in 1932 in the USSR. It consisted of numbers and letters in the middle that designated the country.

For example, “R” - Russia, “U” - Ukraine, etc. The first number is the city, and the last is the intra-city postal areas. The index system in the USSR was temporarily abolished with the outbreak of World War II and resumed its activities in 1962.

Each country has its own rules for indicating the postal code. These rules are used by 191 countries around the world.

If you know the postal code for an address in Moscow, you can easily look it up online. The first half of the numbers is the area code. The second half of the numbers indicates the area served by the post office. Nowadays, almost all postal services in the world use a similar code.

One index is assigned to geographical areas. But there are exceptions. A personal index can be obtained by a company with a huge volume of correspondence, for example government agencies, big companies And so on. Each city is assigned its own personal number. With the active process of urbanization and rapid expansion of cities, one area code has become too little. Therefore, nowadays large cities are divided into postal areas, and each is assigned a separate number. In English-speaking countries, the postal code is indicated after the name of the locality. In Europe it's the opposite. The index precedes the name of the locality and sometimes even contains letters indicating the country code. The postal code is needed not only for manual sorting of correspondence, but also for automated ones. To simplify index recognition in an automated way, some countries use a code stamp, a special template... . .

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A postal code is a combination of numbers (letters and numbers in some countries) to help sort postal items (real mail, not electronic mail). In Russia, the index consists of six digits that correspond to a specific post office.

A small digression.

Have you ever noticed that at Russian Post offices there are always some numbers indicated at the entrance? So this is exactly the index of this post office. This is a unique combination and there is no other post office with the same postal code.

I also want to note that the index is assigned not to a specific postal address of the subscriber, but to the post office in whose service area the subscriber is (there are, of course, exceptions). Thus, two completely different mailing addresses can have the same zip code.

In a large city, a post office serves several nearby streets, and in the city itself there may be hundreds of such post offices and, accordingly, hundreds of different zip codes. But in small villages there may be only one post office serving the entire settlement and even nearby villages, and therefore everyone will have the same index.

Now about the main thing. Where can I find out what the postal code is for the subscriber to whom we are writing a letter? And not everyone knows their own index. There are several ways.

First - if the locality you need is in DublGIS, then you can look there. This is probably the most convenient way, since you can see both the exact address and the zip code in one. If you click on the desired house, then in the information card in front of the address there will be the six-digit index we are looking for.

The second way is to use various Internet services like this or this. We are looking for the desired locality, street and house. The letters H and Ch indicate odd and even house numbers, respectively.

The third way is to personally come to one of the Russian Post branches and find out the necessary indexes there. If you wait in line, of course :-)

Now when writing a letter you should not have difficulties with the index,

In the century information technologies we write more and more often emails, and letters sent by regular mail fade into the background. But we still haven’t forgotten how to send parcels and parcels in the traditional way. To do this, you need to know the address and zip code. The postal code is part of the address. This is a set of numbers for automatically sorting correspondence. In Russia, a six-digit postal code is adopted, which is written according to a certain pattern, all numbers are written using lines. This is necessary so that the computer can correctly recognize the numbers when scanning. There are several ways to find out the index.

First way

This method is quite logical: go to the local post office. We will also find out the address, location and work schedule of the post office. You can also inquire about other services that you can receive at this post office. Their list is very diverse: payment for services, subscription to periodicals, Internet services, etc.

Second way

This method is quite simple - we buy candy, cake, etc. and go visit our neighbors. We drink tea and find out the postal code of our house. Surely someone still has old letters and postcards. In Soviet times, it was considered good manners to congratulate loved ones, acquaintances and relatives with a postcard. You can easily find your postal code on old envelopes or postcards.

Third way

The closest thing to our time is the Internet. Everyone knows that on the Internet you can find information about all cities, villages and even small hamlets. Thus, you need to enter in any search engine your postal address and find your zip code in the resources found. In addition, there are official websites of post offices of cities, regions and countries.
Thus, today there are several ways to find out your zip code. All you have to do is choose the one that is convenient for you.