Badges Party Congress paraphernalia of the Soviet era

Wide range of use of the collection material opens faleristov theme "Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union." Each Party Congress - a new milestone in the history of our country, a new frontier labor glory, another step in the bright communist tomorrow, during the Soviet era. Party Congress Soviet people devote their skills, creativity, records. To the Congress held in conjunction with the production of many icons.

There are more than 30 kinds of icons dedicated to the XXIII Congress of the CPSU, and over 70-XXIV Congress. Among these miniature portraits of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, depicting the Kremlin, Red Square. Many icons were given as prizes to the winners in the pre-Congress socialist competition. Moscow-Ryazan branch of the railroad workers awarded to the best icon with the words: «XXIV Congress of the CPSU our work and creativity."

25 Congress of the CPSU	Badge in the form of a white book rasskrytoy XXVI CPSU seed	Badge XXVI Congress of the CPSU
Badge KPSS USSR, portrait Vladimir Iliich Lenin	The Badge V.I. Lenin on banner, inscription XXVI KPSS	Badge banner KPSS

Issue badges dedicated to the Communist Party

Issue badges dedicated to the party dates back to the early years of the revolution. There are badges on which the inscription: "RSDLP", "the RCP (B)", "the CPSU (b)." Here is one of them. Made in 1923 for the 25th anniversary of the RSDLP. It is a globe with a degree grid and outlines of continents, surrounded by ribbons of three banners with slogans on one: "Workers of the world unite" (without comma and exclamation mark) on the other - "1898-1923" and «XXV». Flags poles as it pierced the globe and in favor of the outer circle icon. On a great circle at the top - "RCP (b)." Crowned with five-pointed star badge on the staff of the central banner. Ribbons and banners covered with red enamel star. Icon silver, mounted on the pin and nut.

The second icon is dedicated to the anniversary of the Party branch of the Moscow factory "Dinamo" them. CM. Kirov. In its upper part shows the contours of the factory buildings and delicate radio tower on Shabolovka. Here date - "1903 1928". At the bottom, surrounded by decorative ribbon and three-line inscription: "Cells of the CPSU (b)." On the tape itself - "25 Years Dynamo". Icon of silver, size 20x40 mm, covered with blue and red enamel. His old party members were awarded in 1928, during the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Bolshevik organization in the factory.

The above badges are made in small numbers. They can only be seen on the stands museums or among family heirlooms. badges theme party before the war is not manufactured for mass circulation. Their production has grown significantly over the last 10-15 years.
According to the purpose badges in honor of the Party Congress can be divided into souvenir badges and enterprises and institutions, handing usually pre-Congress winners of socialist competition, drummer labor watches, participants agitpohodov, conferences, meetings of leaders and innovators, Leninsky honors classification.

Was not exception in this respect and the XXV Congress of the CPSU. He devoted about a hundred items of different badges. And first there were a series of badges with a single plot outline. For example, Chekhov plant experienced and souvenirs produced a series of badges of the 11 pieces. Opens a series icon with the profile of Lenin and the inscription in three lines: «XXV Congress of the CPSU." The remaining ten badges are dedicated to individual sectors of the national economy: metallurgy, chemistry, energy, agriculture. Interestingly icon is made with the flags of all the Union republics. These flags are placed on a stylized image of the hammer and sickle. Interesting and other badges dedicated to translating decisions XXV Congress of the party to life.

Collected in the collection of badges dedicated to Congress of the CPSU, interesting in every way - and as a work of applied art, and as agitators and propagandists of the ideas of Marxism-Leninism and the life of our socialist society.

Soviet Union badges impressively reflect the various aspects of a multi-faceted public and political activity vast country, and their collection is a means of communist education of the people in the Soviet times. Badges carry ideological and educational functions. In this case, better expressed the unity of the artistic side and ideological icon, the stronger its effect on humans.