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09-19-2007, 12:10 PM | #1 |
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Rajon Soviet Deputy
Someone gave me this pin and in broken English (and my pidgin Russian) told me it was some type of "deputies" pin.
I have no real idea, though, just what it is. It's fairly small, only about 1cm wide and just a bit higher than that. Maybe a manufacturer's hallmark on the reverse just above the pin mount (or maybe just a bump?). Thanks, Mike Last edited by SGM (ret.); 09-19-2007 at 12:13 PM. |
09-19-2007, 12:16 PM | #2 |
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Mike,
It is a Rayon Deputy's badge, but the language is not Russian. I'm sure that someone else will tell you what language it is written in. Marc |
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I know it's not Russian, Ukrainian, or a Central Asian language - maybe Belarussian? It's not too frequent that a "J" shows up in a northern Slavic language alphabet. "Jugoslavia" is southern Slavic. |
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09-19-2007, 04:55 PM | #4 |
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A bet is Azerbaijan SSR Regional Deputy, the flag depicted on the pin is the flag of ASSR... Could otherwise be Latvia, perhaps?
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Countryfor Rajon
If what Wikipedia says is correct in its section on RAION, the country that uses RAJON is Latvia.
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09-19-2007, 07:33 PM | #6 |
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The "bl" or final "y" is what throws me. I don't expect to see that in a Baltic language.
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09-19-2007, 10:58 PM | #7 |
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Sorry, guys, I ommited to say that I got the pin in Baku, Azerbaijan. (The devil is in the details, as always.)
A "RAYON" ("RAION," "RAJON") is an administrative district? So this pin is for an "(Azerbaijani) District Soviet Deputy"? For curiosity sake, could someone offer a simple explanation of what such a person might do? Is this a "political" position or, perhaps, a beurocratic position? Mike Last edited by SGM (ret.); 09-19-2007 at 11:11 PM. |
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