Communist Voting Mandates

[Tal Inbar]

I would appreceate it if those of you which have this documents will post some pictures, and tell a little bit on the document - how many were issued, to who etc.

[Nota Bene]

Tal,

Milions of them were printed in all sizes, shapes, and designs. Some were just invitations to local and other party conferences, others were used for voting, etc. I think they are fun to collect, and are totally under-appreciated by the collecting community.

I will try to find some that are not as fancy as yours.

Here are two to a local KGB Border Troops conference. They are from 1952, both are voting.

Alexei

[otlichnik]

These are very neat. The top and bottom ones are voting "mandat" while the middle is a guest pass. Sometimes you also see building passes. I would guess that one person could get 3-5 for each session - a mandate, a guest pass, a building pass, passes to a special event or two, etc.

Alexei, I would love to get some of the MGB ones if you ever have any for sale....

Shawn

[Tal Inbar]

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[Kim]

Political "mandat"
Can someone help me to ID this card? It’s most likely from the 50-ties or possibly late 40-tier. I think it’s some sort of card to get in and vote. But since I don’t read Russian that well I would like to know more.

I have six more, all to the same man, all slightly different. But all are from the Karelian republic that means between 31 march 1940 – july 1956. Some of them are named Petrosavodsk, the capital. This tells me that it couldn’t be wartime because Petrosavodsk was occupied by Finns September 1941 – 1944.

/Kim

[otlichnik]

Kim,

These are voting mandates for A.N. Yegorov, delegate to the 3rd, and 4th, congresses of the Communist Party of the Karelo-Finnish SSR.

I have a similar set of 4 for a guy - some are for the Ukrainian CP and some for a smaller Raion CP in Ukraine.

Shawn

[Tal Inbar]

Note the Young portrait of Lenin and Stalin:

Any help with translation will be appreceated!

[HuliganRS]

Tal Inbar:

The document is the order of the day.

It basicly says what's going to be talked about and by whom.

I couldn't make out the right side.

Rusty.

[Kim]

Thanks Shawn

Now I just need to know when the congress was held.... Does anybody have any good Internet link on soviet republics communist congresses...;)

One more, I couldn't help myself:D

/Kim