The picture below is from Scrabichewski's collection.
I see that the communist party has a special ID for it's central comitee, and special stamp as well.
I whould like to know if the holder of such ID has also ID of the supreme Soviet, how many people where on the central comitee at the same time, and for how long one was elected to that organ?
Thanks, Tal
Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, under the leadership of the Communist Party--forward to new victories in the construction of communism!
The CC of the CPSU was completely different from the USSR Supreme Soviet. The CC CPSU was the legislative body of the party only while the SS USSR was the legislative body of the state. Some were members of both but not most.
As for numbers - several hundred - and time. I can't remember and did not bring any old Soviet studies texts to Bosnia. It may be worth finding an old copy of Hough and Fainsod's How the USSR Was Governed.
I have one suspicion/concern. When was this ID issued?? The CC CPSU still exists today. One faction of the Russian Communist Party still calls itself the CPSU. They still issue medals in the name of the CC CPSU today.
The stamp for this ID does not have the USSR coat of arms which is very, very odd. Maybe I am wrong but I suspect that perhaps the ID is post-Soviet.
Four photo IDs of Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the USSR elected by four Congresses of the Communist Party (XXIV, XXV, XXVII, and XXVIII), 1971 though 1990.
Under the banner of Marxism-Leninism, under the leadership of the Communist Party--forward to new victories in the construction of communism!
Back in the 1970s he was Chief of the Armed Forces General Staff, and one of the few Soviet commanders honest enought to try to explain it to Ustinov that it would be a huge mistake to invade Afghanistan.
"Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none." Benjamin Franklin
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Member #193
what bothers me is it is the official photo...and yes, the propaganda erased his birthmark! it was a normal practise for them...
but I don't think Mikhail sergueievitch is obliged to sell his ID...quite a nice copy, I'd love to see it in hands. One question: did the first secretary have such an ID?????
I know they existed at least for high members of the former DDR (an auction from the family of Wili Stoph, nr2 of DDR, showed a lot of genuine ID cards for CC of the party, politburo,etc...). But about CPUS? possible, but still no proof.
Sebastien
"a spectre haunts Europe, the spectre of communism"
(a well-known german bearbed)
