02-22-2002, 02:47 PM
Dear Art,
dear Frieza,
till to the end of the war this title was much rarer than the HSU, because there were only about 300 Heros of Socialist Labour till that time. About 20.700 had been conferred, 180 a second time and 16 a third time (with II or III at the medal).
At the end of the fourthies the government made a deal with the collective farmers: For certain quantities of harvest they will get - Red Banner of Labour, Lenin or Hero of Socialist Labour. So this blew up the statistic very, very much. Also Gorbacev and his father got orders for harvesting: Son - Red Banner of Labour and father - Lenin. I think this early and high decoration was very decesive for Gorbacev's further career in Komsomol and party. But Gorbacev never was awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (Gromyko twice).
Regards from Vienna
dear Frieza,
till to the end of the war this title was much rarer than the HSU, because there were only about 300 Heros of Socialist Labour till that time. About 20.700 had been conferred, 180 a second time and 16 a third time (with II or III at the medal).
At the end of the fourthies the government made a deal with the collective farmers: For certain quantities of harvest they will get - Red Banner of Labour, Lenin or Hero of Socialist Labour. So this blew up the statistic very, very much. Also Gorbacev and his father got orders for harvesting: Son - Red Banner of Labour and father - Lenin. I think this early and high decoration was very decesive for Gorbacev's further career in Komsomol and party. But Gorbacev never was awarded Hero of Socialist Labour (Gromyko twice).
Regards from Vienna
