04-15-2008, 10:10 PM
Hello Shane,
I don't know much, but I also have some Census badges. I have for the 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989 census. They were very cheap, less than $10 for the four of them.
After 1959, they started to make them more cheaply (light metal alloy, aluminium, etc..).
Yours are nice, I like the 1939 especially. I have never seen one before.
For information, here is the list of the different census held in Russia/Soviet Union
-Russian Census (1920), which was incomplete
-Soviet Census (1923), which only covered urban population
-First All Union Census of the Soviet Union (1926)
-Soviet Census (1937)
-Soviet Census (1939)
-Soviet Census (1959)
-Soviet Census (1970)
-Soviet Census (1979)
-Soviet Census (1989)
My guess is that each census worker (going door to door) receive one of these badge to identify themselve. That would make quit a big number of people.
I don't know much, but I also have some Census badges. I have for the 1959, 1970, 1979 and 1989 census. They were very cheap, less than $10 for the four of them.
After 1959, they started to make them more cheaply (light metal alloy, aluminium, etc..).
Yours are nice, I like the 1939 especially. I have never seen one before.
For information, here is the list of the different census held in Russia/Soviet Union
-Russian Census (1920), which was incomplete
-Soviet Census (1923), which only covered urban population
-First All Union Census of the Soviet Union (1926)
-Soviet Census (1937)
-Soviet Census (1939)
-Soviet Census (1959)
-Soviet Census (1970)
-Soviet Census (1979)
-Soviet Census (1989)
My guess is that each census worker (going door to door) receive one of these badge to identify themselve. That would make quit a big number of people.
