11-29-2009, 07:15 AM
This is yet another "I had this for a while" items. I never really thought much of it until I found it today while reorganizing my documents drawer and folders.
Has anyone ever seen one like this?
If I'm reading it correctly, Comrade Anton Gurevich was given a "national holiday" by the Regional Committee Bureau of the Communist Party in Zaporozhye, Ukraine in honor of his 30th anniversary as an HSU, OR, more likely, on the national holiday (Victory Day presumably) he was awarded the title of HSU in 1975 while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Yet the third possibility seems more promising: Gurevich was chosen as a sort of "designated honoree" for that region because he was an HSU from that region on the 30th anniversary in 1975 of the victory in WWII. I'm not sure which it is because honestly, I did a sort of "skimmed" translation. If someone has more time, you won't hurt my feeling by correcting me.;) The letter style of the document threw me.
But I am more curious about the document itself. It is not in the best of condition on the outside, but the front cover actually has a nicely textured hanger "ribbon" for the gold star and the whole folder is leatherbound.
I was wondering if anyone has seen this sort of thing before and whether it is more common than I think it might be. It is stamped with the seal of the Regional Communist Party, but no signatures and no specific dates other than "1945-1975" are present, which leads me to think this is more common than not.
I just thought some people might be interested.:)
Phillip
Has anyone ever seen one like this?
If I'm reading it correctly, Comrade Anton Gurevich was given a "national holiday" by the Regional Committee Bureau of the Communist Party in Zaporozhye, Ukraine in honor of his 30th anniversary as an HSU, OR, more likely, on the national holiday (Victory Day presumably) he was awarded the title of HSU in 1975 while celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory in the Great Patriotic War. Yet the third possibility seems more promising: Gurevich was chosen as a sort of "designated honoree" for that region because he was an HSU from that region on the 30th anniversary in 1975 of the victory in WWII. I'm not sure which it is because honestly, I did a sort of "skimmed" translation. If someone has more time, you won't hurt my feeling by correcting me.;) The letter style of the document threw me.
But I am more curious about the document itself. It is not in the best of condition on the outside, but the front cover actually has a nicely textured hanger "ribbon" for the gold star and the whole folder is leatherbound.
I was wondering if anyone has seen this sort of thing before and whether it is more common than I think it might be. It is stamped with the seal of the Regional Communist Party, but no signatures and no specific dates other than "1945-1975" are present, which leads me to think this is more common than not.
I just thought some people might be interested.:)
Phillip
Phillip
