Red Banner Of Labour,0004935,Teacher,Bobrik Middle School,Romny Region,Sumy Oblast

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Sadly, a single item, but it may have been her only award.

Order of the Red Banner of Labor, type 2, var. 2 -- 4935 -- a 1939 award with 1947 replacement document (with no photo, alas)

Sorry the scans of the document are so bad. I should re-do them.

Based on research, she was a schoolteacher in the Ukraine. Probably an award for long service?

(And, by the way, it has its "Paul Papers".)

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Since this is visiting home, better scans of her document.

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And her entry.

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Her decree:

On awarding teachers at village schools who exceptionally distinguished themselves

For extraordinary successes in the field of school education and the upbringing of Soviet children at village schools, excellent teaching performance, and active participation in the village community life, the following are to be awarded:

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With the Order of the Red Banner of Labor:

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501. Oprishko, Maria Yakovlevna - Middle school teacher in the village of Bobrik, Romny Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR.

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Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
M. Kalinin

Secretary of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
A. Gorkin

Kremlin, Moscow. May 4, 1939.