Vintage Military Documents USSR Commander Russian ID Card Veteran WW II
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:55013113 | Modified Item: No |
| Time Period Manufactured: 1940-59 | Country/Region of Manufacture: Russian Federation |
An old military document of a Red Army soldier from the time of the Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsIn the USSR, a military ticket – the Red Army book-appeared on December 7, 1941. Until that time, the role of a document certifying the identity of a Red Army soldier when he was alone outside the unit was played by a metal personal sign, in the center of which was stamped the personal number of the serviceman (the serial number in the list of the unit), or a dismissal note. After t...he Great October Socialist Revolution, on January 15, 1918, the Council of People's Commissars issued a decree on the organized recruitment of citizens for military service. Only volunteers were accepted for military service in the new army, which was called the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army. Many young people joined the Red Army, but this was not enough. On May 29, 1918, the decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee "On compulsory recruitment to the Workers' and Peasants 'Red Army"was issued. As part of the preparatory work for the decree, on April 8, 1918, an equally important decree "On the establishment of volost, county, provincial and district commissariats for Military Affairs" was issued. This decree creates 7 district, 39 provincial, 385 district and 7 thousand volost military commissariats on the territory of the Soviet Republic. Today, April 8 is the day of employees of military commissariats.The military commissariats were assigned the following main tasks: to keep records of military service; to conduct initial military training and to carry out conscription into the Armed Forces of the USSR, to form their units, to organize supplies, to manage the troops intended to serve the territory of this province.The decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee and the Council of People's Commissars on compulsory military service for citizens of the RSFSR of September 28, 1922 was a further step in the legislative regulation of the issues of recruiting the army. It established compulsory military service and conscription of all men at the age of 20 (later, by decree of March 21, 1924, the draft age was set at 21). The service life was determined as follows: in the infantry and artillery-1.5 years (from 1924 to 1939-2 years); in the Air Fleet-3.5 years (3 years); in the Navy-4.5 years (4 years).On September 18, 1925, the law "On Compulsory Military Service" was adopted – the first law of the Soviet state regulating the performance of military service duties by workers. It retained the previous terms of conscription and the age of conscription, provided benefits for conscription for citizens, taking into account their marital status. Students of educational institutions received a deferral from the draft until the completion of their education. The law of August 13, 1930 granted deferrals based on religious beliefs.The next law" On universal Military Duty", regulating the formation of the Soviet army, was adopted on September 1, 1939. It established that citizens of the USSR, without distinction of race, nationality, religion, educational qualification, social origin and status, are obliged to serve military service.The terms of military service defined by the document were: for the rank – and-file personnel of the land forces-2 years; for the rank-and-file and junior commanding officers of the Navy ships-5 years; for the land units of the border troops-3 years. Conscription was conducted from September 15 to October 15.The treacherous attack of Hitler's Germany on the USSR on June 22, 1941, required the adoption of urgent measures to mobilize all the material and spiritual forces of the Soviet people to repel the enemy.The recruitment of the army in military conditions has become exclusively compulsory. In June-July 1941, a general and complete mobilization of men and partial mobilization of women was carried out. Then, every year, conscripts were held for those who had reached the age of 18.Mobilization measures were carried out in accordance with the "Manual on the mobilization work of military units, departments and institutions of the Red Army".The first day of the appearance of conscripts at the draft points was designated as the day of June 23, 1941. Conscripted citizens of fourteen ages from 1905 to 1918 were subject to mobilization. Only by July 1, 1941, in the USSR, 5 million 300 thousand people were mobilized to the Red Army and Navy. The term of service of those called up to the Armed Forces at this time was set as "indefinite", as a result of which many served in the army for 6-9 years or more.In total, during the four years of the war, another 29 million 574 thousand 900 people were mobilized (minus the re-conscripts). And in total, during this period, 34 million 476 thousand 700 people put on overcoats (taking into account those who had already served at the beginning of the war). In other words, millions of people have been removed from the country's population, equal in number to the entire population of Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Finland combined. By the end of 1944, the entire territory of the Soviet Union had been liberated from German troops, but the end of the war was still more than six months away. On October 25, 1944, the State Defense Committee, by Resolution No. 6784, announced the conscription of conscripts born in 1927. In accordance with the decree, young men younger than the military age by 1-2 years were called up for military service. The people called up under this decree became the last conscripts of the Great Patriotic War. In total, in 1944, 1 million 156 thousand 727 people were called up. Those called up at the age of 16-17 years served in military units that were not part of the active army, followed the front. As signalmen, sappers, border guards and other military specialists, they performed combat missions, while receiving injuries.After the end of the war, the army numbered 11 million people, which was excessive for peacetime. In July 1945, all soldiers and sergeants over the age of 45 and officers over the age of 50 were dismissed from the army. Since September 1945, the retirement of soldiers and sergeants over 30 years old, as well as soldiers, sergeants, officers with valuable specialties for the restoration of the national economy (builders, miners, metallurgists, machine operators, etc.), regardless of age, began. From 1946 to 1948, there was no conscription. Young people were sent to repair work in mines, heavy engineering enterprises, and construction sites.The last legislative act of the USSR on military duty was the law "On Universal Military Duty", adopted on October 12, 1967. It defined: "All male citizens of the USSR, regardless of origin, social and property status, race and nationality, education, language, attitude to religion, type and nature of occupation, place of residence, are required to perform active military service in the Armed Forces of the USSR."Conscription of citizens for active military service was carried out annually, twice a year (in May-June and in November-December) by order of the Minister of Defense of the USSR. Personal registration of conscripts during this period was carried out by district (city) military commissariats. The primary military registration of conscripts and conscripts living in rural areas, as well as in cities where there are no military commissariats, was assigned to the military accounting tables at the executive committees of local Councils of Workers ' Deputies. The Armed Forces of the USSR consisted of professional military personnel and conscripts. In the USSR, the professional military did not have passports – they were replaced by an officer's identity card. Moreover, this document was valued much higher than a passport, since the certificate was issued in the unit when assigning the first officer rank. In the Soviet Union, losing an officer's ID card was about the same as losing a service weapon, for which there was a criminal penalty. When discharged to the reserve, professional military personnel were issued a military card of a reserve officer.
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