BADGE 53 (ZOO PARK)
Translation; ZOO PARK. Russian; zoo park. These two badges, one featuring an ostrich and the other a crocodile, are souvenirs from Soviet/Russian zoos. These seem to be a fairly […]
Translation; ZOO PARK. Russian; zoo park. These two badges, one featuring an ostrich and the other a crocodile, are souvenirs from Soviet/Russian zoos. These seem to be a fairly […]
Translation; Volk Volk, or Wolf, was the protagonist in a Tom & Jerry like Soviet cartoon called ‘Nu, Pogodi!’ (Well, Just You Wait!). Volk’s aim to each episode was to […]
Translation; L.N TOLSTOY A second badge to commemorate the man, and his work; influential writer Lev ‘Leo’ Nikolayevich Tolstoy. The first badge in the series can be found here: https://cyrillicpins.wordpress.com/2015/03/14/badge-40-l-n-tolstoy/
Translation; OSVOD RSFSR YOUNG OSVODOVETS. The OSVOD – Society for Water Rescue in Soviet Russia (RSFSR) began its origins in the 19th century with the formation of The Society for Rendering […]
Translation; LENIN CHECKING VLKSM. Russian; Leninskaya Poverka VLKSM. The Komsomol was the senior group within the All-Union Leninist Communist League of Youth (Communist Youth) for children between the ages of fourteen […]
Translation; RSFSR. This badge shows the flag of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (Russia under the USSR), along with its coat of arms/crest – the hammer and sickle lying […]
Translation; GLORY GREAT OCTOBER! Russian; Slava Velikomy Oktyabriu! The October Revolution in 1917 saw the provisional government removed out of office in the city of Petrograd. Following the February Revolution […]
This is a screw back badge, with the symbolic logo of the railway workers of the Soviet Union; the red star adorned with a hammer and wrench – the […]
Translation; MOUND GLORY/GLORY MOUND. Belarus; Kurgan Slavi. ‘Mound of Glory’ is a monument to the Soviet soldiers who pushed back the Nazi invasion of Belarus during the Second World War. […]
Translation; UDPD It is clear from the images used on the badge it was made to commemorate an achievement or branch of the Soviet Fire Department (due to the symbols […]