Documents and Paper Items of the Red Army

Komsomol member card belonging to Bakshiyev Balache Nuistratovich. The ID was issued by the political department of military unit # 4389, June 30, 1939. The last payment of membership fees was made in April 1942. This Komsomol id was taken as a trophy by a German soldier and most likely belonged to a soldier who is most probably KIA/ MIA. According to archival information, he i...

Soviet 1941 newspaper "Workers' district" (Рабочий Край), dated November 13th, 1941. Headline: Comrade Stalin calls on the collective farm peasantry to work tirelessly, to give the front and the country more and more bread, meat, and raw materials for industry.

Daily Red Army newspaper "Banner of Victory", vol. 233, 1941. Fight the enemy anytime and anywhere! Read and destroy, written on it. Extreme rare

Banner of Victory Red Army newspaper, October 18th, 1941. Issue #188. Repel the enemy's onslaught with iron steadfastness!

Newspaper "Truth" from May 26th, 1945. "Truth" (Pravda) - general newspaper of the Soviet Communist Party.

"For Victory" newspaper from May 9th, 1945. VE issue of the Red Army newspaper.

Painting by Krivonogov P.A., Attack of the Soviet cavalry.  Size 38.5 x 31 cm. The sheet with the picture is not completely glued.

Drawing by N.N. Zhukov, "Medic Masha” (Санитарка Маша, Жуков Н.Н.). Size 38.5 x 31 cm.

Soviet hard cover for communist party card sized 11 x 8 cm. ВКП(б) means All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks.

Drawing by Golovanov L.F., The war is over Size 38.5 x 31 cm.

Set of issues of the magazine "Red Army Man" from the WW2 period. Please note that the magazines have defects, some pages are missing, some articles have been cut out. In total, I managed to identify 7 issues in this collection.

An extremely rare Brochure "We beat the fascists in the Baltic." Prepared for publication and printed in August 1941 in besieged Tallinn, less than a month Tallin was captured by Wehrmacht. There are 12 pages in total, all pages are in place. Brochure format 16.5 x 12.5 cm. Found in an attic in the center of Tallinn. Damage from poor storage conditions.

Certificate of the Estonian Rifle Corps for the retiring career Corporal Mälivere Johan. The letter was signed by the command of the Eighth Estonian Rifle Corps and issued on November 12, 1945. The set consist of the Certificate and 4 other documents issued to the same person. Now that we have defeated Nazi Germany and defeated the Japanese aggressor, you, having honora...

"Silence on the Spree" (Тишина на Шпрее) drawing by Bogatkin. Size 38x31 cm.

Red Army poster with Alexander Matrosov (Александр Матросов), Hero of the Soviet Union, by L.F. Golovanov.

Printed in besieged Leningrad on November 18, 1941. Headings of the first page: The victorious banner of the great Lenin; Unsuccessful German attacks; How three German regiments fled near Tula.

It's containing issues #32,  #35, #38, #41-42, #48-49, #50-51, and #52. The main themes described in these issues: Soviet troops in the capital of Romania; At the borders of East Prussia; In the battles for Soviet Latvia; On the lower Neman; On mountain roads in the Carpathians and other subjects. There is some minor damage.

Headlined with the special date - February 23rd, Day of the Red Army and Red Navy. At that time Latvia already became a part of the Soviet Union. 32 pages in total.

Printed in Leningrad on August 3, 1941. Headings of the first page: Communists and Komsomol members - political fighters of the Red Army; Railroad post - military post; From the Soviet Information Bureau.