nl1947 15 May 2015 04:25:03pm | re: KOMSOMOL USSR 1958 SERIES: need help for translation.
The translations may leave room for other interpretations but this may be a start.
The couple with tools refers to Industry & Building but I am not sure at what stage of Russian history it refers to, however during the 1918 period:
The economy was in dire straits and the Bolsheviks probably used that for their power grab campain.
When they came to power they were now facing their own creation and needed to find a quick solution.
"War Communism" (something to look up) was enacted, there are conflicting views as to the reasoning behind it.
You can read more about it but effectively it controlled railways, all foreign trade, made strikes illegal, food rationing, requisitioning of any surplus food production, obligatory labour duty amongst others.
Anyway, it failed (who would have guessed) and a massive black market ensued, money and wages were replaced with goods, the ruble collapsed and severe famine set in. A new plan came into effect in 1921.
Soldier stamp refers to "The Great Patriotic War", a term used in Russia for the eastern front conflict in WWII
The term "Patriotic War" was also used during the conflict with Napoleon and probably first appeared as "The Great..." in WWI.
It would have been used to provide "morale support"
There is also some reference to another term; "Second Fatherland War" for WWI & WWII, the first again being the Napoleon conflict.
The young man with the brick & trowel seems to refer to "Building Cities", however this picture may be lacking in reality.
After WWII the Soviets refused involvement in the Marshall Plan (something to look up) and instead depended on machinery & materials from Eastern European nations. By many accounts the emphasis was on heavy industry, military and restoration of the past glories of the Soviet Union rather than agriculture & basic needs like housing and consumer goods.
The heading of the girl with the wheat seems to refer to "virgin soil?" or perhaps the "Virgin Lands" Campaign of Nikita Khrushchev’s 1953 plan to revitalize the agriculture program especially after the famine of 1946-48.
Edited:
The one with the couple holding the book has something to do with advancement, struggle for culture?. The background appears to have a picture 0f the 57 Sputnik?
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The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. Mahatma Gandhi. 15 May 2015 07:04:37pm | re: KOMSOMOL USSR 1958 SERIES: need help for translation.
Thanks very much for your help and information guys! Now, i'll have to translate and resume all this in French! Again, many thanks!
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