DOCUMENTS AND EPHEMERA RELATING TO A SOVIET ACTIVIST’S CAREER, 1923-49

Nineteen items belonging to a Comrade Leonid Shapovalov, whose roles included working for the State Defence Committee as a ‘draft-labour commissioner’, including:

Communist Youth Union identity document, 1923;

Movement permit for the Moscow area, 1943;

‘Death to the German invaders!’, invitation to an anniversary celebration for the October Revolution, 1944;

May Day invitation, 1945;

Red Army Victory Parade, June 1945;

New Year’s tree celebration invitation, 1946;

12th session of the Supreme Soviet, ticket;

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