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A similar award existed in a number of other [[communist state]]s. <ref name=bse/> |
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==Red banner in Soviet popular culture== |
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The red flag became a part of [[Soviet culture]]. Feelings towards the red flag varied from irony to hatred, as people grew tired of official demonstrations and propaganda. [[Philologist]] [[Benedikt Sarnov]] illustrated these feelings using a typical [[Russian jokes|Russian political joke]]<ref> [[Benedikt Sarnov]],''Our Soviet Newspeak: A Short Encyclopedia of Real Socialism.'', Moscow: 2002, ISBN 5-85646-059-6 (Наш советский новояз. Маленькая энциклопедия реального социализма.)</ref> |
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*"[[Russian_jokes#Rabinovich|Rabinovich]], could you please hold a banner with an image of [[Leonid Brezhnev]] at our next demonstration?" -- Rabinovich: "Oh, no! I've already held banners with images of [[Bukharin]], [[Beria]] and [[Stalin]]" [hinting that all of them are already dead]. -- "Right... Rabinovich, you have such a lucky hand. Please hold our Red Banner!". |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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Revision as of 05:37, 10 February 2010
Red Banner (Russian: Красное знамя) was a symbol of the USSR associated with the Soviet state flag.
Military units, institutions and organizations (of the Soviet Army, Soviet Navy, MVD Internal Troops, etc.) awarded with the Order of the Red Banner are referred to with the honorific title "of the Red Banner" (Краснознамённый (krasnoznamyonny), e.g. The Red Banner Baltic Fleet or "The Twice Red Banner Alexandrov Soviet Army Choir").
Civilian establishments awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour are also sometimes addressed with the "Red-Banner" honorific.
Transferable Red Banner
The Transferable Red Banner (Russian: переходящее Красное знамя) was an award for collectives, winners in socialist competitions at various Soviet work places. The term "transferable" means that for a given kind of competition at a given establishment (enterprise, school, institute, clinic, etc.) or category of establishments (e.g., type of industry) there was a single physical copy of the award which was transferred to the next winner in the competition (held annually or quarterly). There were several levels of the award, depending on the level of the socialist competition: all-Union, republican, oblast-wide, industry-wide, enterprise/institution-wide, etc. [1]
A similar award existed in a number of other communist states. [1]
Red banner in Soviet popular culture
The red flag became a part of Soviet culture. Feelings towards the red flag varied from irony to hatred, as people grew tired of official demonstrations and propaganda. Philologist Benedikt Sarnov illustrated these feelings using a typical Russian political joke[2]
- "Rabinovich, could you please hold a banner with an image of Leonid Brezhnev at our next demonstration?" -- Rabinovich: "Oh, no! I've already held banners with images of Bukharin, Beria and Stalin" [hinting that all of them are already dead]. -- "Right... Rabinovich, you have such a lucky hand. Please hold our Red Banner!".
Gallery
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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An anniversary medal for the Red Banner Transbaikal military district
See also
References
- ^ a b "Red banners, transferable", from the Great Soviet Encyclopedia Template:Ru icon
- ^ Benedikt Sarnov,Our Soviet Newspeak: A Short Encyclopedia of Real Socialism., Moscow: 2002, ISBN 5-85646-059-6 (Наш советский новояз. Маленькая энциклопедия реального социализма.)