7 interesting facts about the Soviet passport

Passport of the citizen of the Soviet Union had a number of features and after 1940 has acquired an interesting story. "WP" has collected some interesting facts about the Soviet passport.

1. Personal data of the passport holder of the USSR were made by hand and in two languages โ€‹โ€‹- Russian and the language of the Union or autonomous republic, in which the document was issued. Information text inside the passports printed in the languages โ€‹โ€‹of the USSR.

2. In contrast to the current Russian and many other modern passports, turn the main Soviet passports have a vertical orientation.

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3. Foreign Intelligence in the Soviet passport forgery often make a silly mistake. Even under ideal line pages and unmarked spies betrayed clip. If the Soviet Union they were made of ordinary steel, foreign counterfeit product were fastened with stainless steel. Therefore, the present Soviet passport at the turn fairly quickly appeared prints rust, and "documents" agents of such a hallmark lacked.

4. The passport of the Soviet Union was the main instrument on a par with a Party card CPSU. Moreover, for the lucky owners of the last passport was of secondary importance, and the loss of party membership was much more trouble. Oh man caught in such a situation, even for the film "Party ticket", which later became a joke to call a horror film.

5. The late Soviet passports are not subject to the replacement of the sample by age, that is, were permanent. Upon reaching 25 and 45 years, citizens rely pasted into the document a new photo.

6. At various times in the passport of the USSR to make notes that are not in the modern Russian passport - blood (indicates currently optional), information on criminal records, previous citizenship and social status, information about the places of work and spent time on them, the lack of data or the presence of the right to be present in the vicinity of operating cities. It was noted even the right to carry a radio station.

7. Soviet passport was used in modern Russia for a long time. Blank modern passport was approved only in July 1997, and widespread replacement of Soviet passports for Russian took place in the present age. In December 1992, it was introduced temporary documents, which were put in the passport of the Soviet Union until 2002. In this debate on the current status of perpetual Soviet document does not end until now.

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And you had a Soviet passport? And remember the number?
I had. But numbers do not remember.

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