Name: USSR. Hero Of Social Labor. Type 2 var 2, #4740
SKU: GST002
Price: 3000.00 USD
Availability: InStock

USSR. Hero Of Social Labor. Type 2 var 2, #4740

$3,000.00

The star medallion is in solid 23 K gold, the suspension device is in gold-plated silver. Very good condition.

Awarded to Smirnova Ksenia Artemyovna in 1949.

Smirnova was born in 1911 in the Smolensk region. In 1934, she began her career at state farm No. 7, Leningrad.
Since 1941, she worked as a milkmaid at the Piskarevka state farm. She continued her work for a quarter of a century, including during the siege of Leningrad.
In 1948, she received 5813 kilograms of milk from 8 cows.
Artemyeva worked at the state farm until 1962.
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The Hero of Socialist Labour was an honorific title in the Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact countries from 1938 to 1991. It represented the highest degree of distinction in the USSR and was awarded for exceptional achievements in Soviet industry and culture. It provided a similar status to the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, which was awarded for heroic deeds, but differed in that it was not awarded to foreign citizens.

The Title “Hero of Socialist Labour” was introduced by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union on December 27, 1938