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ca. February 1938

Moscow, Russia File

4 Order of Lenin Dynamo Society Sporting Awards, February 1938, Future KGB!

4 Order of Lenin Dynamo Society Sporting Awards, February 1938, Future KGB!

A group of four certificates, all measuring 8.75" × 11", Moscow, dated Ca. February

1938. The four certificates are awarded to "Tov. Isakova. M." for the 20th Anniversary of the Red Army RKKF, BTS of the GPU-NKVD, and the 15th Anniversary of the All-Union Physical Culture and Sports order of Lenin, Dynamo Society, in recognition of four events that were medaled in. Signed by Lieutenant General Nikolai Biryukov and Deputy Secretary Lieutenant Kupriyanov. All four events took place during the Dynamo Society competitions in February 1938. With varying degrees of light edge toning and soiling, all four certificates have bold signatures and would be attractive to display.

The four awarded events include:

2nd Place in the 500m Cross Country Skates, with a time of 50.2 seconds 2nd Place in the 3,000m Cross Country Skates, with a time of 5 minutes and 50.9 seconds 2nd Place in the all-around Cross Country Skates, with a total of 224.803 points 3rd Place in the 5,000m Cross Country Skates, with a time of 10 minutes and 18.7 seconds

Dynamo, or Dinamo, is a sports and fitness society created in 1923 in the Soviet Union.

The society was associated with the multi-sport clubs of NKVD security forces and, after World War II, MVD and KGB. Dynamo, together with these Armed Forces sports societies, made up the universal system of physical education and sports of the USSR. In 1937, the year prior to these certificates, the society was awarded the Order of Lenin.