EARLY SOVIET SILVER and ENAMEL TECHNICAL COLLEGE BADGE
An early Soviet silver and enamel badge from a technical college. The badge is made of silver with enamel, and on the back, it bears the Russian inscription 'Ivan Vasilyev' and the date 'July 21, 1929'. It features a screw-back design.
CONDITION: Very good condition for its age. For further information, please refer to the pictures.
PROVENANCE: 1. From a private old collection, New York, USA, 1955-2017; 2. Helios Auctions, New York, USA, June 23, 2018 (the winner will receive this information); 3. Our sale of this item adds another layer of provenance. History of sale is very IMPORTANT for serious collection.
DIMENSIONS: L: 1 1/2 inches (38 mm).
The item is bought from a famous USA auction - the authenticity of the item has been confirmed once more - please refer to the screenshot for details.
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WIKIPEDIA: Education in the Soviet Union was organized in a highly centralized government-run system. Its advantages were total access for all citizens and post-education employment. The Soviet Union recognized that the foundation of their system depended upon an educated population and development in the broad fields of engineering, the natural sciences, the life sciences and social sciences, along with basic education. An important aspect of the early campaign for literacy and education was the policy of 'indigenization' (korenizatsiya). This policy, which lasted essentially from the mid-1920s to the late 1930s, promoted the development and use of non-Russian languages in the government, the media, and education. Intended to counter the historical practices of Russification, it had as another practical goal assuring native-language education as the quickest way to increase educational levels of future generations. A huge network of so-called 'national schools ' was established by the 1930s, and this network continued to grow in enrollments throughout the Soviet era. Language policy changed over time, perhaps marked first of all in the government's mandating in 1938 the teaching of agrarian as a required subject of study in every non-Russian school, and then especially beginning in the latter 1950s a growing conversion of non-Russian schools to Russian as the main medium of instruction. However, an important legacy of the native-language and bilingual education policies over the years was the nurturing of widespread literacy in dozens of languages of indigenous nationalities of the USSR, accompanied by widespread and growing bilingualism in which Russian was said to be the 'language of internationality communication.

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