Amazing find sister! And even more amazing is you sharing that collectibles book with us. Such a thing is massive rabbit hole for people like us. Thank you so much sister!
I actually managed to find this exact banner at a surplus store a few weeks ago, scored it for ~60 dollars. I was really shocked because I was watching a few similar ones on ebay for like double that. Amazing video friend! Looking forward to seeing more collectibles and history lessons!
What I really appreciate about Soviet ideals is that they tried to raise human ideals to a higher standard than that of commerce. It was and is an astonishing endeavor.
I was interested when this video popped up on my recommended. I am a collector of Soviet items, more recently medals from the Sacred War. When I started collecting though, I gained interest for collecting pieces from the Soviet Union when I understood the concept of different peoples, cultures coming together to from the Soviet Union. It took a while for me to find a dedicated area to collect in, since at the beginning I was picking up caps, badges and flags and I even made it my goal to acquire every republic's flag, (My favourite being Belarus.) I must admit, these banners I didn't purchase that many. As mentioned, I focused a little more on caps and flags. There was a really good seller that I negotiated with a lot from Ukraine, who has gone quiet for a while now, but he got me most of my flags, and even managed to source me some flags made in specific years, specific materials etc. Since my collection got bigger, I worked with more serious dealers, experts etc. One of them had actually managed to find a way to get shipments from Russia, when we were told that shipments from the Russian Federation was unavailable due to the war in Ukraine. We had the items go from Russia to Slovenia, to then where I live. Thanks to this, I am a proud owner of a rare Pre-War Finnish Model Ushanka, as well as a 1941 NKVD Budenovka. I'm not sure how many will read this, but finding this video made me smile. Despite the clear indication of my personal interest to the USSR on my profile, it's actually rare that RU-vid recommends videos like these. Sidenote #1: In the time I have been collecting, I have found that simply typing "Soviet Flag" or "Soviet Hat" is not a good way to find flags or hats made in the USSR. Instead you will be flooded by cheap mass produced flags and modern Ushankas with a fake cap star placed in the middle. I noticed it was better to simply Google Search exactly what I was looking for, for example "Belarusian SSR Flag" and then go on "Shopping". Once you have found something authentic, the chances are is that the seller will have a lot more just like it. That's how I got all the republic flags, it wasn't as easy as typing every republic and buying them one by one, because some just don't, or at least didn't appear at the time. Sidenote #2: Soviet medals and Orders are truly some of the most beautifully designed antiques I have ever seen, at least those made by the Moscow Mint. Even the Mongolian ones, which were also made by the Moscow Mint, truly stunning. The Red enamel mixed with royal blue, honestly it's beautiful. I highly recommend you to do some research on Soviet Orders and Medals.
@@LadyIzdihar Of course! No problem! It's not something I get to open up about often, but to the small people I do, it's really nice. But I enjoy seeing different areas of Soviet collecting, like your banners. Whilst I collect things from 1945 and before, I love seeing the wonderful pieces individuals find. I intend to watch some of your videos very soon, because I saw some of your video titles and interestingly, I made one of my projects back in college around similar questions. It's a very interesting mystery for me.
Hi... I collect DOSAAF radiosport pins and such things... it's very difficult to find many of the pins as seen in AVERS catalogue. I am stuck with my collection: I wish I could find one day the rhombic pins of 1, 2 and 3 class operator... and the telegraphy judge little pins.
I start with scouring for good titles on used book sites (thrift books or Abe) that way it's cheap, then when I receive it I read to see if its good. Not every book I pick up is good or tells history fairly, but I try to share the ones that do! It's really a long process of searching and trial!
I'm actually Russian and Armenian I'm from south western Russia. I'm STAVROPOL. . My. Main language is Russian and Armenian. I speak tiny bit of English. And. I'm in highschool. Although it's early in morning in Russia right now where I am
Wait that's the Transnistrian flag? I always assumed, since I just saw the green stripe in it, it was the Armenian SSR. Boy, was I super wrong lol. Great to see this huge badass flag with all the SSRs emblems is now in good and caring hands. Also I wish there was one but with the ASSRs too.
Actually the flag that is today Transnistria was the one soviet Moldova used but then they changed it into a more Romanian like so Transnistria kept the old one
Hello fellow comrade ! I just subbed . Love this video ❤ I have great love and respect for ussr and enjoyed seeing a fellow person enjoy soviet history
the algorithm finally being helpful??? And checking the twitter account, I didn't discover a fetishist? great production quality? May just be the fastest I've hit the sub
@@lutho7693 there's a subset of people in the Soviet sphere online that fetishize the concept of the USSR. A rather annoying subset, and they're not uncommon
Very nice flag, I love those crests. Have you got other info about the flag? Where was it used? For which occasion was it used? Where is it possible to have info about those flags and banners, except the book in your video?
My favorite Soviet banners are any military division banners mainly the red army. They are extremely hard to find and when they do go on sale they are sold for $1000. I was lucky enough to get an original Soviet Ukraine 97th rifle division dating back to 1942. I got the flag from eBay for $700.
Assalamu Alaikum, sister, what a beautiful flag! Do you have a favorite crest by chance? I'm partial to the Armenian SSR design (but i mostly love seeing all the beautiful crests together!) because I love the work of Martiros Saryan the artist and I find it interesting it's the only one that depicts a national symbol that is not within the borders of the Soviet Union, Mount Ararat which is a historical symbol of the Armenian people but under Turkish control
Here is the ideal soviet flag imo Red background with a 2 headed black eagle in the center but a blue background with the map of kosovo and 7 stars above is also a good flag
I clearly have no concept of how much flags are worth, but when you mentioned the prize, I thought this was a reproduction. I don't know why but a real, 1960s Soviet flag sounds like something that would be worth a lot more.
The only flags i have are an i believe 70's? GDR flag, and a 80's Belarusian flag with it's information tag still stapled on to it. I would really like to find a July 26th flag (Cuban) or any Latin American socialist guerilla flag in general.
Hello, I'm from Argentina Oh, I love your channel!! In my country it is very difficult to get things from the Soviet era, because at the time the Russians emigrated to my country the communist ideology was prohibited, for this reason the few items that there are are very expensive, 500 dollars for a flag, I ended up making myself one of his own and baking the hammer and sickle in gold
One question though, how do you go about displaying these pieces on your wall without destroying them with holes, like with tacks and what-not? I considered collecting a couple of these myself.
Ooooww wow beautiful find😃!!! The colours are still impressive and well preserved! I've been collecting orthentic Republic flags (SSR). Just need Finnish Karelia left 🥲
Hello comrade! I just found your channel by algorithm and watched few videos so far, very interesting content. I'm addicted to history as well. Greetings from Poland and all the best for you 😉☺️🚩🚩🚩
It was secular, but certaintly not atheistic! Plenty of examples of religious celebrations, I think LadyIzdihar even did a video last month about religion in some of the Republics.
@@Nevets123 it is the peoples themselves who have not renounced religion, but have become much less religious. For example, Azerbaijan is 99.8% Muslim, but 30-34% religious due to Soviet policy. In Soviet times, churches and mosques demolished and left a couple of pieces. There were separate places for believers. The Bolsheviks believed that religion is the past and evil.
@@AliyarGasanov that's false, the constitution provides freedom of religion and like I said, LadyIzdihar even did a video on this titled Islam & Communism. The Nagorno-Karabakh Wars did see ethnic cleansing & destroying/abandoning of mosques in Azerbaijan but it wasnt Soviets destroying their own mosques.
Would you be okay with losing your right to choice, and creating your own path, and have one chosen for you, by an authority that you can't control? Would you also enjoy your freedoms and rights that you obviously take for granted taken away?
If its path to job the state does that in order for the worker to gain a job,would i enjoy it yes because in USSR and BPR(Bulgarian People's Republic) you had more rights than today in this capitalistic material society
USSR + CPR parties + gov s always admiited that their economic stages still had many capitalist elements that they had to temporarily, like wages, prices, etc. to tolerate (an early USSR moneyless economy experiment was premature + abandoned.) Even now, China, Vietnam, Cuba, etc. all still use some sort of money, even bitcoin.
@@tymanung6382 that would be greed. Greed is a pretty remarkable thing that even communists can’t really avoid. North Korea and Cuba are truly the two countries that are closest to achieving true communism but they’re incredibly sadistic regimes. Problem with the USSR is that the only time they allowed any form of capitalism was their last 6-7 years and surely it collapsed.
