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Putin to Revive Soviet-era Title in Russia (Hero of Socialist Labor)
RIA Novosti ^ | 11:39 29/03/2013

Posted on 03/29/2013 1:24:01 AM PDT by Pan_Yan

MOSCOW, March 29 (RIA Novosti) – President Vladimir Putin has met with activists who served in his presidential campaign a year ago and promised to revive a Soviet-era award by the end of Friday.

“In the Soviet Union, we had the ‘Hero of Socialist Labor’ title, and in my opinion, it was justified,” Putin said on Friday morning in Rostov-on-Don while meeting with the staffers of the All-Russia People’s Front, who successfully campaigned for his re-election for a third term.

He said that the necessary orders would be in place by the end of the day to revive the title, which was scrapped almost two decades ago.

The award, established under the rule of Josef Stalin, was widely used to praise civilian workers for their labor achievements and to boost output.

The initiative to resurrect the title was voiced during a previous meeting of the People's Front with Putin in December.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: putin; russia; ussr; vladputin

1 posted on 03/29/2013 1:24:01 AM PDT by Pan_Yan
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To: Pan_Yan

But remember, they’re not communists anymore!


2 posted on 03/29/2013 1:26:03 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I'll raise $2million for Sarah Palin's presidential run. What'll you do?)
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To: Pan_Yan
President Vladimir Putin has met with activists who served in his presidential campaign a year ago and promised to revive a Soviet-era award by the end of Friday. “In the Soviet Union, we had the ‘Hero of Socialist Labor’ title, and in my opinion, it was justified,” Putin said

What is the betting on whether Nobel Prize and Grammy Award winner Barack Obama will be the first to get this revived award? This is one our Dear Leader deserves far more than most of his awards, given his dedication to Soviet ideals.

3 posted on 03/29/2013 1:28:08 AM PDT by Pollster1
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To: Pan_Yan

Commies are Red
Socialists are too
In progressive country
The state owns you!


4 posted on 03/29/2013 1:29:12 AM PDT by GraceG
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Guess what? We're gettin the band back together!
5 posted on 03/29/2013 1:43:09 AM PDT by AnAmericanAbroad (It's all bread and circuses for the future prey of the Morlocks.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

>>But remember, they’re not communists anymore!<<

A hero of Capitalist Business:)


6 posted on 03/29/2013 1:44:04 AM PDT by cunning_fish
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Nothing has changed. Just the nomenclature, by which they demand the morons referance, at any given moment in time. They have always been socialist facists, since the birth of Islamic humanism. How people deny seeing, this absolute truth, is how this evil has permeated every fabric of our lives.


7 posted on 03/29/2013 1:44:38 AM PDT by RedHeeler
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To: RedHeeler

They have always been socialist facists, since the birth of Islamic humanism. How people deny seeing, this absolute truth, is how this evil has permeated every fabric of our lives.


They have infested and infected and rotted it to the core.


8 posted on 03/29/2013 2:50:52 AM PDT by laplata
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To: Pan_Yan

“Socialist Labor”.......SLAVES.


9 posted on 03/29/2013 3:37:32 AM PDT by Ann Archy
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To: GraceG

Comrade Putin will soon be handing out Stakhanovite awards while exhorting the proletarian masses to “Exceed your norm!”

Here we go again.......


10 posted on 03/29/2013 4:38:43 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam.")
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To: cunning_fish

The Kenyan Usurper will be the first recipient?


11 posted on 03/29/2013 6:24:07 AM PDT by AmericanInsurgent
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To: AnAmericanAbroad
That's a way out-of-date photo; here's the current photo of the band. The new kid plays some mean licks.


12 posted on 03/29/2013 6:51:02 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Pan_Yan

A piece of history:

In “former” Soviet Union was an award for mothers who had 8 children or more, it was called Mother Hero (loose translation).

Octomom and usual suspects should apply.....


13 posted on 03/29/2013 6:55:30 AM PDT by trotskylvalia (where nose meets the grindstone)
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