The exposition of the Severodvinsk Museum presents the Banner, which was ordered in a single copy in 1983 for presenting the Order of Lenin to the city.
On February 15, 1983, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the city of Severodvinsk was awarded the Order of Lenin, the country’s highest state award. A large delegation headed by Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov was to arrive to present the order. According to the scenario of the event, the award was to be attached to the Red Banner. Anatoly Tkachenko, the chairman of the city executive committee during these years, made a decision that for such a solemn occasion it is necessary to sew a special banner, which will later become the banner of the city.
The order was sent to one of the factories in Moscow — and there they sewed a banner according to all the canons of Soviet vexillology. Banners in the Soviet Union were of great importance: labor collectives, executive committees of different levels, ministries and other organizations had them. The appearance of these banners was not regulated: usually red banners with images of the coat of arms, Lenin’s profile, sickle and hammer were used.
The banner of the city of Severodvinsk is bilateral. On the obverse, which is not visible, in the center is the coat of arms of the USSR. On the reverse side in a red circle is the profile of Vladimir Lenin, the circle is entwined with oak and laurel branches. The banner is embroidered with slogans characteristic of that time: ‘Workers of all countries, unite! ’, ‘Under the Banner of Marxism-Leninism, Under the Leadership of the Communist Party, Forward Toward the Victory of Communism! ’.
On July 20, 1984, in a solemn atmosphere, the Order of Lenin was pinned to the corner of the banner. Since that time, the banner has been kept in the office of the city’s Mayor, chairman of the city executive committee of the Soviet of Working People’s Deputies. In the 1990s, in the course of political reforms, there were changes in the power structure. In 1991, the mayor Valery Lyskov was elected for the first time in Severodvinsk. The new faces of the city administration removed the symbols of the outgoing era, the banner was kept in the archive for a long time. In 2008 it was transferred for permanent storage to the Severodvinsk City Museum of Local Lore.
On February 15, 1983, by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the city of Severodvinsk was awarded the Order of Lenin, the country’s highest state award. A large delegation headed by Defense Minister Dmitry Ustinov was to arrive to present the order. According to the scenario of the event, the award was to be attached to the Red Banner. Anatoly Tkachenko, the chairman of the city executive committee during these years, made a decision that for such a solemn occasion it is necessary to sew a special banner, which will later become the banner of the city.
The order was sent to one of the factories in Moscow — and there they sewed a banner according to all the canons of Soviet vexillology. Banners in the Soviet Union were of great importance: labor collectives, executive committees of different levels, ministries and other organizations had them. The appearance of these banners was not regulated: usually red banners with images of the coat of arms, Lenin’s profile, sickle and hammer were used.
The banner of the city of Severodvinsk is bilateral. On the obverse, which is not visible, in the center is the coat of arms of the USSR. On the reverse side in a red circle is the profile of Vladimir Lenin, the circle is entwined with oak and laurel branches. The banner is embroidered with slogans characteristic of that time: ‘Workers of all countries, unite! ’, ‘Under the Banner of Marxism-Leninism, Under the Leadership of the Communist Party, Forward Toward the Victory of Communism! ’.
On July 20, 1984, in a solemn atmosphere, the Order of Lenin was pinned to the corner of the banner. Since that time, the banner has been kept in the office of the city’s Mayor, chairman of the city executive committee of the Soviet of Working People’s Deputies. In the 1990s, in the course of political reforms, there were changes in the power structure. In 1991, the mayor Valery Lyskov was elected for the first time in Severodvinsk. The new faces of the city administration removed the symbols of the outgoing era, the banner was kept in the archive for a long time. In 2008 it was transferred for permanent storage to the Severodvinsk City Museum of Local Lore.
