Signature sheets of the US citizens who have collected donations to the pets of the Serebryanye Prudy orphanage in the region of Stalingrad
USA ,
1947
МЗСБ КП 3338/1-337 П 1-337
43,5 х 27,2 cm, 10,7 х 30,5 х 48 cm
paper, cardboard, typographic printing, gluing, numbering of forms, scoring, manuscript;cardboard, leather cloth, metal, embossing, handmade
In 1947 the American Birobidzhan Committee (“Ambidjan”) launched a charity campaign. Each lined sheet of paper contains the names and addresses of donators with the indication of their contributions. 4,570 American children put their signatures and contributed the total of USD 8,854 to the orphan asylum “Silver Ponds”. The signed sheets are kept in specially designated holders.
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Tapestry depicting the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square in Beijing
China ,
November 1955
Tapestry depicting the entrance to the Forbidden City from Tiananmen Square in Beijing
A present from the delegation of agricultural workers of the PRC who visited Stalingrad in November 1955. Tiananmen is named after the gate of the Forbidden city, namely the ‘Gate of Heavenly Peace’. It is a large red traditional Chinese building with upturned eaves on roof corners and five arched passages. The portrait of Mao Zedong is hung on the central part of the gate. The placard on the left of the portrait reads in hieroglyphs: [translation] “Long Live the People's Republic of China”, while the right one reads: “Long Live the Great Unity of the World's Peoples”. On October 1, 1949, at the Gates of Heavenly Peace, Mao Zedong proclaimed the creation of the People's Republic of China. The left and the right sides of the canvas are covered with hieroglyphs.
Coupon of the Argentine Alliance Solidarity Movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados, M.A.S.A.) with the nominal value of 10 peso
Argentina ,
Coupon of the Argentine Alliance Solidarity Movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados, M.A.S.A.) with the nominal value of 10 peso
The M.A.S.A. movement (Movimiento Argentino de Solidaridad con los Aliados – The Argentinian Movement of Solidarity with Allies) was giving leaflets, booklets, coupons and stamps to raise money for the fighting Soviet Union.
A plaketa with the symbols of the fighters for freedom and independence of Palestine
The State of Palestine ,
15.02.1970
A plaketa with the symbols of the fighters for freedom and independence of Palestine
A gift from the delegation of the Palestine Liberation Organization led by Yasser Arafat, the chairman of the organization, to the Tsaritsyn-Stalingrad Defense Museum