One of the memorial exhibits of the Zlatoust City Museum of Local Lore is badge number 51 — it belonged to a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR, Marshal of the Soviet Union Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov.
This distinctive badge is in the form of an unfolded flag made of a copper alloy. The front side is covered with red enamel and bears inscriptions “CEC” (at the top left) and “USSR” (at the right in the center and at the bottom) against the background of diverging beams. The back of the badge has a screw fastener.
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov participated in the First World War and rose to the rank of colonel. In December 1917, he was elected the commander of the Caucasian Grenadier Division. In May 1918, he voluntarily joined the Red Army.
Shaposhnikov wrote a number of military science books. Among them, the early edition of the RSFSR “Cavalry (Cavalry Essays)” stands out. It was published by the Supreme Military Editorial Board in Moscow in 1922. Shaposhnikov’s book “Memories. Military Science Works” was published posthumously, in 1974.
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov was elected a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union in 1935. It was the highest executive body of state power in the country from 1922 to 1938.
Over the period, in total, 24 sessions of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR were convened; most of them were held in Moscow, one in Leningrad and one in Tiflis (since 1936 known as Tbilisi). The powers of the Central Executive Committee included the formation of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR and the Supreme Court of the USSR.
The 1936 Constitution replaced the Central Executive Committee with the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. On December 12, 1937, the first Supreme Soviet was elected, which included 1143 deputies. Among them was Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov. The badge for the members of the Supreme Soviet was also made in the form of a flag with red enamel, but the layout of the text was changed, with a hammer and a sickle added.
The badge of a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR was donated to the Zlatoust City Museum of Local Lore by Marshal’s son, Lieutenant General, and Doctor of Military Sciences Igor Borisovich Shaposhnikov in 1982.
This distinctive badge is in the form of an unfolded flag made of a copper alloy. The front side is covered with red enamel and bears inscriptions “CEC” (at the top left) and “USSR” (at the right in the center and at the bottom) against the background of diverging beams. The back of the badge has a screw fastener.
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov participated in the First World War and rose to the rank of colonel. In December 1917, he was elected the commander of the Caucasian Grenadier Division. In May 1918, he voluntarily joined the Red Army.
Shaposhnikov wrote a number of military science books. Among them, the early edition of the RSFSR “Cavalry (Cavalry Essays)” stands out. It was published by the Supreme Military Editorial Board in Moscow in 1922. Shaposhnikov’s book “Memories. Military Science Works” was published posthumously, in 1974.
Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov was elected a member of the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union in 1935. It was the highest executive body of state power in the country from 1922 to 1938.
Over the period, in total, 24 sessions of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR were convened; most of them were held in Moscow, one in Leningrad and one in Tiflis (since 1936 known as Tbilisi). The powers of the Central Executive Committee included the formation of the Council of People’s Commissars of the USSR and the Supreme Court of the USSR.
The 1936 Constitution replaced the Central Executive Committee with the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. On December 12, 1937, the first Supreme Soviet was elected, which included 1143 deputies. Among them was Boris Mikhailovich Shaposhnikov. The badge for the members of the Supreme Soviet was also made in the form of a flag with red enamel, but the layout of the text was changed, with a hammer and a sickle added.
The badge of a member of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR was donated to the Zlatoust City Museum of Local Lore by Marshal’s son, Lieutenant General, and Doctor of Military Sciences Igor Borisovich Shaposhnikov in 1982.
