Invalid's Pension Book, issued to Filipp Slizhevsky, retiree with 2nd group of disability, 1956.
In booklet format measuring 3" x 4", in oilcloth-bound covers. The front cover features the RSFSR State Emblem, and lettering below, reading "Ministry of Social Welfare, RSFSR" and "Pension Certificate." The handwritten entries inside state that the initial amount of the pension benefit, as of September1956 was calculated at 332 rubles [per month]. The next page confirms that, as of October 1956 it was re-calculated to be 382 rubles.
In very good condition, minor wear all around, nothing too obvious or detractive.
To give you an idea of what that monthly pension could buy in
In booklet format measuring 3" x 4", in oilcloth-bound covers. The front cover features the RSFSR State Emblem, and lettering below, reading "Ministry of Social Welfare, RSFSR" and "Pension Certificate." The handwritten entries inside state that the initial amount of the pension benefit, as of September1956 was calculated at 332 rubles [per month]. The next page confirms that, as of October 1956 it was re-calculated to be 382 rubles.
In very good condition, minor wear all around, nothing too obvious or detractive.
To give you an idea of what that monthly pension could buy in 1956, here's a quintessentially Russian reference point: 100 rubles bought you 4 bottles of the cheapest vodka.
Please note that the penny in our photo is for size reference.
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