Academy of Social Sciences (AON) at the Central Committee of
the Communist Party, graduate badge, circa 1980s.
Academy of Social Sciences (AON) at the Central Committee of
the Communist Party, graduate badge, circa 1980s.
Brass, paint; 50.1 x 26.6 mm; riveted three-piece
construction.
In excellent condition. The finishes and details are
perfect. The screw post is full length, approx. 10.5 mm.
Comes with an unmarked period screw plate which is probably
original to the badge.
The plaque shows abbreviation "АОН при ЦК КПСС" (Academy of
Social Sciences at [run by] the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Soviet Union). In a place ostensibly
not run by a communist party such sciences could be referred
to as liberal arts. The academy gave necessary credentials
to "scientific" wing of the top party apparatchiks. It also
prepared college and university professors to teach subjects
such as Scientific Communism, Economy of Socialism, or
Scientific Atheism (Even the mere names of those disciplines
were painfully oxymoronic, so teaching them required big
dose of cynicism and virtuosity - not merely bullet-proof
record of party loyalty. An added bonus to those who got the
coveted teaching jobs was that they were occasionally
allowed access to information sources hidden from the masses
- e.g. Russian history books published before the revolution
or western media).
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