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Few people know that at the time of the Great Patriotic War, Soviet soldiers, too, were paid, and military exploits were encouraged not only medals and titles, but also prizes. This does not in any way diminish the heroism of the Red Army soldiers, it's just a part of military history, which I would like to share with our readers.
The salary of a soldier in time of war
Allowance (so called salary in the army), Soviet soldiers vary greatly depending on rank and seniority. Thus, the ordinary soldiers of the Red Army every month received 30 rubles, guardsman - 50 rubles, the sergeant about 100 rubles. Officers allowances could reach about 350 rubles, and the commander of the company, it could be up to 1000 rubles. The Guard units relied ordinary one and a half salary and the officers - a double. Of course these figures are averages for the Soviet Union, which are dependent on many factors. Least of all the soldiers were supposed to, abide in shtrafbatalenah or in hospitals. They were paid allowances in the amount of 8.5 rubles.
To evaluate a lot or a little, it is logical to compare the salary and allowances of soldiers with citizens who worked in the rear. For example, the salary of an ordinary worker in 1942 was 580 rubles, a miner - 700 rubles. Engineer could expect a more impressive salary in 1300 rubles. Least of all farmers obtained (about 150 rubles) which are at the lowest level of the working hierarchy.
As for food, the loaf of bread during the war cost about 200 rubles a kilogram potatoes about 80 rubles a pack of cigarettes - 75 rubles, and the price per kilogram of pork could reach 400 rubles. As you can see contentment soldiers, and civilian salaries were negligible compared to the tremendously high food prices: anyway wartime.
Award for combat achievements
The first official document to grant awards for Military Merit is considered to be the order №0265 from August 8, 1941 the year in which each crew bomber, who participated in the Berlin attack, was granted the prize in 2000 rubles. The idea came to taste the Soviet leadership, and ten days later came another order for the issuance of the promotion in 1000 rubles for any drunk enemy fighter. Also to pay for a certain number of sorties. For example, for the five combat missions he was awarded the prize in the amount of 1,500 rubles, and over fifty, this amount increased to 5,000 rubles.
Since the enemy bombers represented a great danger to ground forces, the destruction of its paid twice - 2000 rubles. By the way, fighter pilots were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union destroyed 10 fighters or 5 bombers. A little later, the biggest winners were issued to the crew of the aircraft to sink enemy ships. In Novate.ru we found that the most largest amount of 10,000 rubles relied pilots and navigators fighter or bomber, destroy enemy submarine or aircraft carrier.
In 1942 it began to give monetary incentives not only to pilots but also ground forces. Initially introduced the award in 5000 rubles for the repair of their own tanks and evacuation of the hot spots. A year later, it began to pay not only for the repair of our "tridtsatchetverok" and "HF", but also for the destruction of enemy tanks. For downed "Tiger" or "Panther" tank crew members were paid 500 rubles, and each soldier to destroy the tank with the help of a personal weapon (grenades, gas mixtures) relied Award in 1000 rubles.
What has been in practice?
Since the soldiers at the front, the money was not really need (spending it was simply nowhere and no time), then as far as possible all the funds are transferred to families and parents. Unfortunately, in practice it was not so transparent as on paper. Does money will be given to the soldiers or not, it is often dependent on the financial bosses particular part. There are cases when after the war revealed that all the prizes were successfully stolen, and that thousands of rubles. However, although monetary incentives, and were a great help for the soldiers in the difficult time of war, native was praying only one thing - "if only returned home alive."
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