Soviet internal passports

[Edward M Dumanis]

The internal passports were introduced starting with January 1, 1933 by
the Joint Decision of the Central Executive Committee and the Council of
People Deputies dated December 27, 1932.
Interestingly enough they were not universal at all but clearly intended to
exclude and excluded large social groups (e.g., peasants).
See, e.g.,
http://www.vn.ru/28.09.2002/society/21506/
or in chronology closer to the end of
http://www.openweb.ru/obyvateli/16.html

Sincerely,

Edward Dumanis <dumanis at buffalo.edu>

On Fri, 16 Sep 2005, Robert Chandler wrote:

> Dear all,
> 
> Can someone tell me when universal internal passports were introduced in the
> USSR?
> 
> Best Wishes,
> 
> Robert Chandler
> 
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