90 years ago, the honorary title "Voroshilovsky shooter" was established in the USSR
Development of defense capability
Now people practically don’t remember this, generations lived in an “open world”. In a post-industrial society, where it was relatively easy to visit any country. But the Soviet Union, created in the fire of war, for a long time lived in the ring of enemies. It was a fundamentally new, different civilization. Another world, alternative to the capitalist one.
The core of a society of creation and service was created in the Union. People were not slaves, cogs, completely dependent on the owners of money, banks, factories, courts and newspapers, but creators, creators, teachers and servants of the new world. In fact, Soviet civilization, looking to the future, has overtaken all of humanity by many generations. What now seems to be commonplace - universal free education, health care, 8-hour working day, social rights, pensions and much more, was won in a hard battle with the capitalists - exploiters of human labor.
This world needed to be protected, protected. Hence the militarization of Soviet society. Military style looking to the future. When it was fashionable, beautiful and romantic to be a pilot, and then an astronaut, a sailor, a tanker, an artilleryman, etc. And the initial military training started at school. It was a question of the survival of the Soviet civilization.
The old world is cruel and aggressive. Therefore, Comrade Stalin noted in 1931:
“This is already the law of the exploiters – to beat the backward and the weak. Wolf law of capitalism. You are behind, you are weak - it means you are wrong, therefore, you can be beaten and enslaved. You are powerful - it means you are right, therefore, you must beware.
Thus, the Soviet leadership understood that the possibility of an attack by neighboring capitalist countries on the USSR did not disappear. It was necessary not only to develop the economy, the armed forces, but also to prepare citizens for the defense of the Motherland.
Breast badge of Osoaviakhim and the Red Army "Voroshilovsky shooter"
Voroshilov Sharpshooter
The badge of Osoaviakhim and the Workers 'and Peasants' Red Army (RKKA) owes its name to the hero of the Civil War, People's Commissar for Military and Naval Affairs of the USSR Kliment Efremovich Voroshilov. In the summer of 1932, the arrows reported on their results to the people's commissar at the commander's test firing. One of the commanders, in order to justify himself for poor shooting, complained about the bad weapon. Kliment Voroshilov took this revolver and fired at the target. The military people's commissar knocked out 7 points with 59 shots.
Returning the revolver to the shooter, Voroshilov said:
"There are no bad weapons, there are bad shooters."
The story of this incident was published in the district newspaper and subsequently received great fame.
On October 29, 1932, the Presidium of the Central Council of the Osoaviakhim of the USSR and the RSFSR (Society for the Promotion of Defense, Aviation and Chemical Construction) approved the regulation on the creation of the title "Voroshilovsky shooter". On December 29, 1932, in honor of People's Commissar Voroshilov, "an excellent shooter from all types of small arms", the honorary title "Voroshilovsky shooter" was established, assigned with the presentation of the corresponding badge.
On March 10, 1934, the Central Council of Osoaviakhim introduced two levels of the title "Voroshilovsky shooter". To obtain the badge "Voroshilovsky shooter" of the 2nd degree, more stringent requirements were introduced. In July 1934, the "Young Voroshilov Shooter" badge was approved, which was issued to teenagers 12-15 years old.
This military-applied direction was actively developed. It was a real mass movement of the working people, especially the younger generations. In 1935, 900 people were awarded the Voroshilov Rifleman, 4st class, and 706 people were awarded the Voroshilov Rifleman, 700nd class. The award was minted at various factories. Among them is the mint in Leningrad, which produced approximately XNUMX badges. The title was awarded before the start of the Great Patriotic War.
In total, from 6 to 9 million people received the badge.
Taking into account the current military-political situation, when the Russian world is again on the brink of survival, and the "world community" has set its sights on the final solution of the "Russian question", it is necessary to again actively promote and implement military and military-scientific knowledge (theory and practice), create a system paramilitary societies. Raise the question of arming the people. This is the vector of survival, development and the future of the people and the state.
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