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AUCTION 45: ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR
Lot 31:
(1895-1978) Armenian Communist revolutionary, Old Bolshevik and Soviet statesman. Having been elected to the Central Committee in 1923, he was the only Soviet politician who managed to remain at the highest levels of power within the Communist Party from the latter days of Lenin, through the eras of Stalin and Khrushchev, to his peaceful retirement under Brezhnev. Mikoyan is also credited for his significant role in the 1941 relocation of Soviet industry from the threatened western cities, such as Moscow and Leningrad, eastward to the Urals, Western Siberia, the Volga region, and other safer zones. Mikoyan was decorated with a Hero of Socialist Labor in 1943 for his efforts. Signature on an official Soviet document, signed in blue pencil at the top left.
11 6/8 x 8.5 in., (29.8 x 21.6 cm.)
Condition: Very good with expected yellowing due to age.
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