Very popular in the Soviet Union as around the world were cute little enamel pins. Both children and adults would collect and trade them, and it was very fashionable to wear them. While most were mass produced, some were very rare commemorative sets, like this set from 1980, celebrating the Ring around Moscow.
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On offer here is a set of 21 enamel pins, featuring famous landmarks. If someone does not know (or has forgotten), the "Golden Ring" is a tourist route developed during the Soviet era through cities with traditional Russian architecture, mainly from the 15th-18th centuries (although in some places there are older buildings and younger - if they are architecturally interesting).
The architecture is represented by churches, monasteries, less often - boyar or merchant chambers, ancient fortifications (kremlin) in varying degrees of preservation. This route was called "Ring" because the cities offered for visiting were located approximately ring-shaped around Moscow, in the modern Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Tver, Kostroma and Yaroslavl regions. Classically, eight cities belong to the "Golden Ring": Sergiev Posad (from 1930 to 991 - Zagorsk), Pereslavl-Zalessky, Rostov the Great, Kostroma, Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, Suzdal, Vladimir. Moscow is usually not included in the list of cities of the "Golden Ring", being, as it were, the center of this ring.
Всероссийское общество охраны памятников истории и культуры экспериментальный Творческо - Производственный комбинат русский сувенир серия сувенирных знаков гербы древних русских Городов - "Золотое кольца"
All-Russian Society for the Protection of Monuments of History and Culture Experimental Creative and Production Factory Russian Souvenir a Series of Souvenir Signs Arms of Ancient Russian Cities - "Golden Rings"
1. Moscow was usually not included in the classic list of cities of the Golden Ring, being the "center" of this ring and the beginning of tourist routes.
2. Zagorsk (before 1930 and after 1991 - Sergiev Posad). A city from the main list of the "Golden Ring".
3. Kineshma. A city usually only included in the "Great Golden Circle" list. Nowadays it belongs to the Ivanovo region, but before the revolution it belonged to the Kostroma province.
4. Vyazniki. It was also usually included in the "Big Golden Ring". Now it is part of the Vladimir region, before the revolution - part of the Vladimir province.
5. Murom. It was included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring". City of Vladimir region (province).
6. Plyos. It was included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring". Now the city of the Ivanovo region, before the revolution - the Kostroma province.
7. Rybinsk. It was included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring". City of the Yaroslavl region (province).
8. Kostroma. A city from the main list of the "Golden Ring". The city is the center of the Kostroma region, before the revolution - the Kostroma province.
9. Shuya. The city now belongs to the Ivanovo region, previously belonged to the Vladimir province. Included in the "extended" list of cities "Golden Ring".
10. Yaroslavl. A city from the main list of the "Golden Ring".
11. Gorokhovets. City of Vladimir region (province). Included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring".
12. Carpets. The city was usually included in the "Big Golden Ring", the Vladimir region (and province).
13. Pereslavl-Zalessky. Included in the main list of the "Golden Ring". The city of the Yaroslavl region, earlier - the Vladimir province.
14. Vladimir. The city is included in the main list of the "Golden Ring". One of the most interesting and rich in monuments cities of the Ring.
15. Alexandrov. The city of the Vladimir region, earlier - the province. Included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring".
16. Uglich. The city of the Yaroslavl region (formerly the province), is included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring".
17. Tutaev. It was included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring". Until 1918, it was called Romanov-Borisoglebsk and was formed by the merger in 1822 of two independent cities - Romanov and Borisoglebsk, located on both banks of the Volga.
18. Yuriev-Polsky. City of Vladimir region and province. It was included in the "extended" list of the "Golden Ring". Its modern name is somewhat misleading, since the city has nothing to do with Poland, but has something to do with the "field".
19. Galich. The city of the Kostroma region and province, is included in the list of the "Big Golden Ring".
20. Suzdal. The city of the Vladimir region and province, is included in the main list of the "Golden Ring".
21. Rostov the Great. The city of the Yaroslavl region and province, is included in the main list of the "Golden Ring". The third of the most interesting cities of the Ring.
Material: Metal, enamel
Condition: Very Good condition, solid hardware. See photos for details.
Dimensions: Square pins are 2 cm x 2 cm
Years Made: 1970s
Weight: 34g for the set