Kõik NSV Liidu Ülemnõukogu valimistele! (Everyone to the USSR Supreme Soviet Elections!): Tallinn sweet wrapper
A yellow chocolate wrapper printed in red: a five-pointed star between two flags above a calendar leaf reading '1941 JAANUAR 12', and a ribbon with 'KÕIK NSV LIIDU ÜLEMNÕUKOGU VALIMISTELE!' ('Everyone to the USSR Supreme Soviet elections!'). The tells are the universal 'everyone' and state emblems printed on an everyday sweet.
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Ginovker confectionery factory, Tallinn (maker named on the wrapper), carrying the official Soviet election-day slogan (Tallinn, Estonian SSR)
- Region
- Eastern Europe and Eurasia
- Country
- Soviet Union
- Medium
- Object
- Issuer type
- Mixed
- Regime
- Soviet Union
- Leader
- Joseph Stalin
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Elections and party politics, Home front
- Event
- 1941 USSR Supreme Soviet Election
- Techniques
- BandwagonTransfer
- Regime
- Soviet Union under Stalin
- Leader
- Joseph Stalin
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Tallinn City Museum (Tallinna Linnamuuseum), via MuIS and Europeana, retrieved September 29, 2026
- Rights
- CC0 1.0 (stated by the holding museum on MuIS and Europeana)
Tallinna Linnamuuseum, TLM _ 29824:20 Dtg, via MuIS.ee and Europeana (CC0).
Text on the object
1941 JAANUAR 12 KÕIK NSV LIIDU ÜLEMNÕUKOGU VALIMISTELE! Gr. t. "OKTOOBER" NATS. A-S GINOVKER TALLINN
1941 JANUARY 12 EVERYONE TO THE USSR SUPREME SOVIET ELECTIONS! Gr. t. "OCTOBER" NATS. A-S GINOVKER TALLINN
Read from a 800 px copy. The two edge lines run vertically along the sides of the wrapper: 'Gr. t. "OKTOOBER"' at left (presumably the product's name, 'October'; 'Gr. t.' is not expanded) and 'NATS. A-S GINOVKER TALLINN' at right.
