Soviet poster : loan of freedom

To the domestic loans, the Soviet leadership has repeatedly appealed, whether it be industrialization, war or just a period of stagnation. The government has always been sure that the people will not refuse to lend their savings. Of course, many sacredly believed that by giving the state a loan, they are fulfilling their civic duty, others sincerely hoped to be enriched, and still others perceived this as a coercive measure.
In total, about 65 bonded loans were issued in the USSR, the lion's share of them was until 1957. It was then that the program of forced loans began to fail. Historians call home loans almost the most successful state investment in the USSR. After all, the cost of design, printing and distribution of bonds paid off handsomely. In the period from 1923 to 1957, the Soviet state received from loans about the same income as other taxes and fees. Only until 1925, at least 14 million rubles were invested in compulsory loans. private capital.And what about the people? The number of those who wanted to help the state only grew. If in 1927 there were about 6 million subscribers to state loans, in 1941 there were already 60 million. The average citizen of the USSR a year occupied a sum equivalent to 2-3 salaries, the state in return to give the promised money did not hurry, prolonging the long-awaited repayment period valuable papers.