1941 ESSR free frank letter to Estonian “Red Army man”, Pärnu – Tallinn
€40.00
Adressed to “Red Army Man J. Hallas, P.O. Box 1061, Tallinn”. Box 1061 was disguised address of a military unit of the 22nd Territorial Rifle Corps. Postage-free according to Soviet rates from December 6, 1940.
When Estonia was annexed to the Soviet Union in 1940, the Estonian army was reorganised into the 22nd Territorial Rifle Corps of the Red Army. Territorial rifle corps were planned as temporary units for one year, during which time they had to be purged of “unreliable elements”, Russian had to be taught and units had to be retrained in accordance with Red Army regulations.
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