Special collections on the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement

Cong Kien - Duc Anh• September 11, 2021 07:30

(Baonghean.vn) - The collections of artifacts kept at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum demonstrate the arduous, sacrificial, yet extremely heroic and glorious struggle of the people of Nghe An.

The Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum is currently preserving tens of thousands of artifacts and documents related to the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement. All the documents and artifacts at the Museum have demonstrated the heroic and courageous fighting spirit of our people under the leadership of the Party. Photo: Duc Anh

Among tens of thousands of artifacts and documents, there is a collection of 11 Party flags from the 1930-1931 revolutionary movement. These flags were used by local people in Nghe An and Ha Tinh in rallies and demonstrations during the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement. The red hammer and sickle flag is the symbol of the working class and peasants who led the people to rise up to fight against the colonial and feudal government. Photo: Duc Anh

This flag belongs to the people of Luong Son village, Bac Son commune, Dang Son canton (Do Luong). When the revolutionary movement broke out, the Party organization arranged for people to buy fabric, dye it red, cut it and sew it into many rectangular pieces at Yen Xuan shop in Linh Son commune (Anh Son), then used white lime to draw a hammer and sickle on the red fabric. These flags were distributed to villages and communes in Dang Son canton to encourage the masses to participate in protests and struggles. Photo: Duc Anh

Along with the hammer and sickle red flags, the drum collection used to encourage people in the regions in rallies and demonstrations of the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement are truly artifacts of great historical value. The collection includes 8 artifacts of different sizes, large and small, although old, they are still preserved quite intact. Although the number is not much, the collection has contributed to reflecting the strong fighting spirit of our people in the revolutionary movement of 1930 - 1931. Photo: Duc Anh

This is the drum of Phu Long commune (Hung Nguyen) used to give the command to start the demonstration and struggle of the people of the whole district on September 12, 1930. Under the leadership of the Party organization, in the sound of the drums, the people of Phu Long rose up strongly, on September 12, 1930, thousands of people participated in the demonstration in Thai Lao. Photo: Duc Anh

This museum also has a collection of weapons of the Red Self-Defense Force in the Nghe Tinh Soviet movement. Immediately after its establishment, the Soviet government advocated the establishment of the Red Self-Defense Force to act as the core in the struggles, suppress counter-revolutionaries, protect security in villages and hamlets and protect the young Soviet government. With the great achievements that the Red Self-Defense Force established in 1930 - 1931, they deserve to be the predecessors of the Vietnamese people's armed forces today. Photo: Duc Anh

With primitive weapons such as swords, spears, lances, sharp knives, tridents..., the Red Self-Defense Force made the enemy many times terrified. Photo: Duc Anh

This is the pistol of comrade Ho Hao - a revolutionary soldier from Huong Son (Ha Tinh) used for self-defense and to participate in people's protests during the revolutionary movement of 1930-1931. Photo: Duc Anh

The Red Self-Defense Force's collection of weapons also includes bows and crossbows used to prevent the colonial and feudal governments from oppressing the people during rallies and demonstrations. Photo: Duc Anh

Along with the above collections, the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum also preserves the seals of local mandarins handed over to the Soviet government in 1930-1931. Photo: Duc Anh

The artifacts and documents being kept at the Nghe Tinh Soviet Museum, especially the historical artifact collections mentioned above, are priceless physical heritages that testify to the arduous struggle, full of loss and sacrifice, but extremely glorious of our people in the revolutionary movement of 1930-1931. Photo: Duc Anh