"1. Notepad, grey leather cover; 2. Notebook, red leather cover;

Personal notes made on separate sheets and tear-off sheets. Sixty-seven sheets numbered;

Notebook with general notes, red cover;

5 smoking pipes with 4 boxes and special devices for them, tobacco. In the study of Comrade Stalin: books, desk accessories and souvenirs in the comrade Stalin's cabinet are not included.

Bedroom and closet:

2 white coloured tunics (Both have medals "Sickle and Hammer" of the Hero of Socialist Labour attached);

2 grey tunics;

2 dark-green coloured kitels;

10 pants;

...

A savings book was found in the bedroom with 900 rubles written in it."

  • Coolkidbozzy [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    If they paid bureaucrats very little, did bureaucrats regularly have to turn to other jobs to get by? Were some of them also workers in other fields?

    • comi [he/him]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Nah, it’s not very little it was slightly higher than mean wage, if I remember correctly. Plus like comrade said, apartments were provided by the state, I suspect food as well for higher ups, so like what do you even need money for

    • Alaskaball [comrade/them]M
      ·
      3 years ago

      I couldn't answer that since I haven't come across any primary sources along those lines.

      I do know that they were paid fair living wages since their work was still essential for running the state. Probably not as much as a cabbie, a miner, or an educator but modest pay for their modest work.

      For specifics we'd probably have to break out the books and get a translator.