Soviet Union Voluntary Peoples Squad Badge (1958-1990)
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SOVIET UNION (Russia)
Voluntary Peoples Squad Badge, as worn between 1958 and 1990.
член Добровольной народной дружины в СССР в 1958—1990 годах.
Voluntary People's Squad ( VND ) is a Soviet and Russian voluntary organization that provides assistance to state law enforcement agencies in maintaining public order , protecting the state border , at the level of an enterprise , collective farm , house management , street or village .
In the USSR, volunteer squads had the status of public amateur organizations , their tasks were to fight crime , assist border troops in protecting the state border, prevent and suppress violations of public order and conduct educational work with the population in cooperation with government agencies [1] . In their activities, the squads received assistance from the state, Komsomol , party and trade union organizations.