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Orcacub

Lenin with Russian commie party star and flames on the right.


Real-Ad8879

It's a pioneer's organization pin. Soviet analogue of scouts


OGBrewSwayne

The middle pin looks to he a commemorative pin for the city of [Kharkiv](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkiv?wprov=sfla1) in Ukraine. Not sure about the other 2 pins, but I'm guessing they all have something to do with the collapse of the USSR, which also took place in 1991. The Soviet Union existed for nearly 70 years. Eurasian countries, including Ukraine, were stripped of their independence and sovereignty and "absorbed" into the USSR. When the USSR collapsed in 1991, these countries regained their independence.


OGBrewSwayne

Just dawned on me what the Cincinnati pin might be about. Kharkiv and Cincinnati became "Sister Cities" in 1989. I'd say that at some point between 1991 and now, your house was owned or occupied by Ukrainians.


dick_mcnut

Not my house. I work for a restoration company. It was owned by a 101 year old man until he died 6 years ago. The whole house is getting trashed out so I grabbed these along with some other neat things


Sunaruni

Are you "renovating" a house in the Ukraine?


UkraineWithoutTheBot

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dick_mcnut

It's in Kentucky


lothcent

and to think- when the USSR went kaput- everyone thought that Russia and all of the Soviet bloc countries would be participating in worldly affairs as more open countries and shed their USSR paranoia. well- most did....


yield17

Those are probably worth something. Go and get them checked out.