Soviet Peace Fund
| Abbreviation | SPF |
|---|---|
| Focus | Humanitarianism |
| Location |
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Area served | Russia |
| Website | Soviet Peace Fund (Советский_фонд_мира) main page |
Soviet Peace Fund Советский фонд мира (СФМ) The Soviet Peace Fund (SPM) is a Soviet public organization that managed large financial resources until 1992; after that it was a peacekeeping charitable non-governmental organization. From 1992 to 2020 it was called the International Association of Peace Funds. The headquarters is located in Moscow. It has consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.[1][2]
History
The Soviet Peace Fund was created on April 27, 1961.
The founders of the fund were:
- Soviet Peace Committee,
- Committee of Youth Organizations of the USSR,
- Soviet Women's Committee,
- Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries.
In Moscow, on March 18, 1992, the International Association of Peace Funds was formed on the basis of the Soviet Peace Fund.
It was established on March 18, 1992 on a voluntary basis by peace funds.
- Azerbaijan,
- Armenia,
- Belarus,
- Georgia,
- Kazakhstan (Council of Peace and Reconciliation of the Republic of Kazakhstan),
- Kyrgyzstan,
- Russia,
- Uzbekistan,
- Ukraine,
- Tajikistan,
- Turkmenistan.
Sources of cash income
Since the Soviet Peace Fund was considered a public organization, it was financed through voluntary (and often forced) contributions from citizens and organizations, among others.
Withdrawals from church revenues: Church parishes and dioceses were forced to transfer a large portion of their income to a peace fund. Exemptions from schoolchildren's labor practice pay.
Money collected during the so-called “peace watches,” when employees of Soviet enterprises were forced to transfer their daily wages to a peace fund. The Soviet Peace Fund was a closed, opaque organization that did not publish financial statements. The exact amounts of his income and expenses remain a mystery. According to some estimates, the Soviet Peace Fund collected about 400 million rubles a year. In an interview with the Kommersant newspaper, the chairman of the fund’s board, Anatoly Karpov, cited the following figures: “In 1989, the board of the Peace Fund, which I headed, had resources of 4.5 billion rubles. By those standards, it was crazy money. In hard terms, this is approximately $7 billion.”[3][4]
Funded projects
- Funding for the Soviet Peace Committee and the World Peace Council .
- Payment for education of students from Asian and African countries in the USSR.
- Assistance to countries in which there were conflicts with Soviet participation: Angola, Vietnam, Nicaragua, Ethiopia, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon.
- Financing the installation of monuments to fallen Soviet soldiers in Europe.
- Help for victims of the Spitak earthquake.
- Help for victims of the Chernobyl accident.
External links
References
- ↑ United Nations Economic and Social Council (pdf link now broken)
- ↑ Советский фонд мира.
- ↑ Bonner A. T. Legality and justice in law enforcement activities. - M.: Russian Law, 1992. - ISBN 5-7260-0325-4 . — P. 196 Archived September 20, 2013.
- ↑ Rebrov Denis “When asked which oligarchs are in Petromir, none of the project participants will answer you” Kommersant newspaper No. 21/P (3597), 02.12.2007. Access date: March 28, 2013. Archived June 23, 2015.
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