Tsentrosoiuz (Central Union of Consumers' Societies)

Центросоюз

MSPO (Moscow Central Union of Consumers' Societies) was established in 1898 and it gained significant membership throughout Imperial Russia after 1907. After its reorganization by the Soviet government, MSPO became part of an association of consumer unions and its name was changed to the Central Union of Consumers' Societies (Tsentrosoiuz). In May 1921, Tsentrosoiuz became the single government agency responsible for distribution of wholesale consumer goods in the country.

PP 141: The woman worker builds cooperation.
Woman worker! The October revolution made you the freest citizen in the world!
Make full use of your rights through cooperation!

PP 380: Women, join the co-operatives.
All-Russian Central Union of Consumer Societies

PP 431: Women Workers and Women Peasants!
Go for cooperation.
Fulfill the precept of Il’iich [Lenin] Strengthen Cooperation!
Cooperation is the way to liberation for women workers and women peasants.
The properly oriented woman worker and woman peasant should be a member of a cooperative.

PP 774: [On the top]
The place where cooperation is not respected
[On the bottom]
The place where cooperation works.

PP 794: Women, Join The Cooperative!
A woman is useful as a co-worker but dangerous as an enemy.

Sources & Citations

Davies, R. W., & Wheatcroft, S. G. (2009). The years of hunger: Soviet agriculture, 1931-1933. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.
Carr, E. H. (1985). The Bolshevik Revolution, 1917-1923, Vol. 2. New York: W. Norton.
Mercer and Middlesex Auctions, LLC., Catalog, February 2012.