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On April 20, 1967, the quality mark was introduced in the USSR. The purpose of its creation was to increase production efficiency and improve the characteristics of goods. The product quality mark is regulated by GOST 1.9-67 of April 07, 1967. The right to use it was applied by all the republics of the Soviet Union in all sectors of the national economy. In the USSR, state commissions carried out certification of the quality of goods and, based on its results, made a decision on the right to use this hallmark. The state quality mark of the USSR was applied to especially important products that have passed certification and are of a mass or serial nature. For the first time, it was applied to electric motors manufactured at the Vladimir Ilyich Electromechanical Plant in Moscow. This event took place on April 22, 1970.
History of the Quality Seal
Only having the title of "Supplier of the Court of His Imperial Majesty", the merchants had the right to supply the royal court with their products. It also made it possible to install the imperial coat of arms on trade shields. This title was issued for a period of two years, after whichit was necessary to go through a repeated procedure to confirm the quality of the products. It was impossible to inherit it.
Thus, thanks to a kind of prototype, the quality mark of the USSR appeared. In Russia, the mark of the supplier of the Court of His Imperial Majesty was placed on such types of products: marmalade produced at the factory of A. Abrikosov, confectionery products produced by Adolf Siou (after the revolution, the Bolshevik factory) and other goods that passed quality assessment.
Starting from 1829, in Russia, the right to place the royal coat of arms has undergone major changes. Only by participating in major Russian exhibitions and fairs and winning them, one could claim this honorary mark. Merchants and shopkeepers had to have absolutely high-quality goods, that is, without complaints. Their experience of participating in such fairs should have been at least eight years.
At the beginning of the 20th century, there were about thirty bearers of such an honorary title for a supplier.
Product quality
Quality is a set of product properties that determine its suitability for use. For example, the quality of a car is determined by indicators of safety, reliability, manufacturability and a number of other characteristics that this type of product corresponds to. To determine how good it is, it is necessary to carry out a series of complex and consistent measures to evaluate it. The solution of these issues in the Soviet Union was entrusted to the All-Union Institute for Scientific Research in the Field of Standardization (VNIIS).
Product quality categories
In the Soviet Union, the quality of products was evaluated in three quality categories: the highest, first and second. Products that met and exceeded world quality standards belonged to the highest. The rating "first category" was assigned to goods that were produced in accordance with the regulatory and technical documentation. For export deliveries, their release was carried out in accordance with the additional requirements of the exporting countries. The second category was evaluated products that have undergone obsolescence.
Graphic representation of the quality mark
GOST 1.9-67[1] regulated the rules for applying and building the product quality mark itself. The stigma was to be applied to the container, to the packaging, and also to the products themselves. Also, the USSR quality mark was duplicated in the documentation accompanying the product, in labels and tags.
The State Attestation Commission based on the results of inspections and examinations made a decision on the right to use the mark by enterprises for various periods of time. As a rule, this period lasted from two to three years.
The picture "The Quality Mark of the USSR" is a modified image of a five-pointed star - the heraldic symbol of the USSR. The letter K is inscribed in this figure at certain angles, with strict observance of the dimension lines. It means "Quality". The letter has a strict 90° rotation.
Star in quality mark
Some sources interpret the image of a quality mark star as a symbol of a person. Five corners - head and four limbs. And also in the image of the star of the sign, there is a connection with the ideogram and the pentagram.
The five-pointed star is known not only as one of the heraldic signs, but also as the oldest ideogram symbol. You can form it if you connect the same lines at an angle of 36 ° at each of the points. If you extend the lines to the center of the star, so that they come together, you can form a pentagram. For the first time such images were used as early as 3500 BC. e. Since ancient times, the pentagram has been known as a talisman against evil.
The presence of a quality mark on products made it possible not to doubt both the characteristics of the product and the truth of the country of origin. What has a quality mark is made in the USSR.
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