SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF DRAFT LAW ON PENSIONS IN THE USSR

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• Document Creation Date: November 9, 2016
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• Publication Date: August 17, 1956
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CIA/RR IM-431-S-1
17 August 1956
WARNING
THIS MATERIAL CONTAINS INFORMATION AFFECTING THE
NATIONAL DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES WITHIN THE
MEANING OF THE ESPIONAGE LAWS, TITLE 18, USC, SECS.
793 AND 7941 THE TRANSMISSION OR REVELATION OF
WHICH IN ANY MANNER TO AN UNAUTHORIZED PERSON IS
PROHIBITED BY LAW.
CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Office of Research and Reports
INTELLIGENCE MEMORANDUM
SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF DRAFT LAW ON PENSIONS
IN THE USSR
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FOREWORD
On 8 May 1956 the Soviet Council of Ministers published a draft
law on state pensions to become effective on 1 October 1956 if
approved by the Supreme Soviet. The provisions of this draft law
were analyzed in detail in CIA/RR IM-431, 23 July 1956, SECRET.
Following debate and amendment the Supreme Soviet approved a new
pension law on 14 July 1956. This supplement to IM-431 discusses
the changes in the draft made by the Supreme Soviet and presents
additional information concerning costs of the new law.
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service-connected disability the pensions under the new law range
from 210 to 385 rubles per month depending on the degree of dis-
ability; under the existing law they range from 90 to 300 rubles.
For non-service-connected disability the new pensions will range
from 160 to 330 rubles per month compared with a range of from
70 to 120 at present. These pensions are increased by 10 percent
for veterans who were noncommissioned officers.
3. Survivors' Pensions.
The only significant change in survivors' pensions is the
inclusion in the new law of a provision fixing pensions to be paid to
survivors of deceased servicemen who had not worked before entry into
military service. These pensions range from 160 to 300 rubles per
month depending on the number of eligible survivors. Such pensions
range from 40 to 80 rubles per month under existing arrangements.
II. Costs of Approved Pension Provisions.
According to Soviet Premier Bulganin,* the changes introduced
into the draft law by action of the Supreme Soviet will cost 500
million rubles annually, bringing the total cost of the new pro-
visions to 13.1 billion rubles annually. Bulganin also stated that
total allocations for pensions in the 1956 budget were 25.1 bil-
lion rubles, including allowances for putting increased pensions
into effect during the last quarter of the year. On the basis of
these figures it is estimated that the new law will increase the
cost of pensions in the USSR by about 60 percent.
Pravda, 15 July 1956, p. 4. U. Eval. Doc.
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(ORR Project 41.1110)
SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS OF DRAFT LAW ON PENSIONS IN THE USSR*
I. Significant Revisions of the Draft Law Made by the Supreme Soviet.
The provisions of the pension law as approved by the Supreme
Soviet on 14 July 1956*-* are the same, in general, as those of the
draft, law of 8 May 1956 proposed by the Council of Ministers. Both
the draft law and the new law provide old-age and disability pensions
for workers and employees and for veterans, as well as survivors' pen-
sions for their dependents. The new law liberalizes the draft law in
several respects, however, and clarifies some of its provisions.
1. Old Age Pensions.
a. Women who worked underground, in hot workshops, or under
other unhealthy conditions are entitled to pensions at age 45 after
15 years of service instead of 16 years as provided in the draft law.
b. The new law includes the additional provision that women
who have borne 5 or more children and reared them to the age of 8 may
receive a pension at age 50, provided they have worked 15 years.
c. The new law provides a 10-percent increase in pensions for
those employees with a total length of service (not necessarily unin-
terrupted) of 35 years for men and 30 years for women.
2. Disability Pensions.
a. The new law includes specified age and length-of-service
requirements for pension entitlement on account of disability from
general illness. These requirements are essentially the same as under
the existing law except that the length-of-service prerequisites for
those disabled before age 31 are reduced by 1 year.
b. The new law specifies the pensions to be paid to disabled
servicemen who did not work before entry into military service. For
The estimates and conclusions contained in this memorandum repre-
sent the best judgment of ORR as of 9 August 1956.
** Pravda, 15 July 1956, pp. 1-2. U. Eval. Doc.
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