PAY OF SOVIET BORDER TROOP PERSONNEL

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• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP82-00046R000300100005-2
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 31, 2013
• Sequence Number: 5
• Publication Date: January 6, 1954
• Content Type: REPORT

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REPORT NO.
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COUNTRY USSR
DATE DISTR.
? SUBNCT Pay of joviet
Border Troop Personnel
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DATE OF INFORMATION
REFERENCES:
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PLACE. ACOUIRED
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Pay of border troop personnel was determined by the MIT,D. Because of
? the special position of border troops as compared with the regular
Army, and the hardships connected with the performance of border duty,
the pay of border troop personnel was considerably higher than that of
?Army' personnel. In the USSR pay was always calculated on a monthly
'basis. Al]. amounts I shall mention are to be understood as monthly
AUms.
ALM
The pay of EN '(privates and corporals) was determined on the basis of
lensevity in the following way:
First year of service 30 rubles
Second and third years of service: 50 rubles
The same pay was also drawn by $00is as long is they served in
Wigs:sent' of either privates or corporals.
P90 Pay
'Junior .sergeants, sergeants, senior sergeants and master sergeants
were paid .as -follows:
.,Section leader and equivalent positions
laloric? supply room sergeant, assistant.
"warehouse 'manager, and similar) t 150 rubles
.
:Raster sergeant of zaits.va and equivalent
ttosit ions ( warehouse manager, deputy commander
for supply, .and deputy commander for ,pol,itical
matters With servideiAndArapply zastiri):
V It4fORM.ATION
300 rubles?
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NCO 's on suiLl2zchrochn Tours f Duty
4. a. Master sergeant of zastava, interpreter of
komendatura, deputy commander for supply,
and deputy commander for political matters
with service and supply zastavy:
b. Warehouse manager:
c. Clerk:
d. Assistant warehouse manager, driver,
shoemaker, tailor:
700 rubles
600 rubles
500 rubles
300 rubles
All of these 2Taragraphs a, b, 00 and d abov27 also received a certain
amount for longevity which was determined in the following way:
(1)
5 to 10 years of service:
10% of pay
(2)
10 to 15 years of service:
15% of pay
(3)
15 to 20 years of service:
20% of pay
(4)
Over 20 years of service:
25% of pay
In addition to their regular pay, NCO's on subsequent tours of duty
received a border troop allowance under the same conditions and in
the same amounts as officers gee para. 27.
Officer Pay
5. Officers' pay in border troop units was made up of six components
as follows:
a. Rank pay (za zvaniye)
b. Position pay (osnovnoy oklad)
o. Longevity pay (za vyslugu
d. Border troop allowance (za otdalennost1,- or spots nadbavka, or
pogranichnaya nadbavka)
e. Orderly allowance (ordinarklye deplgi)
f. Subsistence allowance (paykovyye den gi)
Rank Pay
Border troop officer personnel received the following rank pay:
a. Junior lieutenant 400 rubles
b. Lieutenant 500 rubles
c. Senior lieutenant 600 rubles
700 rubles
900 rubles
1,100 rubles
1,300 rubles
d. Captain
e. Major
f. Lieutenant colonel
g. colonel
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Posltion Pay
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a. Zastava:
(1) Deputy Commanding Officer
(2) ,Commanding Officer
b. Border Komendatura
800 rubles
900 rubles
(1)
Commanding Officer"
1,300 rubles
(2)
Deputy Commanding Officer and
Maar of Staff
1,100 rubles
(3)
Chief, First Section
1,050 rubles
(4)
Operation officers on duty with the
First Section and Deputies of the
Chief of Staff
900 rubles
(5)
Signal Officer
900 guinea
(6),
Medical assistants
725 rubles
(7)
Secretary of Party Bureau
1,000 rOles?
c. Border Detachment
(1) Commanding Officer (when border.detaoh-
sent was of divisional rank)
CO of border detachment of brigade rank
CO of border detachment of regimantal rank
(2) Deputy Commanding Officer and
(6)
Chief of Staff
Chief of First Department
Chief of Second Section
Chiefs of Third, Fourth, and Fifth
Sections
All other officers on duty with,a
border detachment headquarters
Longevit7 Pay
2,400 rubles
2,000 rules
1,800 rubles
2,000 rubles
1,800 rubles
1,200 rubles
1,100 rubles
950-1,000 rubles
8. Longevity pay for officers was made up of a certain
the combined rank and position pay as follows:
percentage of
a. 5 to 10 years of service 10%
b. 10 to 15 years of service
c. 15 to.20 years of service
d. Over 20 years of service 25%
Border Troop Allowance
'The amount of one's border troop allowance depended on the regional
area of service and the olimatic conditions of the area;v:,which in
15%
20%
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every case was determined by the Chief Directorate Border. Troops...
There were six difrerent types of border troop allowances paid to
Officer personnel and to NCO personnel on subsequent tours of duty,
as follows:"
. 10% of position pay (mostly on western USSR frontiers)
b. 20% of position payAunknown areas)
c, 25%,of position pay (Unknown areas)
d. 35% of position pay (southeastern USSR frontiers, particularly
the Turkmenian, Todzhik? and Kazakh Border Districts, and probably
some 'others)
150% of position pay (Kamchatka and the Island of Sakhalin)
200% of position pay (KUrile Islands)
e.
Orderly Allowance
The orderly allowance was standard for all border troop districts. It
amounted to 300 rubles and was paid to:
a. All line border troop officers.
000 Deputy CO, Chief of Staff., Chief of First Seation and Signal
Officer at 'border komendatura headquarters.
. CO, Deputy CO, Chief of Staff, Chief of Piret Department, Chiefs
of Second and Third Sections, Chief of Engineer Service, CO of
Dettchmentts Maneuver Group, Deputy CO of Maneuver Group, Platoon
Leaders, CO of Signal Company and Platoon Leaders of Signal Company
at 'border detachment headquarters.
d. _All border troop colonels regardless of their position.
.Subsistence
a. All border troop officers on duty with sastavy and komendatury
were entitled to one food ration. If desired, money could be
substituted for this food ration, in the amount of 200 rubles per
officer.
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. Officers on duty with border detachments and higher border troop.
headquarters were not entitled to the food ration but always received
the 200 rubles instead.
12. In accordance with the pay regulations have described, border troop
'officers serving with the Turkmenian Border District received the
following pay during 1953:
Deputy CQ. of a zastava -- lieutenant
Rank
,Position pay 800
pay
Longevity Pay -- 10 Years lig
Border troop allowance
Orderly allowance 300
Total
2,010 rubles and one Food Ration
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b. CO of a zastava -- captain
Rank pay
Position pay
Longevity pay -- 15 years
Border troop allowance
Orderly allowance
Total
TOO
900
240
315
300
2,455 rubles and one Food Ration
e. CO of a border komendatura -- lieutenant colonel
Rank pay
Position pay
Longevity pay -- 20 years
Border troop allowance
- Orderly allowance
Subsistence
1,100
1,300
48o
455
300
200
Total 3,835 rubles
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d. CO of a border detachment colonel
Rank pay 1,300
Position pay 2,400
Longevity pay -- over 20 years 85
Border troop allowance 11
Orderly allowance
306
Subsistence
'
200
Total
5,965 rubles
13. Although the pay of border troop personnel was high,
deductions were also high. They were:
taxes and other
a. Annual State loan: this was determined by the position occupied
and normally was as follows:
(1) From CO of zastava and up, 170% to 200% of the monthly pay
(total pay except orderly allowance and subsistence allowance
(2) From, CO of zastava and down, 150 of the monthly pay.
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Income tax (Podokhodnyy nalog): the entire pay except orderly and
subsistence allowances was taxed on the same basis as civilian '
pay was in the USSR. Without the orderl and subs
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Childlessness tax: levied according to Soviet state
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d.
Party Fee: levied according to the Party bylaws..
percent, which amounted to 94 rubles monthly.
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e. Quarters Fee: border troop officers were entitled
to "free"
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quarters. However, they
use of such quarters.
paid 0.60 rubles per sauare meter for the
Furniture: border troop officers'
bepApoiation Cost of Quarters
quarters were provided with government furniture, depreciation ?oat
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of which was
quarterly,
monthly.
borne b the **# *-# t
asually collected
or 10 rubles
All these taxes and deductions amounted roughly to 33% of the officer's
total pay. .
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