The certificate of divorce from the period 1922-1970




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Untill 1970 there was no uniform divorce certificate form. In different regions of the USSR they were different in execution, sizes and quality of paper. Unfortunately, it is impossible to systematize them all.
Divorce certificate, Azerbaijani language (Latin script)


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Form of the Divorce certificate untill 1970:
The one-sided form on thin paper. The size of certificate is ≈ 12,8 cm x 14,5 cm, without watermarks. All inscriptions are made in Russian and Azerbaijani languages. The certificate contains information about husband and wife, including names before and after marriage, the date of the divorce and the location of the divorce registration.
Divorce certificate, Azerbaijani language (Cyrillic script)


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Form of the Divorce certificate untill 1970:
The one-sided form on thin paper. The size of certificate is ≈ 13,2 cm x 14 cm, without watermarks. All inscriptions are made in Russian and Azerbaijani languages. The certificate contains information about husband and wife, including names before and after marriage, the date of the divorce and the location of the divorce registration, to whom certificate is being given, husband or wife.
Divorce certificate, Udmurt language


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Form of the Divorce certificate untill 1970:
The one-sided form on thin paper. The size of certificate is ≈ 13,2 cm x 14 cm, without watermarks. All inscriptions are made in Russian and Udmurt languages. The certificate contains information about husband and wife, including names before and after marriage, the date of the divorce and the location of the divorce registration.
Divorce certificate, German language


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Form of the Divorce certificate untill 1970:
The Volga German Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic (Volga German ASSR) was an autonomous republic of the RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic) between 19 December 1923 and 28 August 1941.
The one-sided form on thin paper. The size of certificate is ≈ 14,2 cm x 15 cm, without watermarks. All inscriptions are made in Russian and German languages. The certificate contains information about husband and wife, including names before and after marriage, the date of the divorce and the location of the divorce registration.
Divorce certificate, Russian language


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Form of the Divorce certificate untill 1970:
The one-sided form on dense paper. The size of certificate is ≈ 15,5 cm x 20,7 cm, without watermarks. All inscriptions are made in Russian. The certificate contains information about husband and wife, including names before and after marriage, the date of the divorce and the location of the divorce registration, to whom certificate is being given, husband or wife.