Soviet passport

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Soviet Union passport
Cover page of a 1974 Soviet Union passport.
Type	Passport
Issued by	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the USSR
Purpose	Identification
Eligibility	Soviet Union citizenship

The Soviet passport was an identity document issued pursuant to the laws of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for citizens of the USSR. For the general purposes of identity certification, Soviet passports contained such data as name, date of birth, gender, place of birth, ethnicity, and citizenship, as well as a photo of the passport holder. At different stages of development of the Soviet passport system, they could also contain information on place of work, social status (marriage, children), and other supporting information needed for those agencies and organizations to which the Soviet citizens used to appeal.