What is the highest decoration of the Soviet Union?
"Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society. The award was established on April 16, 1934, by the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union. The first recipients of the title originally received only the Order of Lenin, the highest Soviet award, along with a certificate (грамота, ""gramota"") describing the heroic deed from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Because the Order of Lenin could be awarded for deeds"
"highest decoration of the Soviet Union, the Order of Lenin and a certificate from the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. In order to distinguish the Heroes of Socialist Labour from other Order of Lenin recipients, the ""Hammer and Sickle"" gold medal was introduced by decree of the Presidium on May 22, 1940, to accompany the Order of Lenin and the certificate. The first recipient of the award was Joseph Stalin, awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in December 20, 1939. The second recipient of the award was the designer of machine guns Vasily Degtyaryov"
"Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner () was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of the All-Russian Central Executive Committee. It was the highest award of Soviet Russia, subsequently the Soviet Union, until the Order of Lenin was established in 1930. Recipients were recognised for extraordinary heroism, dedication, and courage demonstrated on the battlefield. The Order was awarded to individuals as well as to military units, cities, ships, political and social organizations, and state enterprises. In later years, it was also"
"Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded to: From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded the titles ""Hero of the Soviet Union"" and ""Hero of Socialist Labour"" were also given the order as part of the award."
"times. Other numerous repeat awardees are: Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union. The order was awarded to: From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded the titles ""Hero of the Soviet Union"" and ""Hero of Socialist Labour"" were also given the"
"the Apostle the First-Called). Order of St. George The Order of Saint George () is today the highest purely military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established November 26, 1769 as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire by Empress Catherine the Great. After the 1917 Russian Revolution it was awarded by the White movement anti-communist forces under Alexander Kolchak until their collapse in 1921. The order was revived in the Russian Federation on August 8, 2000 by Decree 1463 of the President of Russia. The current award criteria were amended on September 7, 2010 by Presidential Decree 1099."
"the red star. The reverse had the Cyrillic inscription for ""USSR"" () within a ring with a raised rim. The award serial number was either stamped (first class awards) or engraved above the ring on the reverse of the star's upper arm. The Order is suspended by a ring through the award's suspension loop to a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm-wide silk moiré ribbon of St George. The individuals below were recipients of the Order of Glory. Order of Glory The Order of Glory () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established by Decree of"
"Order of St. George The Order of Saint George () is today the highest purely military decoration of the Russian Federation. Originally established November 26, 1769 as the highest military decoration of the Russian Empire by Empress Catherine the Great. After the 1917 Russian Revolution it was awarded by the White movement anti-communist forces under Alexander Kolchak until their collapse in 1921. The order was revived in the Russian Federation on August 8, 2000 by Decree 1463 of the President of Russia. The current award criteria were amended on September 7, 2010 by Presidential Decree 1099. The current Order of"
"Guards Ribbon The Guards Ribbon, , is a military decoration awarded in the Soviet Union in 1942 for the elite soviet Guards unit, during the Great Patriotic War. The ""Guards Ribbon"" is also seen on various soviet war medals, and should not be confused with the Imperial Russian Army's military decoration, the Ribbon of Saint George. Sometime after the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the Soviet Government banned the Ribbon of Saint George and discouraged any usage of Russian imperial military awards after the revolution, based of the decree made by the Council of People's Commissars ""On the Equalization of Rights"
"Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the former Soviet Union that recognised achievements and personal accomplishments, both military and civilian. Some of the awards, decorations, and orders were discontinued after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, while others are still issued by the Russian Federation as of 2012. Many of the awards were simply reworked in the Russian Federation, such as the transition of Hero of the Soviet Union to Hero of the Russian Federation, and Hero of Socialist Labour to Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation."
"1940. The title was awarded for heroic labor achievements which significantly increased production, """"thereby promoting the national economy, science, culture, might, and glory of the USSR."""" Each ""Hero of the Soviet Union"" and ""Hero of Socialist Labor"" was given the highest Soviet award, the Order of Lenin, and a diploma describing the heroic accomplishment. A ""Hero of Socialist Labor"" held the same official stature as a ""Hero of the Soviet Union"", with identical rights and privileges, but the title's prestige was eroded by the sheer numbers awarded (over 19,000 compared to 12,745). The Soviet Union awarded the title to twelve"
"Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (; ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of ""Marshal of the Soviet Union"" was created in 1935 and abolished in 1991, and forty-one people held this rank. The equivalent naval rank was until 1955 Admiral of the fleet and from 1955 Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union. Both ranks were comparable to NATO rank codes OF-10, and to the five-star rank in anglophone armed forces. While the supreme rank of Generalissimus of the Soviet Union, which would have been senior to Marshal"
"Soviet Union, the highest military award in the Soviet Union. Among them were , a Soviet partisan killed by the Gestapo on 24 January 1944. Spirgevičiūtė's mother sent a complaint to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union protesting the award as Čeponis was one of the four men who raped her and killed her daughter and sister. The complaint was investigated by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Lithuania. The investigation acknowledged that Čeponis, a member of the Death to the Occupiers partisan group, participated in the incident. The other participants were Fedor"
"A wide range of Soviet awards and decorations cover the extensive and diverse period of history from 1917 to 1991. ""Note: Several Soviet decorations were worn in full, so a ribbon bar was not created. However, since the fall of the USSR, some medals have had ribbon bars created for them. An asterisk, *, denotes these medals. Awards not showing a ribbon are worn in full at all times."" Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the former Soviet Union that recognised achievements and personal accomplishments, both military and"
"Order of Victory The Order of Victory () was the highest military decoration awarded for World War II service in the Soviet Union, and one of the rarest orders in the world. The order was awarded only to Generals and Marshals for successfully conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a ""successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army."" In its history, it has been awarded twenty times to twelve Soviet leaders and five foreign leaders, with one revocation."
"Order of Labour Glory The Order of Labour Glory (Russian: ""Орден Трудовой Славы"") was a Soviet civilian award created on 18 January 1974 by the decision of the Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Closely modelled on the Order of Glory, it was meant to be its civilian counterpart, awarded for exceptional labour achievements. In the same way as the Order of Glory, it was divided in three classes (the highest being the 1st class), with a person initially received the third degree, and subsequently promoted to higher degrees for further achievements. It also gave a certain number of"
"amended by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet № 2523-X on July 18, 1980. The award was one of the very few Soviet decorations to be retained ""as is"" following the dissolution of the USSR. This was confirmed by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council of the Russian Federation № 2424-1 of March 2, 1992. It was last awarded in 1995 being replaced by various ministerial decorations such as the decoration ""For Distinction in Service of Interior Troops of Russia"" also awarded in two classes. The Medal ""For Distinction in Military Service"" was awarded to"
"Order of Glory The Order of Glory () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 8, 1943. It was awarded to soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Red Army as well as to aviation junior lieutenants, for bravery in the face of the enemy. While the overwhelming majority of all Order of Glory awards was for combat valor in the Second World War (or the Great Patriotic War as it is known across the countries of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics), there are documented instances"
"Order of Georgi Dimitrov The Order of Georgi Dimitrov (or Order of Georgy Dimitrov, Bul: ""Орден Георги Димитров"") was the highest award of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. It was instituted on 17 June 1950 and awarded to Bulgarians and foreigners for outstanding services to the defence and freedom of Bulgaria, or for contributions to socialism. The award was the Bulgarian equivalent of the Order of Lenin, whose general design it imitated. The award was named after Georgi Dimitrov, the pre-eminent Bulgarian communist of the inter-war and immediate post-war years. About 4,500 awards were made. The order was automatically awarded"
"order of Lenin, the highest Soviet award. He later specialised in miniature pieces for book covers which included Bas-reliefs of Soviet leaders, including Joseph Stalin and writers, including Aleksandr Pushkin, Maksim Gorky, Gustave Flaubert, as well as medals, one of them depicting Vladimir Lenin lying in state. The medal is now a collector's item and a good example of the 1920s Soviet cultural propaganda. Pyotr Tayozhny Pyotr (Cheshuin) Tayozhny () (1887 - 1952), Russian sculptor. Studied at the Artistic Industrial School in Yekaterinburg together with his close friend, sculptor Ivan Shadr. Later he worked with Faberge in Moscow. Discouraged by"
"Generalissimus of the Soviet Union Generalissimus of the Soviet Union (; ) was a proposed military rank created on 27 June 1945, following the tradition of the Imperial Russian Army (the rank in question only ever having been held by Count Aleksandr Vasiliyevich Suvorov who served during the reign of Catherine II the Great.). It was granted to Joseph Stalin following World War II; however, Stalin refused to officially approve the rank and died with the rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union. It would have been the highest military rank in the Soviet Union. This military rank was specifically"
"Medal of Zhukov The Medal of Zhukov () is a state award of the Russian Federation initially awarded to veterans of the Great Patriotic War but now awarded to serving members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. It is named in honour of Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Zhukov, the most decorated general in the history of the Soviet Union. The Medal of Zhukov was established on May 9, 1994 by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No 930. The medal's statute was defined on December 30, 1995 by Decree of the President of the"
"Order of Freedom (Yugoslavia) Order of Freedom (, ) was the highest military decoration awarded in Yugoslavia, and the second highest Yugoslav state decoration after the Yugoslav Great Star. It was awarded to the commanders of large military units for skillful leadership and for the outstanding courage of the troops. It was awarded to both Yugoslavian and foreign military commanders, and was the most rarely awarded of all Yugoslavian orders, decorations, and medals, being awarded only 7 times before the breakup of Yugoslavia. After the dissolution of SFR Yugoslavia, the Order of Freedom was awarded in Serbia and Montenegro. The"
"earned every class of that order. The individuals listed below are among those who have been so honoured: Order ""For Merit to the Fatherland"" The Order ""For Merit to the Fatherland"" (, ""Orden ""Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"""") is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on March 2, 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest Order of the Russian Federation, though it is still the highest Civilian decoration of the state. The Order of St. Andrew decoration is given to military personnel only. The"
"series of unprecedented extreme depth diving experiments. Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, this title was succeeded in Russia by the title ""Hero of the Russian Federation"", in Ukraine by ""Hero of Ukraine"" and in Belarus by ""Hero of Belarus"". Azerbaijan's successor order is that of National Hero of Azerbaijan and Armenia's own hero medal is that of National Hero of Armenia, both modeled on the Soviet one. Hero of the Soviet Union The title Hero of the Soviet Union () was the highest distinction in the Soviet Union, awarded personally or collectively for heroic feats in service to"
"with 4,44 cm wide Georgian ribbons. It remained the highest collective military award in the Imperial Russian Army until the Revolution in 1917. It is worth noting that the tsarist version was yellow and black, not orange and black like the revived Soviet version. The symbolism of the orange and black (or yellow and black) is thought to represent fire and gunpowder of war, or the death and resurrection of Saint George, or the colours of the original Russian imperial coat of arms (black eagle on a golden background). Another theory is that it is, in fact, German in origin,"
"Order of the October Revolution The Order of the October Revolution (, ""Orden Oktyabr'skoy Revolyutsii"") was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. It was conferred upon individuals or groups for services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defenses of the Soviet Union, military and civil. It is the second-highest Soviet order, after the Order of Lenin. The insignia of the Order consisted of a badge, which was a red star with golden rays between the arms; at the centre was a pentagon bearing the image of the cruiser"
"in 3.3 mm high letters ""USSR"" (). On the otherwise plain reverse, the relief inscription on two rows of 2.5 mm high letters ""LABOUR IN THE USSR - A MATTER OF HONOUR"" (). Early awards hung from a small triangular mount covered with a red ribbon with a threaded stub and screw for attachment to clothing. Following the 1943 decree, the Medal ""For Labour Valour"" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide lilac coloured silk moiré ribbon with 2 mm wide red edge stripes. The first"
"Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 1930 but its statute was only defined in decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 5 May 1930. That statute was amended by decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 7 May 1936, of 19 June 1943, of 26 February 1946, of 15 October 1947, of 16 December 1947 and by decree"
"material benefits to their owners, such as pension raises or free travel in city transports. In 1991, the following number of awards were made: Order of Labour Glory The Order of Labour Glory (Russian: ""Орден Трудовой Славы"") was a Soviet civilian award created on 18 January 1974 by the decision of the Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR. Closely modelled on the Order of Glory, it was meant to be its civilian counterpart, awarded for exceptional labour achievements. In the same way as the Order of Glory, it was divided in three classes (the highest being the 1st class),"
"Admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union An admiral of the fleet of the Soviet Union (), was the highest naval rank of the Soviet Union. It was comparable to NATO five-star rank (OF-10 level). The rank was largely honorary and could be considered equivalent to admiral of the fleet in other nations. It was formally established by the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union on March 3, 1955, and replaced a similarly named rank, admiral of the fleet (""aдмирал флота"") that had been equivalent to marshal of the Soviet Union since 1945. The holders were entitled to"
"insignia to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for ""exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace"". The Soviet and Russian Federation military newspaper bore and bears the name ""Red Star"" (Russian: ""Krasnaya Zvezda""). During the 1930s, Soviet publications encouraged the practice of decorating a New Year's tree, known as a ""yolka"" (). These trees were often decorated with a red star, a practice that has continued in Russia since the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union. Following its adoption as an emblem of the Soviet Union, the red star became"
"Order ""For Merit to the Fatherland"" The Order ""For Merit to the Fatherland"" (, ""Orden ""Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"""") is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on March 2, 1994 by Presidential Decree 442. Until the re-establishment of the Order of St. Andrew in 1998, it was the highest Order of the Russian Federation, though it is still the highest Civilian decoration of the state. The Order of St. Andrew decoration is given to military personnel only. The statute of the Order was modified on January 6, 1999 by Presidential Decree 19 and again on September"