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Orders and Medals of USSR

By Andrei Besedin

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Soviet orders and medals are milestones in the history of the USSR, a record of the progress made by the world’s first socialist country over the last seventy-odd years. This period was characterised by unexampled valour displayed by the Soviet people in the defence of their Homeland in war and by their heroic efforts in the building of a new society.An award gives an insight into the life of the person who has received it and the feat he or she performed. An order or medal is historical evidence. It can, for instance, help estab¬lish the name of a person who was listed as missing for many years. In July 1943 Alexander Gorovets, a fighter pilot, engaged 20 Luftwaffe bombers near the town of Kursk (Central Russia). The pilot was killed in the battle, but not before he managed to shoot down nine of the Nazi planes.Fourteen years later some collective farmers discovered the wreckage of a fighter in their field. The remains of the pilot were identified as Alexander Gorovets, Hero of the Soviet Union, only thanks to the number on the Order of the Red Banner he was wearing.In some cases it took many years before the award could be presented to the person honoured with it. As of today the USSR Ministry of Defence has not been able to present some million and a half orders and medals, because the officers and men on whom they have been bestowed have not returned from battle or are missing.

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GenreOther, General Fiction

Length1 hr 39 mins

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FormateBook with Audio

Publish dateOct 9, 2017

LanguageEnglish

1FOREWORD

22GOLD HAMMER AND SICKLE MEDAL

2ORDER OF LENIN

23MEDAL FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN LABOUR, LABOUR DISTINCTION MEDAL AND LABOUR VETERAN MEDAL

3ORDER OF THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION

24MEDAL FOR VALOUR AND MEDAL FOR COMBAT SERVICE

4ORDER OF THE RED BANNER OF LABOUR

25USHAKOV MEDAL AND NAKHIMOV MEDAL

5ORDER OF FRIENDSHIP OF PEOPLES

26PARTISAN MEDAL

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6ORDER OF HONOUR

27MEDAL FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ON THE USSR STATE FRONTIER

7ORDER FOR PERSONAL COURAGE

28DISTINGUISHED MILITARY SERVICE MEDAL AND VETERAN SERVICEMAN’S MEDAL

8ORDER OF LABOUR GLORY

29MEDAL FOR STRENGTHENING COMBAT COOPERATION

9ORDER OF VICTORY

30MEDAL FOR THE RESTORATION OF IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRIES OF THE SOUTH AND MEDAL FOR THE RESTORATION OF THE COAL MINING INDUSTRIES IN THE DONBAS

10ORDER OF THE RED BANNER

31MEDAL FOR RECLAMATION OF VIRGIN LANDS, MEDAL FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE BAIKAL-AMUR RAILWAY, MEDAL FOR RECLAMATION OF THE NON-BLACK SOIL REGION, AND MEDAL FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WEST SIBERIAN MINERAL DEPOSITS AND OIL-AND-GAS COMPLEX

11ORDERS OF USHAKOV AND NAKHIMOV

32MEDAL FOR EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE IN THE MAINTENANCE OF PUBLIC ORDER, FIRE FIGHTING MEDAL AND MEDAL FOR RESCUING PEOPLE FROM DROWNING

12ORDER OF SUVOROV

33MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF LENINGRAD, MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF MOSCOW AND MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF KIEV

13ORDER OF KUTUZOV

34MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE CAUCASUS AND MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF THE SOVIET POLAR REGION

14ORDER OF BOGDAN KHMELNITSKY

35MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF ODESSA, MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF SEVASTOPOL AND MEDAL FOR THE DEFENCE OF STALINGRAD

15ORDER OF ALEXANDER NEVSKY

36MEDAL FOR VICTORY OVER GERMANY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941-1945, MEDAL FOR VICTORY OVER JAPAN, AND MEDAL FOR ASSIDUOUS LABOUR EFFORT IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR OF 1941-1945

16ORDER OF THE PATRIOTIC WAR

37MEDAL FOR THE CAPTURE OF BUDAPEST, MEDAL FOR THE CAPTURE OF KOENIGSBERG, MEDAL FOR THE CAPTURE OF VIENNA, AND MEDAL FOR THE CAPTURE OF BERLIN

17ORDER OF THE RED STAR

38MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF BELGRADE, MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF WARSAW, AND MEDAL FOR THE LIBERATION OF PRAGUE

18ORDER FOR SERVICE TO THE HOMELAND IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR

39MEDAL IN HONOUR OF THE CENTENARY OF LENIN’S BIRTH

19ORDER OF GLORY

40JUBILEE MEDALS ESTABLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20th, 30th AND 40th ANNIVERSARIES OF VICTORY IN THE GREAT PATRIOTIC WAR

20HERO MOTHER ORDER, GLORY OF MOTHERHOOD ORDER AND MOTHERHOOD MEDAL

41JUBILEE MEDALS ESTABLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 20th, 30th, 40th, 50th, 60th AND 70th ANNIVERSARIES OF THE USSR ARMED FORCES, AND JUBILEE MEDAL MARKING THE 50th ANNIVERSARY OF THE SOVIET MILITIA

21GOLD STAR MEDAL

42MEDAL ESTABLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF THE 800th ANNIVERSARY OF MOSCOW, MEDAL MARKING THE 250th ANNIVERSARY OF LENINGRAD AND MEDAL IN MEMORY OF THE 1500th ANNIVERSARY OF KIEV