List of Soviet orders and decorations

Coat of arms of the Soviet Union from 1923 to 1991

This list gives an overview of the orders and decorations of the Soviet Union .

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Honorary title

Hero of the Soviet Union (1934)
People's Artist of the USSR (1936/1943)
Hero of Socialist Labor (1938)
Hero Mother (1944)
City of Heroes (1945/1965)
Honored test pilot of the USSR (1958)
Honored test helmsman of the USSR (1958)
Aviation cosmonaut of the USSR (1961)
Honored Military Aviator of the USSR (1965)
Honored Military Helmsman of the USSR (1965)
Honored Pilot of the USSR (1965)
Honored Helmsman of the USSR (1965)
Honored Architect of the People of the USSR (1967)
Honored Physician of the People of the USSR (1977)
Honored Teacher of the People of the USSR (1977)
Honored Inventor of the USSR (1981)
Honored Worker in Agriculture of the USSR (1982)
Honored test skydiver of the USSR (1984)
Honored Meliorator of the USSR (1984)

medal

Order of the Red Banner of the RSFSR (1918)
Revolutionary Honor Weapon (1919)
Order of the Red Labor Banner (1920)
Order of the Red Banner (1924)
Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1928)
Order of Lenin (1930)
Hero of the Soviet Union (1930)
Order of the Red Star (1930)
Token of Honor (1935)
Order of the Great Patriotic War (1942)
Suvorovorden (1942)
Order of Kutuzov (1942)
Alexander Nevsky Order (1942)
Order of Kutuzov (1943)
Bogdan Khmelnitsky Order (1943)
Order of Victory (1943)
Order of Glory (1943)
Order of Ushakov (1944)
Order of Nakhimov (1944)
Order of the Hero Mother (1944)
Order of Mother Glory (1944)
Order of the October Revolution (1967)
Order of Friendship of Peoples (1972)
Order of Work Glory (1974)
Order "For Service to the Fatherland in the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1974)
Order "For Personal Courage" (1988)

Medals

Of the total of 54 medals donated by the USSR, 36 are of a military nature. All medals listed were donated by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and officially confirmed by ordinance and a description. The only exception is the medal “For impeccable service”, which was donated in three areas of the armed organs only on the basis of a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet. All medals donated before 1943 were initially worn on a rectangular clasp with a red ribbon. This changed after the introduction of the pentagonal braces in 1943. These are 50 mm high and 45 mm wide. The associated interim clasps are 24 mm wide and 8 mm high and largely correspond to the ribbon. After the death of the borrower, all medals remained as memories of the bereaved.

Anniversary medal "XX Years of the Red Workers and Peasants Army" (1938)
Medal for Bravery (1938)
Medal "For Heroic Work" (1938)
Medal "For distinction in work" (1938)
Medal "For Merit in Combat" (1938)
Medal "Hammer and Sickle" (1940)
Medal "For the Defense of Odessa" (1942)
Medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" (1942)
Medal "For the Defense of Sevastopol" (1942)
Medal "For the Defense of Stalingrad" (1942)
Medal "Partisan of the Patriotic War" (1943)
Ushakov Medal (1944)
Nakhimov Medal (1944)
Medal "For the Defense of Moscow" (1944)
Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" (1944)
Maternity Medal (1944)
Medal "For the Defense of the Soviet Polar Region" (1944)
Medal "Victory over Germany" (1945)
Medal "For heroic work in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1945)
Medal "For the capture of Budapest" (1945)
Medal "For the capture of Königsberg" (1945)
Medal "For the capture of Vienna" (1945)
Medal "For the capture of Berlin" (1945)
Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade" (1945)
Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" (1945)
Medal "For the Liberation of Prague" (1945)
Medal "For Victory Over Japan" (1945)
Medal "For the restoration of the Donbass coal shafts" (1947)
Medal "On the 800th anniversary of Moscow" (1947)
Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Fleet" (1948)
Medal "For the Restoration of Black Metallurgy Operations in the South" (1948)
Medal "For the Protection of the State Border of the USSR" (1950)
Medal "For excellent service in protecting social order" (1950)
Medal "For opening up new territory" (1956)
Medal "For the Rescue of Drowning" (1957)
Medal "On the 250th anniversary of Leningrad" (1957)
Medal "For bravery in fighting fires" (1957)
Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1957)
Medal "For Perfect Service" (1957)
Medal "For the Defense of Kiev" (1961)
Medal "20th Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 " (1965)
Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia" (1967)
Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1967)
Anniversary medal "In memory of the 100th birthday of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" (1969)
Commemorative medal of the Soviet Committee of War Veterans "Participants in the National Revolutionary War in Spain 1936–1939" (1970)
Medal "Veteran of Labor" (1974)
Medal "For Distinction in Military Service" (1974)
Medal "30. Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 " (1975)
Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1976)
Medal "For the construction of the Baikal-Amur Mainline" (1976)
Medal "For the redesign of the non-black earth area of the RSFSR" (1977)
Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1978)
Medal "For the exploitation of natural resources and the development of the natural gas complex of Western Siberia" (1978)
Medal "Strengthening the Brotherhood of Arms" (1979)
Medal "For the 1500th anniversary of Kiev" (1982)
Medal "40. Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 " (1985)
Medal "70 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (1988)

badge

Graduate Badge (Soviet Union) (1918)
Badge "Best of the Red Workers and Peasants Army" (1939)
Badge "For Long Service" (1957)
Badge "25. Anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 " (1970)
Badge "Air Defense Troops of the Country" (1975)

Award

According to Section 49 of the Soviet Constitution of 1936, the medals and awards were conferred by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. The general legal provisions for the awards were laid down by decree (last version: July 3, 1979) by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. For each medal there is a decree (Russian: statute) in which the award criteria are listed in detail. The largest museums in the country have a copy of each order.