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Soviet Union (1922-1991, Peoples Republic)

The formal name of the Soviet Union is the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics (USSR). The first republics were established shortly after the October Revolution of 1917. At that time they were still independent of each other. In 1922 four republics came together to form the Soviet Union. During World War II, the Soviet Union consisted of the Russian SFSR and the Ukrainian, Byelorussian, Uzbek, Turkmen, Tajik, Kazakh, Georgian, Azerbaijan, Kyrgyz, Armenian, Lithuanian, Moldavian, Latvian, Estonian and Karelo-Finnish SSR. The Soviet Union was dissolved in 1991.

In 1936 during the Spanish Civil War, Soviet troops fought on the Republican side. In May 1939 a force of Soviet and Mongolian troops attacked the Japanese Kwantung Army in the Battle of Khalkhin-Gol (a river in Manchuria). This battle was won by the Soviet and Mongolian troops. In September 1939 the Soviet Union really became involved in World War II when she invaded Poland. This took place shortly after signing the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the German-Soviet non-agression pact, in which the capture of the Baltic States, Finland and parts of Romania by the Soviet Union was laid down. All these countries were invaded, but...

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Highest Decorations

Medal of the Gold Star (Hero of the Soviet Union)
Medal "Zolotaya Zvezda" (Geroi Sovetskogo Soyuza)Medal of the Gold Star (Hero of the Soviet Union)
In the database: 577
Issued:11144
Medal of the Sickle and Hammer (Hero of Socialist Labor)
Medal "Serp i Molot" (Geroi Sotsialisticheskogo Truda)Medal of the Sickle and Hammer (Hero of Socialist Labor)
In the database: 41
Issued:unknown

Orders

Order of Friendship of Peoples
Orden Druzhby NarodovOrder of Friendship of Peoples
In the database: 8
Issued:unknown
Order of the October Revolution
Orden Oktyabrskoy RevolyutsiiOrder of the October Revolution
In the database: 19
Issued:unknown
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1 (1985)In the database: 14
Issued:unknown
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1 (1943-1945)In the database: 36
Issued:unknown
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1 (1942-1943)In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2 (1943-1945)In the database: 25
Issued:unknown
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2 (1942-1943)In the database: 5
Issued:unknown
Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class
In the database: 254
Issued:unknown
Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 2Order of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
In the database: 99
Issued:unknown
Order of Victory
Orden PobedaOrder of Victory
In the database: 22
Issued:20
Orden Lenina (1934-1936)In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Orden Lenina (1936-1943)In the database: 52
Issued:unknown
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)In the database: 187
Issued:unknown
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1918-1925)In the database: 9
Issued:unknown
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1925-1943)In the database: 60
Issued:unknown
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)In the database: 116
Issued:unknown
Order of Suvorov 1st Class
Orden Suvorova 1Order of Suvorov 1st Class
In the database: 153
Issued:unknown
Order of Suvorov 2nd Class
Orden Suvorova 2Order of Suvorov 2nd Class
In the database: 133
Issued:unknown
Order of Suvorov 3rd Class
Orden Suvorova 3Order of Suvorov 3rd Class
In the database: 19
Issued:unknown
Order of Ushakov 1st Class
Orden Ushakova 1Order of Ushakov 1st Class
In the database: 45
Issued:unknown
Order of Ushakov 2nd Class
Orden Ushakova 2Order of Ushakov 2nd Class
In the database: 47
Issued:unknown
Order of Kutuzov 1st Class
Orden Kutuzova 1Order of Kutuzov 1st Class
In the database: 113
Issued:unknown
Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class
Orden Kutuzova 2Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class
In the database: 63
Issued:unknown
Order of Kutuzov 3rd Class
Orden Kutuzova 3Order of Kutuzov 3rd Class
In the database: 4
Issued:unknown
Order of Nakhimov 1st Class
Orden Nakhimova 1Order of Nakhimov 1st Class
In the database: 79
Issued:unknown
Order of Nakhimov 2nd Class
Orden Nakhimova 2Order of Nakhimov 2nd Class
In the database: 8
Issued:unknown
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st Class
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 1Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st Class
In the database: 21
Issued:unknown
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd Class
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 2Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 2nd Class
In the database: 22
Issued:unknown
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd Class
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 3Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 3rd Class
In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Order of Aleksandr Nevsky
Orden Aleksandra NevskogoOrder of Aleksandr Nevsky
In the database: 65
Issued:unknown
Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni (1931-1936)In the database: 0
Issued:unknown
Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni (1936-1943)In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)In the database: 7
Issued:unknown
Order of the Red Star
Orden Krasnoi ZvezdyOrder of the Red Star
In the database: 329
Issued:unknown
Order of the Badge of Honor
Orden Znak PochetaOrder of the Badge of Honor
In the database: 11
Issued:unknown
Order of Glory 1st Class
Orden Slavy 1Order of Glory 1st Class
In the database: 15
Issued:unknown
Order of Glory 2nd Class
Orden Slavy 2Order of Glory 2nd Class
In the database: 17
Issued:unknown
Order of Glory 3rd Class
Orden Slavy 3Order of Glory 3rd Class
In the database: 40
Issued:unknown
Order of Maternal Glory 1st Class
Orden Materinskaja Slava 1Order of Maternal Glory 1st Class
In the database: 0
Issued:unknown
Order of Maternal Glory 2nd Class
Orden Materinskaja Slava 2Order of Maternal Glory 2nd Class
In the database: 0
Issued:unknown
Order of Maternal Glory 3rd Class
Orden Materinskaja Slava 3Order of Maternal Glory 3rd Class
In the database: 0
Issued:unknown

Medals for Merit and Bravery (Not Orders)

Medal of Ushakov
Medal UshakovaMedal of Ushakov
In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Medal for Bravery
Medal "Za otvagu"Medal for Bravery
In the database: 53
Issued:unknown
Medal
Medal "Za otlichiye v okhrane Gosudarstvennoy granitsy SSSR"Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"
In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Medal for Military Merit
Medal "Za boyeviye zaslugi"Medal for Military Merit
In the database: 67
Issued:unknown

Campaign and Service Awards

Medal to the Partisan of the Patriotic War 1st Class
Medal "Partizanu Otechestvennoi voiny" 1Medal to the Partisan of the Patriotic War 1st Class
In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Medal to the Partisan of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
Medal "Partizanu Otechestvennoi voiny" 2Medal to the Partisan of the Patriotic War 2nd Class
In the database: 3
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of Odessa
Medal "Za oboronu Odessy"Medal for the Defense of Odessa
In the database: 9
Issued:38000
Medal for the Defense of Sevastopol
Medal "Za oboronu Sevastopolya"Medal for the Defense of Sevastopol
In the database: 20
Issued:52540
Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Polar Region
Medal "Za oboronu Sovetskogo Zapolyarya"Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Polar Region
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus
Medal "Za oboronu Kavkaza"Medal for the Defense of the Caucasus
In the database: 29
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of Kiev
Medal "Za oboronu Kieva"Medal for the Defense of Kiev
In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
Medal "Za oboronu Leningrada"Medal for the Defense of Leningrad
In the database: 43
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of Moscow
Medal "Za oboronu Moskvy"Medal for the Defense of Moscow
In the database: 40
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
Medal "Za oboronu Stalingrada"Medal for the Defense of Stalingrad
In the database: 44
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Capture of Vienna
Medal "Za vzyatiye Veny"Medal for the Capture of Vienna
In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Capture of Budapest
Medal "Za vzyatiye Budapeshta"Medal for the Capture of Budapest
In the database: 7
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg
Medal "Za vzyatiye Kyonigsberga"Medal for the Capture of Koenigsberg
In the database: 11
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Capture of Berlin
Medal "Za vzyatiye Berlina"Medal for the Capture of Berlin
In the database: 33
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade
Medal "Za osvobozhdeniye Belgrada"Medal for the Liberation of Belgrade
In the database: 4
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Liberation of Prague
Medal "Za osvobozhdeniye Pragi"Medal for the Liberation of Prague
In the database: 15
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw
Medal "Za osvobozhdeniye Varshavy"Medal for the Liberation of Warsaw
In the database: 10
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Medal "Za pobedu nad Germaniei v Velikoi Otechestevennoi voine 1941-1945"Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
In the database: 204
Issued:unknown
Medal for the Victory over Japan
Medal "Za pobedu nad Yaponiei"Medal for the Victory over Japan
In the database: 19
Issued:unknown

Commemorative- / Jubileemedals

Medal
Medal "Veteran Vooruzhonnykh Sil SSSR"Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
In the database: 4
Issued:unknown
Medal
Medal "Za bezuprechnuyu sluzhbu"Medal "For Impeccable Service"
In the database: 6
Issued:unknown
Honorary member of the NKVD
Pochotnyy sotrudnik gosbezopasnostiHonorary member of the NKVD
In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Jubilee Medal for 20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Yubileinaya medal "20 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"Jubilee Medal for 20 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
In the database: 50
Issued:unknown
Jubilee Medal for 30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Yubileinaya medal "30 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"Jubilee Medal for 30 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
In the database: 32
Issued:unknown
Jubilee Medal for 40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Yubileinaya medal "40 let pobedy v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"Jubilee Medal for 40 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
In the database: 23
Issued:unknown
Medal as Remembrance to 1500 years Kiev
Medal "V pamjat 1500-letia Kieva"Medal as Remembrance to 1500 years Kiev
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown
Medal as Remembrance to 250 years Leningrad
Medal "V pamjat 250-letia Leningrada"Medal as Remembrance to 250 years Leningrad
In the database: 3
Issued:unknown

Civilian Decorations

Medal for Valiant Labor
Medal "Za trudovuju doblest"Medal for Valiant Labor
In the database: 4
Issued:unknown
Medal for Motherhood 2nd Class
Medal Materinstva 2Medal for Motherhood 2nd Class
In the database: 0
Issued:unknown
Medal for Motherhood 1st Class
Medal Materinstva 1Medal for Motherhood 1st Class
In the database: 0
Issued:unknown
Medal for Distinguished Labor
Medal "Za trudovoye otlichiye"Medal for Distinguished Labor
In the database: 3
Issued:unknown
Medal for Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
Medal "Za doblestny trud v Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine 1941-1945"Medal for Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
In the database: 23
Issued:unknown
Medal to the Veteran of Labor
Medal "Veteran Truda"Medal to the Veteran of Labor
In the database: 5
Issued:unknown

Rank Insignia Common

Marshal's Star
Marshalskaya ZvezdaMarshal's Star
In the database: 25
Issued:17

Insignia

Parachutist BadgeIn the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Honoured Military Pilot of the USSR
Zasluzhennyy voyennyy lotchik SSSRHonoured Military Pilot of the USSR
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown
Badge for 25 years of Victory
Znak "25 let Pobedy"Badge for 25 years of Victory
In the database: 2
Issued:unknown
Excellent Submariner Badge
Znak "Otlichny podvodnik"Excellent Submariner Badge
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown
Excellent Sniper Badge
Znak "Otlichny snaiper"Excellent Sniper Badge
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown
Znak PilotIn the database: 16
Issued:unknown
Combat Injury Badge
Znak RaneniyaCombat Injury Badge
In the database: 19
Issued:unknown
Guards Badge
Znak "Gvardia"Guards Badge
In the database: 237
Issued:unknown
Excellent Artillerist Badge
Znak Otlichny "Artillerist"Excellent Artillerist Badge
In the database: 1
Issued:unknown

Prizes and Trophies

Stalin PrizeIn the database: 15
Issued:unknown
Lenin Peace PrizeIn the database: 8
Issued:unknown
Lenin Prize for LiteratureIn the database: 1
Issued:unknown
USSR State PrizeIn the database: 2
Issued:unknown

Other Decorations