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Brezhnev, Leonid Ilyich

Date of birth:
January 1st, 1907 (Kamenskoye, Russian Empire)
Date of death:
November 10th, 1982 (Moscow, Soviet Union)
Buried on:
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Nationality:
Soviet

Biography

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Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 27th, 1942

No. 23636
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1925-1943)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
March 16th, 1943
Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
September 18th, 1943

No. 11025
Orden Otechestvennoi voiny 1 (1943-1945)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 2nd, 1944

No. 8184/2
Orden Krasnogo Znameni (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
May 23rd, 1945

No. 1182
Orden Bogdana Khmelnitskogo 2
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Ceskoslovenský vojenský rád Bilého lva
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1945
Ceskoslovenská medaile
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Order Krzyza Grunwaldu 2nd Class
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Medal Za Odre, Nyse i Baltyk
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Medal Zwyciestwa i Wolnosci 1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1946
Ceskoslovenská vojenská pametni medaile 1939-1945
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
December 2nd, 1947

No. 66231
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1947
Ceskoslovenský válecný kríž 1939
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1956

No. 281153
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1960
Dukelská pametni medaile
Awarded on:
February 1961
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1961
Medal
Awarded on:
June 17th, 1961

No. 344996
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Awarded on:
1961
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna
Awarded on:
1962
Order of the Yugoslav Star - Great Star
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1964
Pametni medaile k 20. výroci Sovenského národního povstáni
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1966

No. 11320
Medal
Awarded on:
1969
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1970
Hrdina Ceskoslovenske socialisticke Republiky
Awarded on:
May 5th, 1970
Order of Klement Gottwald
Awarded on:
October 2nd, 1971

No. 401096
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Awarded on:
1971
Sukhbaataryn odon
Awarded on:
1971
Medal
Awarded on:
1971
Medal
Awarded on:
1971
Medal 50 years Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
Awarded on:
February 1973
Ceskoslovenský rád Bilého lva, 1st Class
Awarded on:
June 12th, 1973
Lenin Peace Prize
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1973
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Awarded on:
August 9th, 1973
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Awarded on:
1973
Medal 20 years of the Storming of the Moncada barracks
Awarded on:
January 29th, 1974
Order of José Martí
Awarded on:
July 21st, 1974

Revoked by the Polish government on 10 July 1990.
Order Wojenny Virtuti Militari - Krzyz Wielki z Gwiazda
Awarded on:
October 1974
Karl Marx-orde
Awarded on:
1974
Orden de Mayo - Gran Cruz
Awarded on:
1974
Medal 30 Years Socialist Revolution
Awarded on:
1974
Medal
Awarded on:
March 1975
Klement Gottwald state prize
Awarded on:
November 14th, 1975
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1975
Pametni medaile k 30. výroci národne osvobozeneckého boje
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1975
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1976
Hrdina Ceskoslovenske socialisticke Republiky
Awarded on:
October 29th, 1976
Order of Klement Gottwald
Awarded on:
November 24th, 1976
Ordinul Steaua României - 1st class
Awarded on:
December 13th, 1976
Gold Star of the Hero of the German Democratic Republic
Awarded on:
December 13th, 1976
Großer Stern der Völkerfreundschaft
Awarded on:
December 14th, 1976
Baatryn
Awarded on:
December 14th, 1976
Sukhbaataryn odon
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1976
Order of Playa Girón
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1976
Suomen Valkoisen Ruusun suurristi ketjuineen (SVR SR ketj)
Awarded on:
December 17th, 1976
Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1976

No. 97 / II
Medal
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1976

No. 425869
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Awarded on:
December 1976
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Awarded on:
December 1976
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Awarded on:
1976
Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna
Awarded on:
1976
Order Odrodzenia Polski - Krzyz Wielki
Awarded on:
1976
Orden slobode
Awarded on:
1976
Medal 20 years of the Revolutionary Armed Forces
Awarded on:
September 1977
Awarded on:
November 16th, 1977
Gold Karl Marx Medal of the USSR Academy of Science
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
February 20th, 1978

No. 20
Orden Pobeda
Awarded on:
May 1978
Order of Klement Gottwald
Awarded on:
June 1978
Order of the Sun of Peru	 - Grand Cross with diamonds
Awarded on:
November 23rd, 1978
Awarded on:
December 19th, 1978

No. 5 / III
Medal
Awarded on:
December 19th, 1978

No. 432408
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Awarded on:
1978
Medal 100 Years Liberation from Ottoman Rule
Awarded on:
March 14th, 1979

No. 58256
Orden Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii
Awarded on:
April 20th, 1979
Lenin Prize for Literature
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1979
Gold Star of the Hero of the German Democratic Republic
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1979
Karl Marx-orde
Awarded on:
1979
Verdienstmedaille der DDR
Period:
Second World War (1939-1945)
Awarded on:
1979
Period:
Vietnam War (1955-1975)
Awarded on:
July 1980
Gold Star Order
Awarded on:
October 13th, 1980
Awarded on:
October 1980
Order of the Grand Star of Honour of Socialist Ethiopia
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1980
Orden Oktyabrskoy Revolyutsii
Awarded on:
1980
Medaile „Za posílení přátelství ve zbrani
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1981
Order of the Hero of Cuba
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1981
Order Carlos Manuel de Céspedes - Grand Cross
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1981
Gold Star of the Hero of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Awarded on:
December 15th, 1981
Gold Medal of the Nation
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1981
Hrdina Ceskoslovenske socialisticke Republiky
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1981
Order of Klement Gottwald
Awarded on:
December 16th, 1981
Order of the Sun of Liberty
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1981

No. 2 / IV
Medal
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1981

No. 458500
Orden Lenina (1943-1991)
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1981
Gold Star of the Hero of the German Democratic Republic
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1981
Karl Marx-orde
Awarded on:
December 18th, 1981
Order of the Flag of the Republic of Hungary
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1981
Gold Medal of the Hero of Labor of Vietnam
Awarded on:
December 21st, 1981
Order of Ho Chi Minh - 1st Class
Awarded on:
December 1981
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Awarded on:
December 1981
Order of Georgi Dimitrov
Awarded on:
December 1981
Baatryn
Awarded on:
December 1981
Sukhbaataryn odon
Awarded on:
December 1981
Order of the Victory of Socialism
Awarded on:
December 1981
Wielka Wstega Orderu Zaslugi Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
Awarded on:
February 15th, 1982
Awarded on:
August 19th, 1982
Order of the National Flag - 1st Class
Awarded on:
September 1982
Order of the 14th October Revolution
Awarded on:
1982
Medal

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