Order of the Badge of Honour
The Order of the Badge of Honour (Russian: орден «Знак Почёта») was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
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Type | Single grade order |
Eligibility | Soviet citizens and institutions including factories |
Awarded for | accomplishments in labour, the civil service, literature, the arts and sciences |
Status | No longer awarded |
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Established | November 25, 1935 |
First awarded | November 26, 1935 |
Last awarded | December 23, 1988 |
Total awarded | 1 580 850 |
Precedence | |
Next (higher) | Order of Friendship of Peoples |
Next (lower) | Order of Labour Glory |
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It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity; for promotion of economic, scientific, technological, cultural and other ties between the USSR and other countries; and also for significant contribution to basic and applied research.
The order was awarded 1,574,368 times.
The "Order of the Badge of Honour" was replaced by the "Order of Honour" (Russian: Орден Почёта) by a Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on 28 December 1988. Following the USSR dissolution, it was replaced by the "Order of Honour" of the Russian Federation, established by Presidential Decree no. 442 of 2 March 1994.[1]
Notable recipients
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Vadim Bakatin
- Vasili Blokhin
- Oleg Bogomolov
- Ivan Dubasov
- Alaksandar Dubko
- Faina Kotkova
- Viacheslav Fetisov
- Mikhail Gorbachev
- Anna Haava
- Zulfi Hajiyev
- Yaroslav Halan
- Ivan Kalita
- Oleg Kalugin
- Shavarsh Karapetyan
- Klaudia Sergejewna Kildisheva
- Sergey Korolyov
- Galina Kulakova
- Aleksandr Kurlovich
- Viktor Kuzkin
- Valentin Ivanov
- Larisa Latynina
- Vladimir Lutchenko
- Aleksandr Maltsev
- Boris Mayorov
- Natalya Meklin
- Natalya Melik Melikyan
- Mark Midler
- Alexander Ragulin
- Vitali Smirnov
- Pavel Sukhoi
- Amet-khan Sultan
- Tankho Israelov
- Boris Yeltsin
- Igor Ursov
- Dimitri Venediktov
See also
- Order of Honour (Russian Federation)
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
- Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation
References
- Ельцин, Б.Н. (2 марта 1993 г.). "Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о госудаственных наградах Российской Федерации" Archived 2011-06-04 at the Wayback Machine