Order of Victory

The Order of Victory (Russian: Орден «Победа») was the highest military decoration awarded for World War II service in the Soviet Union, and one of the rarest orders in the world. The order was awarded only to Generals and Marshals for successfully conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army."[1] In the history of the Soviet Union, the award had been awarded twenty times to twelve Soviet leaders and five foreign leaders, with one revocation. The last living recipient was King Michael I of Romania, who died on 5 December 2017.

Order of Victory
Орден «Победа»
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Insignia of the Star of the Order
Awarded by Soviet Union
Motto Honneur et patrie ("Honour and Motherland")
Eligibility Only Marshals and Military Generals
Awarded for Conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army"
Status No longer awarded
Grades (w/ post-nominals) Member
Statistics
Established 8 November 1943
First induction 10 April 1944
Last induction 20 February 1978 (last induction later revoked)
Total inductees 20
Precedence
Next (higher) None
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Ribbon of the Order of Victory

Order Of Victory Media

References

  1. "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of November 8, 1943" (in русский). Legal Library of the USSR. 1943-11-08. Retrieved 2012-02-25.