Order of Kutuzov 1st class (first variant)

The Order of Kutuzov (Russian: Орден Кутузова) is a Soviet and Russian military award, named after famous Russian Field Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Note: This article is about the military usage of the word marshal. For other usages, see the end of this article. ... Mikhail Kutuzov Prince Mikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov (Russian: ) (September 16, 1745 – April 28, 1813 (n. ...

Established on July 29, 1942 (during the Great Patriotic War) by a Decision of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the order was created to award senior officers of the Red Army for skilful evasions of enemy attacks and successful counter attacks. The Order of Kutuzov was preserved in Russia upon the dissolution of the USSR, thus remaining to be one of the highest military awards in the Russian Federation. The Eastern Front1 was the theatre of combat between Nazi Germany and its allies against the Soviet Union during World War II. It was somewhat separate from the other theatres of the war, not only geographically, but also for its scale and ferocity. ... The Supreme Soviet (Верховный Совет, Verhovniy Sovet, literally the Supreme Council) comprised the highest legislative body in the Soviet Union in the interim of the sessions of the Congress of Soviets, and the only one with the power... An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ... Red Army flag The Workers and Peasants Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krestyanskaya Krasnaya Armiya; RKKA or usually simply the Red Army) were the armed forces first organized by the Bolsheviks during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and that in 1922 became the army of the Soviet Union. ... Counterattack is a military science term for a type of attack by defending force against an enemy attacking force. ...

The Order of Kutuzov was established in three different classes: 1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class. General Ivan Galanin who distinguished himself during the Battle of Stalingrad became the first recipient of the 1st class Order of Kutuzov. During the Great Patriotic War 669 Orders of Kutuzov 1st class were awarded. Along with the commanders of Fronts and Armies, Order of Kutuzov 1st class was also awarded to Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in 1945, to recognize the enormous contribution of its workers towards the defeat of the Nazi Germany. Combatants Germany Italy Hungary Romania Slovakia Soviet Union Commanders Maximilian von Weichs Friedrich Paulus # Erich von Manstein Hermann Hoth Italo Garibaldi Gusztav Jany Petre Dumitrescu Constantin Constantinescu Vasiliy Chuikov Aleksandr Vasilyevskiy Georgiy Zhukov Semyon Timoshenko Konstantin Rokossovsky Rodion Malinovsky Strength German Sixth Army German Fourth Panzer Army Romanian Third Army... A Front (фронт) was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army or army group in British or American military terminology. ... The term Army, besides its generalized meaning (see army) specifically denotes a major military formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. ... Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant (in Russian - Челябинский тракторный завод, ЧТЗ) is tractor plant in Russian city Chelyabinsk. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ...

The 2nd class medal was awarded to 3,325 corps, division, and brigade commanders.

The 3rd class medal was awarded to regiment commanders, their chiefs of staff, battalion and company commanders and was established later on in February of 1943. 3,328 orders of the 3rd class were awarded.

Badges and ribbons

First Class	Second Class	Third Class
Ribbon

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See Also

• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation

The award system of the Russian Federation has two distinct and complementary origins. ...

External Links

Order of Kutuzov Reference Page