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The Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Battle Red Banner, better-known as the Order of the Red Banner (in Russian: Орден Крaсного Знамени Orden Krasnogo Znameni) on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The first recipient was Vasily Blyukher^[1] on September 28, 1918^[2]. It continued later on as the award of the Soviet government of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union established the all-Soviet Order of the Red Banner on August 1, 1924. File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links Ribbon bar for the Soviet decoration Order of the Red Banner. ... Soviet redirects here. ... // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... 1918 (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar. ... The Russian Civil War (1917-1922) began immediately after the collapse of the Russian provisional government and the Bolshevik takeover of Petrograd, rapidly intensifying after the dissolution of the Russian Constituent Assembly and signing of the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Blücher, Blukher, Bliukher etc, Russian: Василий Константинович Блюхер) (November 19, 1889 - November 9... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 213th day of the year (214th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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The Order of the Red Banner recognised military deeds. Before the establishment of the Order of Lenin on April 6, 1930, the Order of the Red Banner functioned as the highest (and practically the only) military order of the USSR. Nearly all well-known Soviet commanders became Cavaliers of the Order of the Red Banner. The Order of Lenin (Russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest national order of the Soviet Union. ... is the 96th day of the year (97th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... An Order is a decoration, awarded by a government to an individual, usually for distinguished service to a nation or to humanity. ...

The order consisted of a white-enamelled badge, which had a golden Hammer and Sickle badge surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat on a Red Star, backed by crossed hammer, plough, torch and a red flag bearing the motto Proletarians (Workers) of the World, Unite!. This was surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat; at the bottom was the letters "CCCP" (USSR). For other uses, see Hammer and sickle (disambiguation). ... Species T. aestivum T. boeoticum T. compactum T. dicoccoides T. dicoccon T. durum T. monococcum T. spelta T. sphaerococcum T. timopheevii References:   ITIS 42236 2002-09-22 For the indie rock group see: Wheat (band). ... Red star on the Soviet flag The five-pointed red star (a pentagram without the inner pentagon) is a symbol of Communism and Socialism and represents the five fingers of the workers hand, as well as five of six inhabited continents. ... The traditional way: a German farmer works the land with a horse and plough. ... Historically, and most generally, the red flag is an international symbol for the blood of angry workers. ...

The Order was originally presented as a badge, which was worn on the left chest. A ribbon attachment was added, which consisted of a red ribbon bearing a wide white central stripe and a narrow white stripe on the edges.

Recipients

The order was awarded to individuals as well as whole formations, who then added the prefix "Red Banner" to their official designations. Naval vessels also flew a special flag. Some of the most notable are listed here:

Individuals

• Marshal Vasily Blyukher (first recipient, in total 5 times)
• NKVD general Nikolai Vlasik (4 times)
• British spy Kim Philby (1 time)
• General David Dragunsky
• Ivan Fedyuninsky (5 times)
• Marshal Leonid Govorov
• Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov
• Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
• Marshal Aleksandr Vasilevsky (2 times)
• Marshal Rodion Malinovsky (3 times)
• Sniper Vasily Zaytsev
• Gayk Bzhishkyan
• Marshal Semyon Timoshenko (5 times)
• War Commissar Leon Trotsky
• Nina Romashkova
• Sergei Biriuzov
• Ios Teper
• Issa Pliyev
• Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov
• Yevgeny Khrunov
• Pavel Dybenko (3 times)
• Pavel Soloviev
• Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof
• Ernst Neizvestny
• Polish agent Bolesław Kontrym (3 times)
• Foreign Intelligence chief Abram Slutsky (2 times)

Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Blyukher Vasily Konstantinovich Blyukher (also spelled Blücher, Blukher, Bliukher etc, Russian: Василий Константинович Блюхер) (November 19, 1889 - November 9... Никола́й Си́дорович Вла́сик (1896-1967). ... Kim Philby Harold Adrian Russell Kim Philby or H.A.R. Philby (OBE: 1946-1965), (1 January 1912 – 11 May 1988) was a high-ranking member of British intelligence, a communist, and spy for the Soviet Unions NKVD and KGB. In 1963, Philby was revealed as a member of... Categories: People stubs | Anti-Semitism | Russian Jews | Heroes of the Soviet Union | Soldiers ... Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Федюнинский) (July 30, 1900 - October 17, 1977) was a Soviet military leader and Hero of the Soviet Union (1939). ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Leonid Govorov Leonid Aleksandrovich Govorov (Russian Леонид Александрович Говоров) (February 22, 1897 - March 19, 1955), Soviet military commander, was born in the... Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov (1899 - 1980) was a Soviet aircraft pilot, a Hero of the Soviet Union (1934), and a major-general of the Soviet Air Force. ... Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich (Russian:Яков Борисович Зельдович) (March 8, 1914 – December 2, 1987) was a prolific Soviet physicist. ... Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky (Russian: , September 30, 1895 – December 5, 1977) was a Soviet military commander, promoted to Marshal of the Soviet Union in 1943. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky (Russian: , Rodion Jakovlevič Malinovskij; November 23, 1898-March 31, 1967) was a Soviet military commander, Defense Minister of the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and 1960s, who played a key role in World War II, including the major defeat... Captain Vasily Grigoryevich Zaytsev (Russian: IPA: ) (March 23, 1915–December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 225 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. ... Gayk Bzhishkyan (February 6 (February 18 (O.S.)), 1887– December 11, 1937) was a Soviet military commander of the Russian Civil War and Polish-Soviet War. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Semyon Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (Russian: Семён Константинович Тимошенко) (February 6 O.S (February 18 N.S.), 1895-March 31...   (Russian: Лeв Давидович Трóцкий, Lev Davidovich Trotsky, also transliterated Leo, Lyev, Trotskii, Trotski, Trotskij, Trockij and Trotzky) (November 7 [O.S. October 26] 1879 – August 21, 1940), born Lev Davidovich Bronstein (), was a Ukrainian-born Bolshevik revolutionary and Marxist theorist. ... Nina Apollonovna Romashkova (Ponomaryova) (Russian: Нина Аполлоновна Ромашкова (Пономарёва)) (born April 27, 1929 in Sverdlovsk, Russian SFSR) was a Soviet/Russian discus thrower, the first Soviet Olympic Champion. ... Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Biriuzov Sergei Semenovich Biriuzov (August 21, 1904-October 19, 1964) Marshal of the Soviet Union, Chief of the General Staff, born in Skopin, in the province of Ryazan. ... Ios Teper displays his medals, April 2005 Iosif Zeusovich Ios Teper (born July 12, 1915), Soviet war veteran, was born in Odessa, Ukraine, which was then part of the Russian Empire. ... Issa Alexandrovich Pliyev (Russian: Исса Александрович Плиев) (November 12, 1903 - 2 February 1979) was a Soviet military commander, Army General (1962), Double Hero of the Soviet Union (4. ... Stakhanov speaks to a fellow miner Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov (Russian: Алексей Григорьевич Стаханов) (3 January 1906–1977) was a miner in the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor (1970), and a member of the CPSU (1936). ... Yevgeny Khrunov Yevgeni Vassilyevich Khrunov (Russian: Евгений Васильевич Хрунов; September 10, 1933 – May 19, 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 5 mission. ... Pavel Dybenko Pavel Yefimovich Dybenko (Russian: Павел Ефимович Дыбенко) (February 16, 1889 - July 29, 1938) was a Russian revolutionary and a leading Soviet officer. ... Dr. Pavel Aleksandrovich Soloviev (Russian: ) (June 26, 1917 – October 13, 1996) was a Russian engineer born in Alekino in Kineshemsky District of Ivanovo Oblast. ... Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof (Вячеслав Иванович Зоф in Russian) (1889 - June 20, 1937) was a Soviet military figure and a statesman of Czech nationality. ... Khrushchevs tomb at the Novodevichy Cemetery was sculpted by Neizvestny. ... BolesÅ‚aw Kontrym (born August 27, 1898 died January 2 or 20, 1953)), also known by his codenames: Å»mudzin, BiaÅ‚y, Bielski, and/or Cichocki, was a Polish army officer, cichociemny, soldier of the Armia Krajowa, organizer of the secret police force, and participant in the Warsaw Uprising. ... Abram Aronovich Slutsky Абрам Аронович Слуцкий (July 1898, Parafievka, Chernigov region - 17 February 1938, Moscow) headed the Soviet foreign intelligence service (GUGB), then part of the NKVD, from May 1935 to February 1938. ...

Formations

• Baltic Fleet (2 times)
• Soviet Northern Fleet (1 time)
• Pacific Ocean Fleet (1 time)
• First Army
• Second Guards Tank Army
• 1st Rifle Division
• 24th Rifle Division
• 27th Guards Rifle Division
• 19th Motor Rifle Division
• 76th Guards Airborne Division
• 85th Rifle Division
• 100th Guards Rifle Division
• 106th Guards Tula Airborne Division
• 17th Rifle Regiment, 32nd Rifle Division

Russian Baltic Fleet sleeve ensign The Baltic Fleet (Russian: Балтийский флот, in the Soviet period - The Double Red Banner Baltic Fleet - Дважды Краснознамённый Балтийский флот) is located at the Baltic Sea and headquartered in Kaliningrad, the other major base is at Kronstadt, located in the Gulf of Finland. ... Red Banner Northern Fleet (Северный флот in Russian, or Severniy flot), a part of the Soviet Navy, created in 1933 for the purpose of defending Soviet territory beyond the Arctic circle (Заполярь&#1077... Russian Pacific Navy sleeve ensign The Pacific Ocean Fleet (Тихоокеанский флот in Russian, or Tikhookeanskiy flot) is part of the Russian Navy stationed in the Pacific Ocean, which formerly secured the Far Eastern borders of the USSR. The fleet headquarters is located at Vladivostok. ... The Soviet First Army (also called First Red Banner Army) was a Soviet field army of World War II that served in the Russian Far East. ... The Second Tank Army was formed in January - February, 1943 on the basis of the 3rd Reserve Army of the Bryansk Front. ... The Soviet 1st Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Unions Red Army, first established in the 1920s, and finally disbanded in the mid 1950s. ... The 24th Samaro-Ulyanovsk Division was a rifle, then a motor-rifle division of the Red Army of the USSR. It is now a mechanized brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, based at Yavoriv in the west of Ukraine. ... The 27th Guards Rifle Division was a Red Army rifle division in World War II which later became a Soviet Army motor rifle division. ... The 19th Motor Rifle Division appears to have been formed originally in 1922 in the Moscow Military District. ... Honorifics Leningrad-Павловская краснознаменная Probably activated 1933 in the Ural MD, seems to have been at Chelyabinsk in 1939; seems to have been sent to Belarussian Special Military District, soon to be Western Special Military District, 1940. ... The 100th Guards Rifle Division was an elite Red Army airborne infantry division during World War II. // From the beginning of the war, the Soviet Army strongly emphasized the development of airborne forces and their use behind enemy lines. ... The 106th Guards Tula Red Banner Twice Order of Kutuzov Airborne Division, more generally referred to as the Tula Division, is one of the four airborne divisions - along with the 7th Cherkassk, 76th Pskov and 98th Svirsk Guards - that make up the bulk of the Russian airborne forces, the VDV... The 32nd Rifle Division was first raised in 1934 at Vladivostok and organized as an Siberian Rifle Division. ...

Trivia

• In George Orwell's Animal Farm (1945), a satire on the Soviet Union, an order called the Order of the Green Banner is created.

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See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union are decorations from the Former Soviet Union that recognised achievements and personal accomplishments, both military and civilian. ... The Order of Lenin (Russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest national order of the Soviet Union. ... The Order of the October Revolution was instituted on October 31, 1967, in time for the 50th anniversary of the October Revolution. ... The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was an Order (decoration) of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. ...

Reference

1. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 618.
2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, entry on "Блюхер", available online [1]

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External link

• Order of The Red Banner Reference Page