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Order "For
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It was created on
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Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
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527:For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order
33:Medal "For Battle Merit" and its ribbon (obverse)
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800:100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Lenin
694:For the Restoration of the Donbass Coal Mines
653:For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War
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522:For Distinction in Guarding the State Border
709:For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway
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714:For Transforming the Non-Black Earth
236:Kolesnikov G.A. & Rozhkov A.M.,
704:For the Development of Virgin Lands
532:For Distinction in Military Service
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648:To a Partisan of the Patriotic War
206:Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union
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456:Order of the Red Banner of Labour
861:1992 disestablishments in Russia
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795:50 Years of the Soviet Militia
785:250th Anniversary of Leningrad
461:Order of Friendship of Peoples
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638:For the Victory over Germany
623:For the Liberation of Prague
563:For the Defence of Leningrad
486:Order "For Personal Courage"
466:Order of the Badge of Honour
282:Highest grade of distinction
94:Citizens of the Soviet Union
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441:Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
325:Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
320:Honoured Military Navigator
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431:Order of the Patriotic War
240:, Moscow, Mil. lib., 1983.
179:Медаль «За боевые заслуги»
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289:Hero of the Soviet Union
181:) was a Soviet military
171:Medal "For Battle Merit"
22:Medal "For Battle Merit"
820:Soviet Union portal
556:Second World War medals
471:Order of Maternal Glory
401:Order of the Red Banner
335:Honoured Test Navigator
315:Honoured Military Pilot
542:For Impeccable Service
684:For Courage in a Fire
476:Order of Labour Glory
426:Order of the Red Star
775:40 Years of Victory
502:Medal "For Courage"
330:Honoured Test Pilot
210:Medal "For Courage"
593:Soviet Transarctic
365:People's Architect
345:Honoured Navigator
197:and preparation".
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421:Order of Nakhimov
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578:Stalingrad
573:Sevastopol
228:References
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202:Presidium
118:5,210,000
633:Belgrade
608:Budapest
588:Caucasus
216:See also
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204:of the
191:borders
175:Russian
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