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A LITTLE HISTORY:

DESCRIPTION OF THE ORDER
The badge of the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree, is an image of a convex five-pointed star covered with ruby-red enamel against the background of golden rays diverging in the form of a five-pointed polished star, the ends of which are placed between the ends of the red star. In the middle of the red star there is a golden image of a sickle and a hammer on a ruby-red round plate, bordered by a white enamel belt, with the inscription “Patriotic War” and with a gold star in the lower part of the belt. The red star and white belt have gold rims. Against the background of the rays of a golden star, the ends of a rifle and checkers crossed behind a red star are depicted. The butt of the rifle is facing down to the right, the hilt of the checker is facing down to the left. The images of the rifle and checkers are oxidized. The badge of the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree, unlike the Order of the 1st degree, is made of silver. The lower radiant star is polished. The image of a rifle and checkers is oxidized. The remaining parts of the order, not covered with enamel, are gilded. The badge of the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree, is made of gold (583) and silver. The gold content in the order of the first degree is 8.329 ± 0.379 g, the silver content is 16.754 ± 0.977 g. The total weight of the order of the first degree is 32.34 ± 1.65 g. The badge of the order of the II degree is made of silver. The gold content in the order of the second degree is 0.325 g, the silver content is 24.85 ± 1.352 g. The total weight of the order of the second degree is 28.05 ± 1.50 g. The applied sickle and hammer in the center of the order are made of gold at both degrees of the order. The diameter of the circumscribed circle (the size of the order between the opposite ends of the red and gold or silver stars) is 45 mm. The length of the images of the rifle and checkers is also 45 mm. The diameter of the central circle with the inscription is 22 mm. On the reverse side the badge has a threaded pin with a nut for attaching the order to clothing.
Ribbon for the order is silk, moire color of burgundy with longitudinal red stripes:
for I degree - with one strip in the middle of the tape, 5 mm wide;
for II degree - with two strips along the edges, each 3 mm wide.
Tape width - 24 mm.

HISTORY OF THE ORDER
The Order of the Patriotic War is the first award that appeared during the Great Patriotic War. It is also the first Soviet order, which had a division into degrees. For 35 years, the Order of the Patriotic War remained the only Soviet order that was transferred to the family as a memory after the death of the recipient (the rest of the orders had to be returned to the state). Only in 1977, the order of leaving in the family was extended to other orders and medals.

On April 10, 1942, Stalin instructed the head of the rear of the Red Army, General Khrulev, to develop and submit a draft order for awarding military personnel who distinguished themselves in battles with the Nazis. Initially, the order was planned to be called "For military valor". Artists Sergei Ivanovich Dmitriev (the author of the drawings of the medals "For Courage", "For military merit"and XX years of the Red Army) and Alexander Ivanovich Kuznetsov. Two days later, the first sketches appeared, from which several works were selected for the manufacture of test copies in metal. On April 18, 1942, the samples were submitted for approval. It was decided to take the project as the basis for the future award A. I. Kuznetsov, and the idea of ​​the inscription “Patriotic War” on the sign was taken from the project of S. I. Dmitriev.

In the statute of the order, for the first time in the history of the Soviet award system, specific feats were listed, for which a distinguished person could be presented for an award.

The first cavaliers of the order were Soviet artillerymen. By the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 2, 1942, the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree was awarded to Captain Krikliy I.I., junior political instructor Statsenko I.K. and senior sergeant Smirnov A.V. In May 1942, the division under the command of Captain Krikliy I.I. in two days of fighting, he destroyed 32 enemy tanks in the Kharkov region. When all the other numbers of the calculation died, Senior Sergeant Smirnov A.V. continued to fire the gun. Even after his hand was torn off by a shell fragment, Smirnov, overcoming pain, continued to shoot at the enemy with one hand. In total, he destroyed 6 fascist tanks in battle. The commissar of the division, junior political instructor Statsenko I.K. not only led his subordinates, but also, inspiring them by personal example, he himself destroyed several German armored vehicles. Unit commander Captain Krikliy knocked out 5 German tanks but was wounded in action and died in the hospital. The award was given to the family of the first cavalier Captain Krikliy only in 1971. On the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree, presented to his widow Alexandra Fedorovna on June 12, 1971, there was the number 312368.
The first civilian to receive the Order of the Patriotic War, I degree, was the chairman of the Sevastopol City Council, L.P. Efremov. He was awarded by the Decree of the PVS of the USSR of July 24, 1942.
Among the British military, the order of the first degree was awarded to the lieutenants of the royal navy John Patrick Donovan, Francis Henry Foster, Charles Arthur Langton and Lieutenant Charles Robin Arthur Sr. Lieutenant Earl William Brien, diesel stoker Clements Irwin, helmsman Sydney Arthur Carslake and chief signalman Stanley Edwin Archer received the second degree.
The maximum number known to us of awarding one person with this honorary order for exploits during the war years and post-war distinctions (taking into account both degrees) is five times. Fedorov Ivan Evgrafovich became a Cavalier of four Orders of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree and one Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree. Hero Soviet Union Fedorov (the rank of GSS was awarded in 1948) ended the war with the rank of colonel and as commander of the 273rd Gomel Fighter Aviation Division (Leningrad Front). After the war, for some time he was a test pilot at the Lavochkin Design Bureau. Fedorov received three Orders of the Patriotic War of the first degree and the Order of the Patriotic War of the second degree during the war years and shortly after it ended, and in 1985 Fedorov was awarded the fifth Order of the Patriotic War (anniversary version of the 1st degree). In addition to the Gold Star medal and five orders of the Patriotic War, the Hero's chest was decorated with the Order of Lenin, four Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of Alexander Nevsky, the Order of the Red Star and many medals.
The Order was also awarded to home front workers. For example, the outstanding aircraft designer Tupolev A.N., the designers of small arms Tokarev F.V., Sudayev A.I., Simonov S.G., the director of the artillery plant in Gorky A.F. Elyan, who managed to organize the production and transfer front more than 100 thousand guns.

The Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree was awarded to 7 military units and 79 enterprises and institutions, including 3 newspapers: Komsomolskaya Pravda (1945), Youth of Ukraine and the Belarusian Zvyazda (1945). In 1945, the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, was awarded to industrial enterprises who made a significant contribution to the defeat of the enemy. The Ural Plant of Heavy Engineering named after A.I. S. Ordzhonikidze, Gorky Automobile Plant, Gorky Shipyard “Krasnoe Sormovo” named after. Zhdanov, Volgograd Tractor Plant. Dzerzhinsky and others.

Collective farmers were also awarded this order for saving the crop in the dry year of 1946.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 15, 1947, the presentation and awarding of civilians with the Order of the Patriotic War was discontinued, and military personnel from that moment on were awarded extremely rarely.

Only during the “Khrushchev thaw” this glorious order was remembered again. They began to be awarded to foreigners who assisted the soldiers of the Red Army in escaping from captivity, and then to Soviet soldiers, underground workers and partisans, many of whom were undeservedly considered “traitors to the motherland” under Stalin.

So, in the late 60s, Kazimiera Tsymbal, a citizen of Poland, was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. For 156 days, she sheltered in her cellar the crew of a tank of the 55th Guards Tank Brigade that had been knocked out on the Sandomierz bridgehead. The Nazis, having discovered a wrecked tank, demanded that the inhabitants of the village of Volya-Gruetskaya hand over the tankers. When they refused, all the men of the village were sent to a concentration camp. Among the dead in the concentration camp was Kazimera's husband, Franciszek Cymbal. He also awarded the order Patriotic War (posthumously). Only on January 12, 1945, the regular units of the Red Army captured the village of Volya-Gruetskaya and freed the tankers.

After L.I. Brezhnev came to power. and the restoration of Victory Day as a national holiday (under Khrushchev it was not considered such) has come new stage in the history of the order: it began to be awarded to cities whose inhabitants participated in the defensive battles of 1941-1943. The first among them, in 1966, were awarded Novorossiysk and Smolensk, later classified as Hero Cities. In 1966, the Slovak village Sklabinya was awarded the 1st degree of the order, which in 1944 the Nazis razed to the ground for helping Soviet paratroopers. The awarding of cities with the Order of the Patriotic War continued in the 70s, but especially many of them were awarded in 80-82. The Order of the Patriotic War I degree was awarded to Voronezh (1975), Naro-Fominsk (1976), Orel, Belgorod, Mogilev, Kursk (1980), Yelnya, Tuapse (1981), Murmansk, Rostov-on-Don, Feodosia (1982) and other.

In 1975, the Soviet Committee of War Veterans was awarded the Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class.

In total, from 1947 to 1984, about 25 thousand orders of the 1st degree and more than 50 thousand orders of the 2nd degree were awarded.

In 1985, on the eve of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Victory, a Decree appeared, according to which all its active participants, including partisans and underground fighters, were to be awarded the Order of the Patriotic War. At the same time, all marshals, generals, admirals, holders of any orders and medals “For Courage”, Ushakov, “For Military Merit”, Nakhimov, “Partisan of the Patriotic War”, received during the war years, as well as invalids of the Patriotic War were awarded the Order of the 1st degree. Front-line soldiers who were not included in these categories were awarded the Order of the II degree. Of course, it was impossible to equate the Order of the Patriotic War, received during the war years, with the anniversary version of this award. The design of the commemorative orders was simplified as much as possible (solid stamped), all gold details were replaced with silver gilded ones.
In total, until 1985, more than 344 thousand awards were made with the Order of the Patriotic War of the 1st degree (of which 324,903 were awarded during the war years), and about 1 million 28 thousand awards were made with the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd degree (of which 951,652 were awarded during the war years) .
The jubilee version of the order of the 1st degree was awarded about 2 million 54 thousand awards, the 2nd degree - about 5 million 408 thousand awards.
The total number of awards with the Order of the Patriotic War (both combat and jubilee versions) as of January 1, 1992 was 2487098 for the 1st degree, 6688497 for the 2nd degree.

The history of the order dates back to July 8, 1926, when the head of the Main Directorate of the Red Army V.N. Levichev proposed to issue a new award - the "Order of Ilyich" - to persons who already had four orders of the Red Banner. This award was supposed to be the highest combat insignia. However, since Civil War in Russia has already ended, the draft of the new order was not accepted. At the same time, the Council People's Commissars The USSR recognized the need to create the highest award of the Soviet Union, awarded not only for military merit.


At the beginning of 1930, work on the project of a new order, called the "Order of Lenin", was resumed. The artists of the Goznak factory in Moscow were given the task of creating a drawing of the order, the main image on the sign of which was to be a portrait of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. From the many sketches, the work of the artist I. I. Dubasov was chosen, who took as the basis for the portrait a photograph of Lenin taken at the II Congress of the Comintern in Moscow by photographer Viktor Bulla in July-August 1920.

In the spring of 1930, a sketch of the order was handed over to sculptors Ivan Shadr and Pyotr Tayozhny to create a model. In the same year, the first badges of the Order of Lenin were made at the Goznak factory. The stamp for the trial sample of the “Order of Lenin” badge was engraved by Alexei Pugachev. The order was established by a decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR on April 6, 1930.


The first awarding of the Order of Lenin was made by the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of May 23, 1930. According to this Decree, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper was awarded the Order of Lenin No. 1 for "active assistance in strengthening the pace of socialist construction and in connection with the fifth anniversary of its founding."


The first to be awarded for military merit was the Red Army soldier of the 1st division of the 11th Khorezm cavalry regiment of the OGPU Roman Panchenko, who distinguished himself in battles with the Basmachi in the spring of 1933. The order was awarded to him on October 29 of the same year.

Pilot V.P. Chkalov became the first holder of two Orders of Lenin on July 24, 1936.
First Cavalier three orders Lenin became pilot V.K. Kokkinaki on June 11, 1939.

In July 1926, the head of the main department of the Red Army, V. N. Levichev, proposed creating a fundamentally new award for the soldiers and commanders of the Red Army and Navy, who already had the distinctions of the government of the young Soviet republic. By this time, the Order of the Red Star already existed in the award system of Soviet Russia, as the highest award, but there were already multiple cavaliers. Therefore, he proposed to create such an order, which one could replace many others. In addition, it was supposed to become precisely the highest award, and the rest, according to their status, were supposed to have a lower step in the hierarchy of awards of the Soviet state.

Initially, the new award was to be called the “Order of Ilyich”, and in essence be an exclusively military award. But, since the Civil War had already ended by this time, the draft of the new award was not accepted. Although, according to the Council of People's Commissars, the need for the highest, universal award was obvious.

Late 20s, early 30s. years, the issue of creating a new award again becomes relevant. The Moscow factory "Goznak" receives the task to create a sketch, which would depict V. I. Lenin. The author of the sketch, which was taken as the basis of the new sign, was the artist Dubasov I.I. held in Moscow. In the spring of 1930, the sketch was handed over for revision to the sculptors Shadr I. and Taezhny P., who created the layout. In the same year, the first prototypes of the badge were made at the Goznak factory in Moscow. The new award has been named The order of Lenin.

It was formally established in April 1930, and the statute in May of that year. The final version of the statute was made in 1980. From that time until the moment of exclusion from the system of awards, not the USSR, but the Russian Federation, the statute did not change. By statute The order of Lenin- the highest award of the USSR. Awarded for fruitful work aimed at protecting the Socialist Fatherland, certain merits in revolutionary and labor activity. And also for a significant contribution to the development of friendship and cooperation between peoples and states, aimed at strengthening peace.

Order of Lenin citizens of the USSR, various organizations and enterprises of both civil and military activities, as well as administrative units that are part of the Soviet state, can be awarded. Also on the list of awardees Foreign citizens and administrative units of foreign states can also be awarded this order if their activities fall under the definitions of the statute of the mark Order of Lenin. However, only the achievements listed above were not enough to receive this high award. This order could be obtained by having other awards in your track record, or the title of Hero Socialist Labor or Hero of the Soviet Union. And cities claiming to receive the Order of Lenin had to have the title City - Hero or Fortress - Hero.

Among the very first recipients of the Order of Lenin was the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. The awarding of the newspaper staff took place in May 1930, and was timed to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the creation of this publication. "Komsomolskaya Pravda" received the Order of Lenin at number one. The first foreign cavaliers were several specialists from Germany (Johann Georg Liebhard) and the USA (Frank Bruno Honey and Leon Evnis Svazhian, George Gorfield McDowell, Mike Trajkovic Hadarian), who worked in the field of production and Agriculture Soviet state.

To the most interesting facts in the history of the existence of the Order of Lenin, perhaps, the following should be attributed: 1. In April 1936, the title Hero of the Soviet Union was established, but there was no specific insignia for the title. Therefore, those who received it high rank, were awarded the badge of the Order of Lenin; From June 1944 to September 1957, the order was awarded to officers of the army and navy for long service (25 years of service in the Armed Forces), and from the end of the fifties, this order was also awarded to civilians for long and fruitful work, in 1935 Krupskaya N K., the widow of V. I. Lenin. The last recipient on the list appeared in December 1991 - Mul Ya. Ya., director of a brick factory from the Novosibirsk region. After the USSR ceased to exist, awards were no longer made. In total, from 1930 until its exclusion from the list of awards of the Russian Federation, more than four hundred and sixty thousand awards were made.

The first type of the Order of Lenin.

With the image of industrial buildings and a tractor, under a bas-relief. 1930 - 1934 Made of 925 sterling silver with gold plating and red enamel. Height 38 mm, width 37.5 mm.

The order consists of eight parts. The sign itself is made of two halves soldered together. Looking at the edge, you can see the junction. The letters "C", "C", "C" and "P" are soldered to the obverse, each of which is a separate part. The letters are gilded and covered with red enamel. The seventh detail is the base of the screw, made of brass in the form of a two-stage flange. The eighth detail is a brass screw inserted into the base. The stamp "GOZNAK" is embossed in relief letters in a rectangular recess. The serial number is stamped with punches in the upper part of the reverse.

The silver fastening nut, 32 mm in diameter, has a built-in threaded brass part on the concave side, similar to the screw flange. In total, signs of the first type were issued 700 pieces. The smallest known serial number is 15, and the largest is 690. Due to the fact that most of the orders of the first type were later replaced by cavaliers with orders of later types, to which the "old" number was transferred, you can find awards that have "not type numbers.

The second type of the Order of Lenin. "Screw, solid stamped". 1934 - 1936

Made of gold 650° using red enamel, silvering. Dimensions: height - 38.5 mm, width - 38 mm.

Consists of two parts. The main part is made in one piece. With the frequent wearing of the order, the bas-relief of Lenin's head and the badge itself were wiped off and often looks as if whitish due to the fact that the gold standard of the order is low.

The second part is a silver screw soldered in the center of the reverse. The screw has a two-stage flange at the base. The hallmark "MONDVOR" is concave, stamped in relief letters below the screw. Between the screw and the stamp, the punches are engraved with a serial number, the height of the digits of which is 1.7 mm. The diameter of the silver fastening nut in early specimens is 24 mm, while in later specimens it is 33 mm. The smallest known number is 711 and the largest is 2676.

In the early orders of this type, silvering was not applied very well, in a thin layer and often completely erased, which is why the Lenin bas-relief looked completely gold. (it should also be taken into account that silver atoms, when applied to a gold surface, penetrate gold quite actively and with prolonged contact of these two metals, if the silvering is thin, it can practically disappear). Later, from about 1500 numbers, silvering began to be applied in a thicker layer and the badge retained its original appearance longer when worn. The final solution to improve the preservation was found in the fact that the bas-relief was made from platinum.

The third type of the Order of Lenin. "Screw, with applied platinum bas-relief". 1936 - 1943

A characteristic feature of the third type is that the bas-relief of Lenin no longer forms a single whole with the base, but is attached to the base with three rivets. The bas-relief is made of platinum and its weight ranges from 2.4 g to 2.75 g. The fineness of gold in the fourth type of the Order of Lenin is 950. The central surface of the medallions, in orders of this type, began to be covered with gray-blue enamel.

Sizes 28 - 39 mm high and 38 mm wide. The sequence number range is 2695 - 13378.

Fourth type. "Suspended, round" 1943 - 1956

An eyelet has been added in the upper part, into which a connecting link is threaded for attaching to the block. The size, with an eyelet in the upper part, became 43 mm. The smallest known number is 13808 and the largest is 191115.

The order was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of April 6, 1930. The statute of the order was established by the Decree of the Presidium of the Central Executive Committee of the USSR of May 5, 1930. The Statute of the Order and its description were amended on September 27, 1934, June 19, 1943 and December 16, 1947. On March 28, 1980, the Statute of the Order was approved in a new edition.

From the statute of the order

The Order of Lenin is the highest award of the USSR for especially outstanding services in the revolutionary movement, labor activity, defense of the socialist fatherland, development of friendship and cooperation between peoples, strengthening peace and other especially outstanding services to the Soviet state and society.

The Order of Lenin is awarded to:

• citizens of the USSR;
• enterprises, associations, institutions, organizations, military units, warships, formations and associations, union and autonomous republics, territories, regions, autonomous regions, autonomous regions, districts, cities and others settlements.

The Order of Lenin can also be awarded to persons who are not citizens of the USSR, as well as enterprises, institutions, organizations and settlements of foreign states.

The Order of Lenin is awarded to persons awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the title of Hero of Socialist Labor, as well as to cities and fortresses that have been awarded the title of Hero City and Hero Fortress, respectively.

The Order of Lenin is worn on the left side of the chest and is placed in front of other orders and medals.

Description of the order

The Order of Lenin is a sign depicting a portrait-medallion of V. I. Lenin made of platinum, placed in a circle framed by a golden wreath of ears of wheat. The dark gray enamel background around the portrait-medallion is smooth and bordered by two concentric gold rims with ruby ​​red enamel between them. On the left side of the wreath is placed five pointed star, below - a sickle and a hammer, on the right in the upper part of the wreath - an unfolded panel of a red banner. The star, the hammer and sickle, and the banner are covered with ruby-red enamel and bordered with gold rims. On the banner is the inscription in gold letters "LENIN". The Order of Lenin is made of gold, the laid on bas-relief of V. I. Lenin is made of platinum. The total weight of the order is 33.6 ± 1.75 g. The height of the order is 40.5 mm, the width of the order is 38 mm, the diameter of the portrait medallion is 25 mm.

The order, with the help of an eyelet and a ring, is connected to a pentagonal block covered with a silk moiré ribbon 24 mm wide, in the middle of the ribbon there is a longitudinal red stripe, 16 mm wide, along the edges of the middle stripe two golden stripes 1.5 mm wide, then two red stripes 1 each, 5 mm, and two golden stripes 1 mm wide.

History of the Order

The Order of Lenin is the highest Soviet order, occupying the top step in the order hierarchy. Founded before the Great Patriotic War, the Order of Lenin was repeatedly modified. The order was originally proposed to be called the "Order of Ilyich".

The artist I. Dubasov and the famous sculptor I.D. took part in the creation of the order project. Shadr. The basis for creating a relief image of the leader on the badge of the order was a photograph of Lenin, made in 1921 at the III Congress of the Comintern. In 1934, medalist A. Vasyutinskiy carried out work on changing the design of the order.

The first awarding of the Order of Lenin was made on May 23, 1930. According to this Decree, the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper was awarded the Order of Lenin No. 1 for its active assistance in strengthening the pace of socialist construction and in connection with the fifth anniversary of its founding.

The first person to be awarded the Order of Lenin (November 23, 1930) was Boris Anisimovich Roizenman. “In commemoration of exceptional merits in improving and simplifying the state apparatus, adapting it to the tasks of a full-scale socialist offensive, in the fight against bureaucracy, mismanagement and irresponsibility in Soviet and economic organizations, as well as his merits in fulfilling special, special state importance tasks for cleaning the state Apparatus in foreign missions of the USSR. What activity of Comrade Roizenman lies behind such an ominous formulation can only be guessed at.

Among the first recipients of the Order of Lenin were major military leaders: Blyukher V.K., Budyonny S.M., Voroshilov K.E., Tukhachevsky M.N. farms Maria Demchenko, Mamlakat Nakhangova, Mark Ozerny and others.

After the establishment on April 16, 1934 of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union (GSS), the Order of Lenin began to be awarded to everyone who received this honorary title. Since the Gold Star medal was established only in 1939, the Order of Lenin was the only distinction for the GSS. After the establishment of the Golden Star of the Hero, the Order of Lenin automatically continued to be issued with it.

On September 10, 1934, foreigners were awarded the Order of Lenin for the first time. For participation in the search and rescue of the Chelyuskinites, US citizens flight mechanics Levari Williams and Clyde Armistet received a high award.

For distinction in the battles near Lake Khasan, 95 people received the Order of Lenin (Decree of October 25, 1938).

Many industrial enterprises were also awarded the highest order of the country. These are such giants as the Azneft and Grozneft oil producing associations, tractor plants in Stalingrad, Kharkov and Chelyabinsk, Gorky and Minsk automobile plants and others.

In the 1930s, the orders of Lenin were awarded to military units and divisions.

Before the war, the Order of Lenin was awarded to the N.E. Zhukovsky and Military Academy named after M.V. Frunze.

In total, before the Great Patriotic War, about 6,500 people became holders of the Order of Lenin (including Heroes of the Soviet Union and Heroes of Socialist Labor).

On June 22, 1941, the Great Patriotic War began. The first to repulse the Nazis were the border guards. Warriors of 98 border detachment political instructor Babenko F.T. (8th outpost) and Lieutenant Gusev F.I. (commander of the 9th outpost) were among the first to accomplish feats, subsequently awarded the Orders of Lenin.

In August-September 1941, the crew of the Verny gunboat (Dneprovsky detachment of the Pinsk military flotilla) distinguished themselves in battles during the defense of Kyiv. The crew of the gunboat destroyed the Pechkinsky bridge and disrupted the crossing of German troops to the Okuninovsky bridgehead. When performing the task, the commander of the ship, Senior Lieutenant Terekhin A.F., died. and boatswain foreman of the 1st article Shcherbina L.S. Both heroes were posthumously awarded the Order of Lenin.

During the war years, the Order of Lenin was also awarded to military educational institutions for the training of command personnel. For example, the 1st Kiev Red Banner Artillery School named after S.M. Kirov in May 1945 was awarded the Order of Lenin. During the years of the Great Patriotic War, the school trained over 6,000 officers.

In total, during the Great Patriotic War, about 41 thousand people were awarded high awards (of which about 36 thousand were awarded for military merit), and 207 military units attached the Order of Lenin to their banners.

Starting from June 4, 1944 and until September 14, 1957, the Order of Lenin was awarded to officers for long service (25 years of impeccable service). Also, from the beginning of the 50s, civilians could also receive the Order of Lenin for long-term and fruitful work. This led to the fact that over the next 40 years of the existence of the USSR, the Order of Lenin was awarded more than 360 thousand times.

Almost everyone was awarded the Order of Lenin Soviet leaders highest rank.

A number of Soviet military personnel of the highest rank were awarded the Order of Lenin several times. So, marshals of the Soviet Union I.Kh. Bagramyan, L.I. Brezhnev, S.M. Budyonny, A.M. Vasilevsky, V.D. .N., Lysenko T.D., Ilyushin S.V., Chairman of the USSR Council of Ministers Tikhonov N.A.

Marshal of the Soviet Union V.I. Chuikov, polar explorer I.D. Papanin, Colonel-General-Engineers P.V. Dementyev had nine Orders of Lenin. (Minister of the Aviation Industry) and Ryabikov V.M. (1st Deputy Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the USSR).

Ten Orders of Lenin adorned the chest of Academician Alexandrov A.P. and aircraft designer Yakovlev A.S.

Marshal of the Soviet Union Ustinov D.F. awarded the Order of Lenin eleven times. The record holder for the number of orders of Lenin is the minister foreign trade USSR Patolichev N.S., who had twelve Orders of Lenin.

Everyone was awarded the Order of Lenin Soviet republics, and some of them repeatedly.

More than 380 industrial and construction enterprises and about 180 agricultural enterprises and organizations have received this award. Many enterprises were awarded the Order of Lenin more than once.

The last recipient of the Order of Lenin in the history of the USSR was the director of the Maslyaninsky brick factory in the Novosibirsk region, Yakov Yakovlevich Mul. He was awarded this award by Decree of the President of the USSR No. UP-3143 of December 21, 1991 "for his great personal contribution to the reconstruction and technical re-equipment of the enterprise and the achievement of high performance in labor."