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The Order of Glory () was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on 8 November 1943. It was awarded to soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Red Army as well as to aviation junior lieutenants, for bravery in the face of the enemy.

While the overwhelming majority of all Order of Glory awards was for combat valour in the Second World War (or the Great Patriotic War as it is known in Russia and some other post-Soviet states), there are documented instances of awards of the order's lowest class - its third class - for post-war Soviet military operations. Numbering among these were Order of Glory Third Class awards authorised for Soviet operations in support of the Korean War from 1950 to 1953 as well as for the Soviet invasion of Hungary in autumn of 1956. A small number of Order of Glory Third Class awards was also made in connection with armed border clashes with the People's Republic of China in 1969.

The order became defunct with the dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 1992, the Cross of St. George was revived to serve the same purpose of recognising enlisted personnel bravery.

Award statute

The original statute from the 1943 decree establishing the Order stated that: "the Order of Glory is awarded to privates and sergeants of the Red Army, and to aviation junior lieutenants, who displayed glorious feats of bravery, courage and fearlessness in combat for the Soviet Motherland."

Award criteria

Below are the specific award criteria for both ground troops and aviators.

Full Cavaliers (all 3 classes)

  • Seitnebi Abduramanov
  • Ivan Drachenko
  • Pavel Dubinda
  • Duda Enginoev
  • Matrena Necheporchukova
  • Nina Pavlovna Petrova
  • Danutė Stanelienė
  • Nasibulla Velilayev
  • Nadezhda Zhurkina
  • Noah Dumbadze

Recipients of the 2nd and 3rd classes

  • Kanti Abdurakhmanov
  • Evgeniy Chuikov
  • Agadadash Samedov
  • Roza Shanina
  • Heinrich Schultz

Recipients of the 3rd class

  • Talgat Bigeldinov
  • Genri Koptev-Gomolov
  • Oles Honchar
  • Mirza Jabiyev
  • Yusif Mammadaliyev
  • Mikhail Mikhalkov
  • Sergei Osipov
  • Mikhail Tanich
  • Vladimir Teplyakov
  • US Army Sgt. Max Thompson
  • Ivan Varichev
  • Vadim Igorovich Skarzhinsky

See also

  • List of recipients of four Orders of Glory
  • Order of St George
  • Cross of St George
  • Georgian Ribbon
  • Russian Guards
  • Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union

References

  • Legal Library of the USSR
  • The Russian Gazette