The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian

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, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the

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. The order was awarded to: * Civilians for outstanding services rendered to the State * Members of the armed forces for exemplary service * Those who promoted friendship and cooperation between people and in strengthening peace * Those with meritorious services to the Soviet state and society From 1944 to 1957, before the institution of a specific length of service medals, the Order of Lenin was also used to reward 25 years of conspicuous military service. Those who were awarded the titles " Hero of the Soviet Union" and " Hero of Socialist Labour" were also given the order as part of the award. It was also bestowed on cities, companies, factories, regions, military units, and ships. Various educational institutions and military units who received the said Order applied the full name of the order into their official titles.

Design

The first design of the Order of Lenin was sculpted by Pyotr Tayozhny and Ivan Shadr based on sketches by Ivan Dubasov. It was made by

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of silver with some lightly gold-plated features. It was a round badge with a central disc featuring

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov. ( 1870 – 21 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin,. was a Russian revolutionary, politician, and political theorist. He served as the first and founding head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 to 1 ...

's profile surrounded by smokestacks, a tractor and a building, possibly a power plant. A thin red-enamelled border and a circle of wheat panicles surrounded the disc. At the top was a gold-plated " hammer and sickle" emblem, and at the bottom were the Russian initials for "USSR" (russian: СССР) in red enamel. Only about 800 of this design were minted. It was awarded between 1930–1932. The second design was awarded from 1934 until 1936. This was a solid gold badge, featuring a silver plated disc bearing Lenin's portrait. The disc is surrounded by two

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en panicles of

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, and a red flag with "LENIN" in Cyrillic script (russian: ЛЕНИН). A red star is placed on the left and the "hammer and sickle" emblem at the bottom, both in red enamel. The third design was awarded from 1936 until 1943. The design was the same as previous, but the central disc was gray enamelled and Lenin's portrait was a separate piece made of platinum fixed by

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s. The fourth design was awarded from 1943 until 1991. Design was the same as previous, but was worn as a medal suspended from a ribbon (all previous were screwback). The badge was originally worn by screwback on the left chest without a ribbon. Later it was worn as a medal suspended from a red ribbon with pairs of yellow stripes at the edges (see image above). The

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is of the same design. The portrait of Lenin was originally a riveted

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piece. For a time it was incorporated into a one-piece gold badge, but finally returned as a separate platinum piece until the dissolution of the USSR in 1991. File:Type 1 Order of Lenin replica.jpg, Order of Lenin type 1 (1930–32) File:Order of Lenin type2.jpg, Order of Lenin type 2 (1934–36) File:Order of Lenin type3.jpg, Order of Lenin type 3 (1936–43) File:Order of Lenin badge with ribbon.png, Order of Lenin type 4 (1943–91)

Recipients

The first Order of Lenin was awarded to the newspaper '' Komsomolskaya Pravda'' on 23 May 1930. Also among the first ten recipients were five industrial companies, three pilots, and the Secretary to the Central Executive Committee

Avel Enukidze Avel Safronovich Yenukidze ( ka, აბელ ენუქიძე, ''Abel Enukidze'', ; russian: А́вель Сафронович Енуки́дзе; – 30 October 1937) was a prominent Georgian "Old Bolshevik" and, at one point, a member of ...

. The first person to be awarded a second Order of Lenin was the pilot

Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo ...

in 1936. Another pilot,

Vladimir Kokkinaki Vladimir Konstantinovich Kokkinaki (russian: Владимир Константинович Коккинаки; – 6 January 1985) was a test pilot in the Soviet Union, notable for setting twenty-two world records and serving as president of the ...

, became the first to receive a third Order in 1939. The first five foreign recipients – who were presented with the Order on May 17, 1932 – comprised a German and four

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, one of whom was Frank Bruno Honey. They received the award for helping in the reconstruction of Soviet industry and agriculture, during 1931–1934. 431,418 orders were awarded in total, with the last on 21 December 1991.

Most frequent

* 11 times: ** Nikolay Patolichev, longtime Minister for Foreign Trade of the USSR **

Dmitriy Ustinov Dmitriy Fyodorovich Ustinov (russian: Дмитрий Фёдорович Устинов; 30 October 1908 – 20 December 1984) was a Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet politician during the Cold War. He served as a Central Committee se ...

, Defence Minister in 1976–1984 * 10 times: **

Efim Slavsky Efim is a given name, also spelled as Yefim. It is possibly derived from the Greek name Euthymios (Εὐθύμιος; ; latinized as Euthymius). Notable people with the name include: *Efim Alexandrov (born 1960), Russian-Jewish comedian *Efim Bogol ...

, Head of Sredmash, the ministry responsible for nuclear industry, in 1957–1986 **

Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Я́ковлев; 22 August 1989) was a Soviet aeronautical engineer. He designed the Yakovlev military aircraft and founded the Yakovlev Design Bureau. Yakovlev ...

, aircraft designer * 9 times: ** , Minister of Aviation Industry 1953–1977 **

Vasily Ryabikov Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fro ...

, defence industry official, co-head (together with

Sergey Korolev Sergei Pavlovich Korolev (russian: Сергей Павлович Королёв, Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov, sʲɪrˈɡʲej ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ kərɐˈlʲɵf, Ru-Sergei Pavlovich Korolev.ogg; ukr, Сергій Павлович Корольов, ...

) of the first Sputnik project **

Nikolay Semyonov Nikolay Nikolayevich Semyonov (or Semënov), (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Семёнов; – 25 September 1986) (often referred to in English as Semenoff, Semenov, Semionov, or Semyonova) was a Soviet physicist and chem ...

, winner of 1956

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in chemistry ** Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov; president of the Soviet Academy of Sciences (1975–1986) **

Vasily Chuikov Vasily Ivanovich Chuikov (russian: link=no, Васи́лий Ива́нович Чуйко́в; ; – 18 March 1982) was a Soviet military commander and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He is best known for commanding the 62nd Army which saw h ...

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commander ** Ivan Papanin, polar explorer * 8 times: **

Leonid Brezhnev Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev; uk, links= no, Леонід Ілліч Брежнєв, . (19 December 1906– 10 November 1982) was a Soviet politician who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union between 1964 and ...

, General Secretary of the Soviet Union **

Kliment Voroshilov Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov (, uk, Климент Охрімович Ворошилов, ''Klyment Okhrimovyč Vorošylov''), popularly known as Klim Voroshilov (russian: link=no, Клим Вороши́лов, ''Klim Vorošilov''; 4 Februa ...

, Marshal of the Soviet Union

Notable collective recipients

* All fifteen republics of the Soviet Union * Komsomol, the Young Communist League *

LOMO LOMO (russian: Ленинградское Oптико-Mеханическое Oбъединение, Leningradskoye Optiko-Mekhanicheskoye Obyedinenie, Leningrad Optical Mechanical Association) is a manufacturer of medical and motion-picture lens ...

, Leningrad Optical-Mechanical Corporation *

ZIL OJSC AMO ZiL, known fully as the Public Joint-Stock Company – Likhachov Plant () and more commonly called ZiL (, was a major Russian automobile, truck, military vehicle, and heavy equipment manufacturer that was based in Moscow, Russia. The la ...

, automobile manufacturer (for their manufacturing of weapons and ammunition) *

Kryvorizhstal ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih (former Kryvorizhstal ( uk, Криворіжсталь) is Ukraine's largest integrated steel company, founded in 1934 and located in Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine. Bought in 2005 by Mittal Steel, the steel plant is ...

, massively successful and profitable steel mill * Moscow Region * '' Komsomolskaya Pravda'' newspaper * '' Pravda'' newspaper * Cities of

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Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: cities' alternative names), is an industrial city in eastern Ukraine loca ...

, and

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg ( ; rus, Екатеринбург, p=jɪkətʲɪrʲɪnˈburk), alternatively romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( rus, Свердло́вск, , svʲɪrˈdlofsk, 1924–1991), is a city and the administra ...

* 62nd Army for extraordinary valor in the

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* Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI" * Soviet ship Stary Bolshevik, for the courage in

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Notable individual recipients

* Sergey Afanasyev (Soviet "Space Minister", awarded 7 times) *

Aziz Aliyev Aziz Mammad Karim oghlu Aliyev ( az, Əziz Məmməd Kərim oğlu Əliyev; 20 December 1896 – 27 July 1962) was an Azerbaijani, Dagestani, and Soviet politician, scientist, and member of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR. He was the father-in-law o ...

(Azerbaijani and Dagestani politician and scientist, awarded 2 times) * Sona Akhundova-Bagirbekova (Azerbaijani ophthalmologist) * Clyde G. Armistead and William Latimer Lavery ( American air mechanics awarded for participation in search and rescue operations of the steamship '' Cheliuskin'') *

George Avakian George Mesrop Avakian (; russian: Геворк Авакян; March 15, 1919 – November 22, 2017) was an American record producer, artist manager, writer, educator and executive. Best known for his work from 1939 to the early 1960s at Decca Re ...

American record producer who promoted international musical exchange between Russian and American musicians. * Valeriy Borzov (Soviet Ukrainian sprinter) * Gertrude Boyarski (Polish partisan during WWII) * Emilian Bukov (Soviet writer for the Moldavian SSR, awarded 2 times) * Bill Booth (for parachuting into the North Pole) * Lyudmila Byakova (Russian seamstress) * Sukarno (President of Indonesia) * Fidel Castro (President of Cuba) * Konstantin Chelpan (Chief designer of the

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engine) * Luis Corvalán (secretary general of the

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) * Álvaro Cunhal (Portuguese politician and writer; instrumental in the overthrow of the fascist dictatorial regime of Estado Novo) * Sripat Amrit Dange (Indian Communist leader who had strongly endorsed pro-Soviet views) He was a founding member of the Communist Party of India (CPI). He also worked as Chairman of Communist Party of India (CPI) for 19 years, was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1974. *

Valentina Dimitrieva Valentina Dmitrievna Dimitrieva (russian: Валентина Дмитриевна Дмитриева; 16/25 September 1937 – 18 February 2019) was a Soviet Russian farm worker, production leader and politician who worked at the Motor Bolishebik ...

(farm worker) * Chandra Rajeswara Rao (He was one of the leaders of the Telangana Rebellion (1946–1951). He also worked as Communist Party of India (CPI) General Secretary for 28 years, was awarded the Order of Lenin in 1974.) * Joseph Davies (American diplomat who strongly supported Stalin and the Soviet Union) * Sergei Eisenstein (film director) * Roza Eldarova (Chairwoman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Dagestan ASSR, member of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR) * Zinaida Yermolyeva ( biochemist, independently synthesized penicillin for the Soviet military during

) *

Muhammed Faris Muhammed Ahmed Faris ( ar, محمد أحمد فارس, ''Muḥammad ʾAḥmad Fāris''; born 26 May 1951) is a Syrian military aviator. He was the first Syrian and the second Arab in space. Career Born in Aleppo, Syria, he was a pilot in the Sy ...

(Syrian research cosmonaut, July 30, 1987) *

Yuri Gagarin Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin; Gagarin's first name is sometimes transliterated as ''Yuriy'', ''Youri'', or ''Yury''. (9 March 1934 – 27 March 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space. T ...

(

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, first human being in outer space) *

Israel Gelfand Israel Moiseevich Gelfand, also written Israïl Moyseyovich Gel'fand, or Izrail M. Gelfand ( yi, ישראל געלפֿאַנד, russian: Изра́иль Моисе́евич Гельфа́нд, uk, Ізраїль Мойсейович Гел� ...

(Soviet mathematician, awarded 3 times) * Mikhail Girshovich (Major-General) * Kim Pen Hwa (collective farm manager, awarded 4 times) * Enver Hoxha (Leader of the People's Republic of Albania) * Pinkhus Turjan (Soviet Captain) *

Otto Grotewohl Otto Emil Franz Grotewohl (; 11 March 1894 – 21 September 1964) was a German politician who served as the first prime minister of the German Democratic Republic (GDR/East Germany) from its foundation in October 1949 until his death in Septembe ...

(former prime minister of GDR) *

Armand Hammer Armand Hammer (May 21, 1898 – December 10, 1990) was an American business manager and owner, most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran from 1957 until his death. Called "Lenin's chosen capitalist" by the press, ...

(American businessman and philanthropist) *

Erich Honecker Erich Ernst Paul Honecker (; 25 August 1912 – 29 May 1994) was a German communist politician who led the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) from 1971 until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. He held the posts ...

(former leader of GDR) * Sergey Ilyushin (Soviet pilot and aircraft designer, awarded 8 times) *

Wojciech Jaruzelski Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski (; 6 July 1923 – 25 May 2014) was a Polish military officer, politician and ''de facto'' leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 until 1989. He was the First Secretary of the Polish United Workers' Party b ...

(former leader of People's Republic of Poland) * Mikhail Kalashnikov (designer of the

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and AK-100 assault rifles along with RPK and PK machine guns)# *

Juho Kusti Paasikivi Juho Kusti Paasikivi (; 27 November 1870 – 14 December 1956) was the seventh president of Finland (1946–1956). Representing the Finnish Party until its dissolution in 1918 and then the National Coalition Party, he also served as Prime Minister ...

( President of Finland 1946-1956) *

Urho Kekkonen Urho Kaleva Kekkonen (; 3 September 1900 – 31 August 1986), often referred to by his initials UKK, was a Finnish politician who served as the eighth and longest-serving president of Finland from 1956 to 1982. He also served as prime minister ...

(President of Finland 1956-1982) * Mauno Koivisto (President of Finland 1982-1994) * Raïssa Koublitskaïa (Soviet Belarusian agricultural worker and politician, awarded twice) * Nikita Khrushchev (Chairman of the Council of Peoples Commissars, Soviet Union) * Klavdiya Kildsheva (1917 - 1994), aviation engineer and Hero of Socialist Labor *

Kim Il-sung Kim Il-sung (; , ; born Kim Song-ju, ; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he ruled from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. He held the posts of ...

(President of North Korea, awarded 2 times) * Yevheniia Kucherenko (Ukrainian pedagogue of the Ukrainian language and literature) * Igor Kurchatov (physicist, leader of the

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, awarded 5 times) *

Yanka Kupala Yanka Kupala, also spelled Janka Kupała ( be, Янка Купала; – 28 June 1942), was the pen name of Ivan Daminikavič Lutsevič (), a Belarusian poet and writer. Biography Early life Kupala was born on July 7, 1882, in Viazynka, ...

( Belarusian poet, for the book «Ад сэрца» rom the heart *

Vladimir Komarov Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov ( rus, Влади́мир Миха́йлович Комаро́в, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr mʲɪˈxajləvʲɪtɕ kəmɐˈrof; 16 March 1927 – 24 April 1967) was a Soviet test pilot, aerospace engineer, and cosmonaut. ...

(Cosmonaut, first cosmonaut to fly in space twice and first man to die on a space mission, awarded twice) *

Vladimir Konovalov Rear Admiral Vladimir Konstantinovich Konovalov, Владимир Константинович Коновалов ( – 29 November 1967) was a Soviet Navy distinguished submarine commander during World War II. Born as Vulf Kalmanovich Konov ...

(sub-commander and admiral, awarded 3 times) *

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(Russian naval engineer, applied mathematician and memoirist, awarded 3 times) *

Luigi Longo Luigi Longo (15 March 1900 – 16 October 1980), also known as Gallo, was an Italian communist politician and secretary of the Italian Communist Party from 1964 to 1972. He was also the first foreigner to be awarded an Order of Lenin. Early ...

(

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; Political commissar of the XII International Brigade in Spain (1936–1938), deputy commander of the Freedom Volunteers Corp (1943–1945) and secretary (1964–1972) and president (1972–1980) of the Italian Communist Party) * Fariza Magomadova ( Chechen boarding school director and pioneer for

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) * Nelson Mandela (South African leader) * Leila Mardanshina (Soviet gas and oil operator) * Kirill Mazurov (Belarusian Soviet politician) *

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(Spanish NKVD agent, assassinated Leon Trotsky) * Boris Mikhailov (Soviet ice hockey team captain in the 1970s and 1980s) * Shoista Mullodzhanova ( Bukharian Jewish Shashmakom singer) * Alexander Morozov (designer of the

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) * Yelena Mukhina (gymnast, 1960–2006) * Rahmon Nabiyev (First Secretary of the Communist party of Tajikistan, later president of Tajikistan) * Alexander Nadiradze (Soviet Georgian scientist who developed the first mobile ICBM systems) * Gamal Abdel Nasser (Egyptian president) *

Vilyam Genrikhovich Fisher Rudolf Ivanovich Abel (russian: Рудольф Иванович Абель), real name William August Fisher (11 July 1903 – 15 November 1971), was a Soviet intelligence officer. He adopted his alias when arrested on charges of conspiracy by ...

(Soviet spy) * Fyodor Okhlopkov (

hero) * Nikolai Ostrovsky (Soviet author, 1904–1936) * Lyudmila Pavlichenko (Soviet sniper World War II, two times) * Mausuza Vanakhun (Soviet military officer, Dungan national hero) * Yevgeny Pepelyaev (fighter pilot in the

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) * Maya Plisetskaya (Prima Ballerina Bolshoi Ballet Company, one time 1964) * Kim Philby (British/Soviet

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) * Neville Ramsbottom-Isherwood (commander of Operation Benedict, an RAF fighter wing that defended

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in late 1941) *

Konstantin Rokossovsky Konstantin Konstantinovich (Xaverevich) Rokossovsky ( Russian: Константин Константинович Рокоссовский; pl, Konstanty Rokossowski; 21 December 1896 – 3 August 1968) was a Soviet and Polish officer who bec ...

(World War II

Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union (russian: Маршал Советского Союза, Marshal sovetskogo soyuza, ) was the highest military rank of the Soviet Union. The rank of Marshal of the Soviet Union was created in 1935 and abolished in 19 ...

, awarded 7 times) *

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(Estonian communist leader, later president of the independent Estonia) *

Anatoly Sagalevich Anatoly Mikhailovich Sagalevich (russian: Анатолий Михайлович Сагалевич; born 5 September 1938) is a Russian explorer, who works at the Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (USSR Academy ...

(underwater explorer, creator of the MIR DSV) * Belisario Sanchez Mateos (Spanish painter, sculptor and social activist) *

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Senatorov Aleksandr Sergeevich Senatorov (russian: Александр Сергеевич Сенаторов; 8 October 1912 – 24 January 1993) was a lieutenant-general in the Soviet Air Force. Biography Born in the village of Vyshelej, Penza Oblast to ...

* Dmitri Shostakovich (Soviet composer, awarded three times) * Mikhail Shumayev (nuclear physicist, engineer and chemist) *

Ivan Sidorenko Ivan Mikhailovich Sidorenko (russian: Ива́н Миха́йлович Сидоре́нко; 12 September 1919 – 19 February 1994) was a Red Army officer and a Hero of the Soviet Union, who served during World War II. He was one of the top Sov ...

(Soviet sniper in World War II) * Sergey Spasokukotsky (surgeon and member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences, 1870–1943) * Nikolay Sutyagin (fighter pilot in World War II and Korean War) * Max Taitz (scientist in

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, theory of jet engines and flight testing of

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, one of the founders of the

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, recipient of the

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, ...

(1949 and 1953), Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR, awarded twice) *

Valentina Tereshkova Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova ( rus, Валентина Владимировна Терешкова, links=no, p=vɐlʲɪnʲˈtʲinə vlɐˈdʲimʲɪrəvnə tʲɪrʲɪʂˈkovə, a=Valentina Tereshkova.ogg; born 6 March 1937) is an engine ...

(Cosmonaut, first woman in space, awarded twice) *

Semyon Timoshenko Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko (russian: link=no, Семён Константи́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semyon Konstantinovich Timoshenko''; uk, Семе́н Костянти́нович Тимоше́нко, ''Semen Kostiantyno ...

(World War II general, awarded 5 times) * Josip Broz Tito (President of Yugoslavia 1945–1980) *

Gherman Titov Gherman Stepanovich Titov (russian: Герман Степанович Титов; 11 September 1935 – 20 September 2000) was a Soviet cosmonaut who, on 6 August 1961, became the second human to orbit the Earth, aboard Vostok 2, preceded by Y ...

(Cosmonaut, awarded twice) *

Vladislav Tretiak Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak, MSM ( rus, links=no, Владислав Александрович Третьяк, p=trʲɪˈtʲjak; born 25 April 1952) is a Russian former goaltender for the Soviet Union national ice hockey team. Considere ...

(Soviet

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

goaltender) *

Aleksandr Vasilevsky Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky ( ru , Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Василе́вский) (30 September 1895 – 5 December 1977) was a Soviet career-officer in the Red Army who attained the rank of Marshal of the Soviet ...

(Soviet marshal, awarded 8 times) * Alina Vedmid (Ukrainian politician and agronomist) * Pyotr Vershigora (Soviet major general and writer, Soviet partisan leader during World War II) * Pham Tuan (Vietnamese cosmonaut) *

Vladislav Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (russian: Владисла́в Никола́евич Во́лков; 23 November 193529 June 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions. The second mission terminated fatally.

(Cosmonaut) * Sergei Novokov (Soviet sniper during Battle of Stalingrad, and liberation of Chelmno and Majdanek camps) * Lev Yashin (Soviet football goalkeeper) * Vasily Grigoryevich Zaitsev (Soviet sniper during the Battle of Stalingrad, awarded 4 times) *

Yakov Zeldovich Yakov Borisovich Zeldovich ( be, Я́каў Бары́савіч Зяльдо́віч, russian: Я́ков Бори́сович Зельдо́вич; 8 March 1914 – 2 December 1987), also known as YaB, was a leading Soviet physicist of Bel ...

(Soviet physicist) * Georgy Zhukov (Marshal of the Soviet Union) * Lyudmila Zykina (folk singer) *

Michał Rola-Żymierski Michał Rola-Żymierski (; 4 September 189015 October 1989) was a Polish high-ranking Polish United Workers' Party, Communist Party leader, communist military commander and NKVD secret agent. He was appointed as Marshal of Poland by Joseph Stalin ...

(Marshal of Poland) * Liya Shakirova, Soviet linguist *

Joseph Stalin Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953. He held power as General Secretar ...

(1949) *

Anatoly Karpov Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov ( rus, links=no, Анато́лий Евге́ньевич Ка́рпов, p=ɐnɐˈtolʲɪj jɪvˈɡʲenʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈkarpəf; born May 23, 1951) is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Che ...

(World Chess Champion) *

Sergei Krikalev Sergei Konstantinovich Krikalev (russian: Сергей Константинович Крикалёв, also transliterated as Sergei Krikalyov; born 27 August 1958) is a Russian mechanical engineer, former cosmonaut and former head of the Yuri Ga ...

(Cosmonaut, person with most time in space) * Vasili Mikhailovich Blokhin (Soviet executioner; most prolific official executioner in recorded world history) * Vladimir Pravik (firefighter who died in the Chernobyl disaster) * Semyon Nomokonov (Soviet sniper of Buryat descent) * Dora Lazurkina (Old Bolshevik, Soviet Politician) * Vladimir Tokarenko (liquidator of Chernobyl disaster) * Clara Zetkin (member of the Communist Part of Germany and women's rights activist.) * Anatoly Solovyev (Soviet cosmonaut and pilot) * Leonid Telyatnikov (Chief of the

Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP; ; ), is a nuclear power plant undergoing decommissioning. ChNPP is located near the abandoned city of Pripyat in northern Ukraine northwest of the city of Chernobyl, from the Belarus–Ukraine borde ...

Fire Brigade, first responder to the Chernobyl disaster. Died of cancer in 2004) *

Viktor Kibenok Viktor Nikolaevich Kibenok ( ua, Віктор Миколайович Кібенок, russian: Виктор Николаевич Кибенок; 17 February 1963 11 May 1986) was a Chernobyl firefighter who was posthumously awarded the title He ...

(Chief of the

Pripyat Pripyat ( ; russian: При́пять), also known as Prypiat ( uk, При́пʼять, , ), is an abandoned city in northern Ukraine, located near the border with Belarus. Named after the nearby river, Pripyat, it was founded on 4 February 1 ...

Fire Department, first responder to the Chernobyl explosion. Died of radiation sickness on May 11th 1986) * Faina Kotkowa (Soviet weaver)

Fictional recipients

* In the

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film ''

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'', Bond is awarded the Order of Lenin, and is described as the first foreign recipient; the first real foreign recipient was

. * In IPC Publication's ''Battle Picture Weekly'', a character, "Johnny Red", is awarded the Order of Lenin for saving the life of a political commissar from a German air ace. * In the 1990 film adaption of Tom Clancy's first novel, '' The Hunt for Red October'', following an order to surrender by a US Navy ship, Captain Ramius ( Sean Connery) of ''Red October'' tells Dr. Petrov, the Chief Medical Officer (

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), "you will go with the crew; the officers and I will submerge beneath you and scuttle the ship." Dr. Petrov responds "You will receive the Order of Lenin for this, Captain." * In the movie ''

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull ''Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'' is a 2008 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and the fourth installment in the ''Indiana Jones'' series. Released and taking place 19 years after the previous ...

'', Jones's adversary Col. Irina Spalko was awarded the Order of Lenin three times. * In the video game ''Singularity'', Viktor Barisov is awarded the Order of Lenin for his work on the fictional element E99. * In Ian Fleming's novel ''From Russia With Love'', Colonel Rosa Klebb was awarded the order once and Colonel General Grubozaboyschihov was awarded it twice. * In the 2004 video game '' Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater'', weapons designer Alexander Leonovitch Granin received the Order of Lenin for his inventions. * In the ''Person of Interest''

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episode ''Razgovor'', Genrika Zherova, a Russian immigrant in New York, keeps an Order of Lenin earned by her grandfather for his services in the

KGB The KGB (russian: links=no, lit=Committee for State Security, Комитет государственной безопасности (КГБ), a=ru-KGB.ogg, p=kəmʲɪˈtʲet ɡəsʊˈdarstvʲɪn(ː)əj bʲɪzɐˈpasnəsʲtʲɪ, Komitet gosud ...

. * In a satirical political advertisement by

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, Fox News host

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was awarded the Order of Lenin for supporting Russia in its

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References

External links

Legal Library of the USSR
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lenin, Order of Lenin, Order of Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union Awards established in 1930 Awards disestablished in 1991 1930 establishments in the Soviet Union 1991 disestablishments in the Soviet Union Long service medals