The Order of the Badge of Honour (russian: орден «Знак Почёта», orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the

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. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity; for promotion of economic, scientific, technological, cultural and other ties between the USSR and other countries; and also for significant contribution to basic and applied research. The order was awarded 1,574,368 times. The "Order of the Badge of Honour" was replaced by the "Order of Honour" (russian: Орден Почёта) by a Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on 28 December 1988. Following the USSR dissolution, it was replaced by the " Order of Honour" of the

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, established by Presidential Decree no. 442 of 2 March 1994.Ельцин, Б.Н. (2 марта 1993 г.)
"Указ Президента Россиийской Федерации о госудаственных наградах Российской Федерации"

Notable recipients

* Alisa Aksyonova * Svetlana Alexievich * Araxie Babayan *

Vadim Bakatin Vadim Viktorovich Bakatin (russian: link=no, Вадим Викторович Бакатин; 6 November 1937 – 31 July 2022) was a Russian politician who served as the last chairman of the KGB in 1991. He was the last surviving former chairm ...

* Fyokla Bezzubova * Vasili Blokhin * Evdokia Bobyleva *

Oleg Bogomolov Oleg Alexeyevich Bogomolov (russian: Оле́г Алексе́евич Богомо́лов) was the governor of Kurgan Oblast, Russia. He was born in Petukhovo in Kurgan Oblast on October 4, 1950. He became a member of the Kurgan Oblast ...

* Mariya Borodayevskaya *

Boris Dobrodeev Boris Tikhonovich Dobrodeyev (28 April 1927 – 23 September 2022) was a Russian screenwriter. He was honored with the medals Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", Order of Friendship, Order of the Badge of Honour, Lenin Prize, Vasilyev Brothers ...

Ivan Dubasov Ivan Ivanovich Dubasov (russian: Иван Иванович Дубасов) (30 November 1897, Odintsovo, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire – 15 March 1988, Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR) was a Russian artist active in the Soviet Union. He was ...

* Alaksandar Dubko * Kim Pen Hwa * Faina Kotkowa *

Viacheslav Fetisov Viacheslav Alexandrovich "Slava" Fetisov (Russian: Вячеслав Александрович Фетисов, ''Vjačeslav Aleksandrovič Fetisov''; born 20 April 1958) is a Russian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for HC CS ...

Mikhail Gorbachev Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (2 March 1931 – 30 August 2022) was a Soviet politician who served as the 8th and final leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 to the country's dissolution in 1991. He served as General Secretary of the Com ...

* Anna Haava * Zulfi Hajiyev * Yaroslav Halan * Rufina IsakovaИсакова, Руфина Афанасьевна
// Казахстан. Национальная энциклопедия. — Алматы: Қазақ энциклопедиясы, 2005. — Т. II. — ISBN 9965-9746-3-2. * Kasymaly Jantöshev * Ivan Kalita * Oleg Kalugin * Shavarsh Karapetyan * Klaudia Sergejewna Kildisheva * Sergey Korolyov * Galina Kulakova * Aleksandr Kurlovich *

Viktor Kuzkin Viktor Grigorievich Kuzkin (July 6, 1940 – June 24, 2008) was an ice hockey defender who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963. He ...

* Valentin Ivanov *

Larisa Latynina Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (russian: link=yes, Лариса Семёновна Латынина, née Diriy, Дирий; born 27 December 1934) is a former Soviet artistic gymnast. Between 1956 and 1964 she won 14 individual Olympic medals and ...

Vladimir Lutchenko Vladimir Yakovlevich Lutchenko (born January 2, 1949 in Ramenskoye, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. Lutchenko played for HC CSKA Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hal ...

Aleksandr Maltsev Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...

Leila Mardanshina Leila Hanipovna Mardanshina (russian: Ляйла Ханиповна Марданшина; 15 May 1927 – 10 September 2017) was a Soviet and Russian oil and gas operator who worked at the No. 2 oil field of the Tuimazaneft Oil Production Departm ...

* Boris Mayorov * Natalya Meklin *

Natalya Melik Melikyan Natalya Melik Melikyan (Armenian: Նատալյա Մելիքի Մելիքյան) (May 20, 1906 – July 25, 1989) was an Armenian scientist. Biography Natalya Melikyan (Ter-Meliksetyan) was born on May 20, 1906, in the Murshudali Armenian-popul ...

* Mark Midler * Mariya Orlyk *

Alexander Ragulin Alexander Pavlovich "Rags" Ragulin (russian: Александр Павлович Рагулин; 5 May 1941 – 17 November 2004) was a Russian ice hockey player. He is considered one of the best defensemen in Soviet ice hock ...

* Vladimir Rvachev *

Anatoliy Smirnov Anatoliy Alekseevich Smirnov (russian: Анатолий Алексеевич Смирнов; 11 November 1941 – 15 September 2022) was a Russian economist and politician. A member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, he served as chairm ...

* Vitali Smirnov * Pavel Sukhoi * Amet-khan Sultan * Tankho Israelov *

Alina Vedmid Alina Petrovna Vedmid ( uk, Аліна Петрівна Ведмідь; 28 June 1940 – 4 September 2008) was a Ukrainian politician and agronomist who was head of the "Zorya" collective farm in the Kyiv Oblast. She worked at the Peremoga collec ...

Boris Yeltsin Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin ( rus, Борис Николаевич Ельцин, p=bɐˈrʲis nʲɪkɐˈla(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈjelʲtsɨn, a=Ru-Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin.ogg; 1 February 1931 – 23 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian politician wh ...

* Sorojon Yusufova * Igor Ursov * Shakirat Utegaziyev * Dimitri Venediktov *

Valery Khodemchuk Valery Ilyich Khodemchuk ( uk, Валерій Ілліч Ходемчук; russian: Валерий Ильич Ходемчук; 24 March 195126 April 1986) was a Soviet engineer who was the night shift circulating pump operator at the Chernobyl ...

* Nina Viktorovna Pigulevskaya *

Eliso Virsaladze Eliso Virsaladze ( ka, ელისო ვირსალაძე; born September 14, 1942) is a Georgian pianist. Biography She was born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR. Her father Constantine Virsaladze was a prominent doctor and scientist, so w ...

* Alexander Aslanikashvili

References

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Notable recipients

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