Red Banner (russian: Красное знамя) was a symbol of revolutionary struggle used late

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, in

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, and in the

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and the background of the Soviet state flag and other similar flags. Military units, institutions and organizations (of the

Soviet Army uk, Радянська армія , image = File:Communist star with golden border and red rims.svg , alt = , caption = Emblem of the Soviet Army , start_date ...

, Soviet Navy, MVD Internal Troops, etc.) awarded with the

Order of the Red Banner The Order of the Red Banner (russian: Орден Красного Знамени, Orden Krasnogo Znameni) was the first Soviet military decoration. The Order was established on 16 September 1918, during the Russian Civil War by decree of th ...

are referred to with the

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title "of the Red Banner" (Краснознамённый (''krasnoznamyonny''), e.g. The Red Banner Baltic Fleet or " The Twice Red Banner Alexandrov Soviet Army Choir"). Civilian establishments awarded the

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

are also sometimes addressed with the "Red-Banner"

Transferable Red Banner

The Transferable Red Banner (russian: переходящее Красное знамя) was an award for collectives, winners in

socialist emulation Socialist competition or socialist emulation (, "sotsialisticheskoye sorevnovanie", or , "sotssorevnovanie") was a form of competition between state enterprises and between individuals practiced in the Soviet Union and in other Eastern bloc state ...

contests at various Soviet work places. The term "transferable" means that for a given kind of competition at a given establishment (enterprise, school, institute, clinic, etc.) or category of establishments (e.g., type of

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) there was a single physical copy of the award which was transferred to the next winner in the competition (held annually or quarterly). There were several levels of the award, depending on the level of the socialist competition: all-Union, republican,

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-wide, industry-wide, enterprise/institution-wide, etc. A similar award existed in a number of other

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Red banner in Soviet law

A new article, 190, was included in the

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in 1960s. It provided imprisonment for anti-Soviet agitation (part 1), for participation in unauthorized meetings (part 2) and for defamation of the Soviet coat of arms and the Red Banner (part 3).

Gallery

Image:Order of Red Banner of Labor thumb.png, Order of the Red Banner of Labour Image:Soviet_anniversary_medal_for_the_Transbaikal_Military_District.jpg, An anniversary medal for the Red Banner

Transbaikal Transbaikal, Trans-Baikal, Transbaikalia ( rus, Забайка́лье, r=Zabaykalye, p=zəbɐjˈkalʲjɪ), or Dauria (, ''Dauriya'') is a mountainous region to the east of or "beyond" (trans-) Lake Baikal in Far Eastern Russia. The steppe and ...

military district Military districts (also called military regions) are formations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which are responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and ...

References

{{reflist Military of the Soviet Union Soviet awards

Transferable Red Banner

Red banner in Soviet law

Gallery

See also

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