Order of the Red Banner

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The Soviet government of Russia established the Order of the Battle Red Banner, better-known as the Order of the Red Banner (in Russian: Орден Крaсного Знамени Orden Krasnogo Znameni) on September 16, 1918 during the Russian Civil War. The first recipient was Vasily Blyukher^[1] on September 28, 1918^[2]. It continued later on as the award of the Soviet government of the Soviet Union. The Soviet Union established the all-Soviet Order of the Red Banner on August 1, 1924.

During the Russian Civil War there existed similarly-named orders established by the governments of several other constituent and nonconstituent Soviet republics.

The Order of the Red Banner recognised military deeds. Before the establishment of the Order of Lenin on April 6, 1930, the Order of the Red Banner functioned as the highest (and practically the only) military order of the USSR. Practically all well-known Soviet commanders became Cavaliers of the Order of the Red Banner.

The order consisted of a white-enamelled badge, which had a golden Hammer and Sickle badge surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat on a Red Star, backed by crossed hammer, plough, torch and a red flag bearing the motto Proletarians (Workers) of the World, Unite!. This was surrounded by two golden panicles of wheat; at the bottom was the letters "CCCP" (USSR).

The Order was originally presented as a badge, which was worn on the left chest. A ribbon attachment was added, which consisted of a red ribbon bearing a wide white central stripe and a narrow white stripe on the edges.

Contents 1 Recipients 2 Trivia 3 See also 4 Reference 5 External link

[edit] Recipients

• Vasily Blyukher
• Nikolai Vlasik
• Kim Philby
• David Dragunsky
• Ivan Fedyuninsky
• Leonid Govorov
• Mikhail Vasilyevich Vodopianov
• Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich
• Aleksandr Vasilevsky
• Rodion Malinovsky
• Vasily Zaytsev
• Gayk Bzhishkyan
• Semyon Timoshenko
• Leon Trotsky
• Nina Romashkova
• Sergei Biriuzov
• Ios Teper
• Issa Pliyev
• Aleksei Grigorievich Stakhanov
• Yevgeny Khrunov
• Pavel Dybenko
• Pavel Soloviev
• Vyacheslav Ivanovich Zof

[edit] Trivia

• In George Orwell's Animal Farm, a satire on the Soviet Union, an order called the Order of the Green Banner is created.

[edit] See also

• Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
• 32nd Rifle Division
• Order of Lenin
• Order of the October Revolution
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour
• Red Banner Northern Fleet

[edit] Reference

1. ^ Great Russian Encyclopedia (2005), Moscow: Bol'shaya Rossiyskaya enciklopediya Publisher, vol. 3, p. 618.
2. ^ Great Soviet Encyclopedia, 3rd edition, entry on "Блюхер", available online [1]

[edit] External link

• Order of The Red Banner Reference Page