Order of Victory

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military decoration order of chivalry

The Order of Victory was the highest Soviet military decoration awarded to senior commanders for outstanding leadership in World War II.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	military decoration → order of chivalry →
awardedBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
awardFor	outstanding military leadership →
awardingAuthority	Supreme Command of the Red Army →
awardingCriteria	successful large-scale operations resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army →
centralMotive	Kremlin wall with Spasskaya Tower →
conflict	World War II →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
discontinued	post-World War II period →
eligibility	foreign military leaders → generals → heads of state → marshals → senior military commanders →
establishedBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
grade	single-class order →
highestAwardedBy	Soviet Union →
historicalPeriod	Great Patriotic War →
inception	1943-10-20 →
languageOfName	Russian →
lastAwarded	1945 →
materialUsed	diamonds → gold → platinum → rubies → silver →
nativeName	Орден «Победа» →
notableRecipient	Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Bernard Montgomery → Bolesław Bierut → Dwight D. Eisenhower → Georgy Zhukov → Ivan Konev → Joseph Stalin → Josip Broz Tito → Konstantin Rokossovsky → Michał Rola-Żymierski →
rarity	one of the rarest military orders in history →
ribbonColor	light blue →
shape	five-pointed star →
status	no longer awarded →
symbolizes	decisive victory over Nazi Germany →
totalAwards	20 →
totalRecipients	20 →
translationOfName	Order "Victory" →
usedBy	Red Army → Soviet Armed Forces →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aleksandr Vasilevsky → Georgy Zhukov → Josip Broz Tito →	awardReceived
Joseph Stalin →	awarded
Order of Victory ("Орден «Победа»") →	nativeName
Order of Victory ("Order "Victory"") →	translationOfName