Order of the October Revolution

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The Order of the October Revolution was one of the highest Soviet state decorations, awarded for outstanding services in strengthening socialism and the Soviet state, particularly in connection with the legacy of the 1917 October Revolution.

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Order of the October Revolution canonical 26

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet order ⓘ
order ⓘ
state decoration ⓘ
awardedBy Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
awardedForCivilMerit true ⓘ
awardedForMilitaryMerit true ⓘ
awardedIn Soviet Union ⓘ
awardFor outstanding services in strengthening socialism ⓘ
outstanding services in strengthening the Soviet state ⓘ
services in furthering the legacy of the October Revolution ⓘ
services to the state and society ⓘ
commemorates 50th anniversary of the October Revolution ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
discontinued 1991 ⓘ
establishedBy Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ⓘ
establishedOn 1967-10-31 ⓘ
firstAwarded 1967 ⓘ
followedByInRank Order of the Red Banner ⓘ
hasCentralElement red enameled pentagon with the inscription "October Revolution" ⓘ
hasColor red ⓘ
hasDepiction image of the Aurora cruiser ⓘ
hasRibbonColor light blue stripe ⓘ
red ⓘ
hasSymbol Aurora cruiser ⓘ
hammer and sickle ⓘ
surface form: golden hammer and sickle

red star ⓘ
inception 1967 ⓘ
lastAwarded 1991 ⓘ
material enamel ⓘ
gold plating ⓘ
silver ⓘ
motto Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution
namedAfter Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: Great October Socialist Revolution

Russian Revolution ⓘ
surface form: October Revolution
notableRecipient Aurora cruiser ⓘ
Leningrad ⓘ
surface form: City of Leningrad

Moscow ⓘ
surface form: City of Moscow
numberOfAwards approximately 106000 ⓘ
precededByInRank Order of Lenin ⓘ
shape five-pointed star ⓘ
status no longer awarded ⓘ
typicalRecipients Soviet citizens ⓘ
administrative regions ⓘ
cities ⓘ
factories ⓘ
foreign citizens ⓘ
institutions ⓘ
military units ⓘ

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Soviet system of orders, medals and titles → topOrder → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Leonid Brezhnev → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Vasily Chuikov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Yuri Andropov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Konstantin Chernenko → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Ivan Konev → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Alexei Kosygin → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Mikhail Suslov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Anastas Mikoyan → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Nikolai Ryzhkov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Wojciech Jaruzelski → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Wilhelm Pieck → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Order of Friendship of Peoples → follows → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Boris Yeltsin → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Rodion Malinovsky → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Sergei Akhromeyev → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Ivan Bagramyan → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Kirill Meretskov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Eduard Shevardnadze → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Dmitry Ustinov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Andrei Gromyko → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Alexei Leonov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Mikhail Sholokhov → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Valentina Tereshkova → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Marian Spychalski → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ
Valentin Glushko → awardReceived → Order of the October Revolution ⓘ