Soviet system of orders, medals and titles

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The Soviet system of orders, medals and titles was a state-controlled hierarchy of honors used in the USSR to reward military valor, labor achievements, and contributions to socialist society.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf award system
state honors system
abolished 1991
controlledBy government of the Soviet Union
country Soviet Union
eligibility Soviet citizens
cities and organizations
foreign citizens
military units
hasPart civilian decorations of the Soviet Union
honorary titles of the Soviet Union
labor awards of the Soviet Union
medals of the Soviet Union
military decorations of the Soviet Union
orders of the Soviet Union
state prizes of the Soviet Union
ideology Marxism–Leninism
socialism
includesMedal Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal for Battle Merit
Medal for Courage
Medal for Labour Valour
Medal for Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad
Medal for the Defence of Moscow
Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad
Medal for the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945
includesTitle Hero of Socialist Labour
Hero of the Soviet Union
Honoured Scientist of the RSFSR
Honoured Worker of Culture of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the USSR
People's Teacher of the USSR
legalBasis decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
symbolizes recognition of service to the socialist state
timePeriod 1920s–1991
topAward Hero of Socialist Labour
Hero of the Soviet Union
topOrder Order of Alexander Nevsky
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Glory
Order of Kutuzov
Order of Lenin
Order of Suvorov
Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the October Revolution
Order of the Patriotic War
Order of the Patriotic War
surface form: Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class

Order of the Patriotic War
surface form: Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class

Order of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Star
usedFor rewarding contributions to socialist society
rewarding labor achievements
rewarding military valor

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Hero of Socialist Labour partOf Soviet system of orders, medals and titles
Medal for the Defence of Leningrad partOf Soviet system of orders, medals and titles
this entity surface form: Soviet campaign medal system
Hammer and Sickle gold medal usedIn Soviet system of orders, medals and titles
this entity surface form: Soviet honours system