Soviet system of orders, medals and titles

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award system state honors system

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet campaign medal system	1
Soviet honours system	1

Statements (58)

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 ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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