Complete list of holders of the two orders of glory. Knights of St. George and the Order of Glory of the USSR

A country USSR USSR Type order Status not awarded Statistics Options Diameter 46 mm Establishment date November 8, 1943 First award November 28, 1943 Number of awards more than 1 million Sequence Senior Award Order "For Personal Courage" Junior Award Order of Labor Glory, 1st class Order of Glory at Wikimedia Commons

Order of Glory- military order of the USSR, established. The Order was awarded to enlisted personnel, sergeants and foremen of the Red Army, and in aviation to persons holding the rank of junior lieutenant. It was awarded only for personal merit; it was not awarded to military units and formations.

For courage and heroism shown in the battle on the left bank of the Vistula River on January 14, 1945 during the Vistula-Oder operation, all privates, sergeants and foremen of the 1st battalion of the 215th Red Banner Regiment of the 77th Guards Chernigov Red Banner Order of Lenin and Suvorov Rifle divisions were awarded the Order of Glory, the company commanders of this battalion were awarded the Order of the Red Banner, the platoon commanders were awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky, and the battalion commander B. N. Emelyanov and the platoon commander Guryev, Mikhail Nikolaevich became Heroes Soviet Union. The unit thus became the only one in which all fighters received the Order of Glory in one battle. For the collective feat of the soldiers of the 1st Rifle Battalion, the Military Council of the 69th Army awarded him an honorary name "Battalion of Glory" .

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The Order of Glory is awarded to privates and sergeants of the Red Army, and in aviation, to persons with the rank of junior lieutenant, who have demonstrated glorious feats of bravery, courage and fearlessness in battles for the Soviet Motherland.

The Order of Glory consists of three degrees: I, II and III degrees. The highest degree of the order is I degree. The award is made sequentially: first with the third, then with the second and finally with the first degree.

The Order of Glory is awarded to those who:

Having been the first to break into the enemy's disposition, he contributed to the success of the common cause with his personal courage;
While in the tank that caught fire, he continued to carry out his combat mission;
In a moment of danger, he saved the banner of his unit from being captured by the enemy;
With personal weapons, with accurate shooting, he destroyed from 10 to 50 enemy soldiers and officers;
In the battle, he disabled at least two enemy tanks with anti-tank gun fire;
Destroyed from one to three tanks on the battlefield or behind enemy lines with hand grenades;
Destroyed at least three enemy aircraft with artillery or machine gun fire;
Disdaining danger, he was the first to break into the enemy bunker (trench, trench or dugout), and with decisive actions destroyed his garrison;
As a result of personal reconnaissance I established weak spots enemy defense and brought our troops behind enemy lines;
Personally captured an enemy officer;
At night he removed the enemy's outpost (watch, secret) or captured it;
Personally, with resourcefulness and courage, he made his way to the enemy’s position and destroyed his machine gun or mortar;
While on a night sortie, he destroyed an enemy warehouse with military equipment;
Risking his life, he saved the commander in battle from the immediate danger that threatened him;
Neglecting personal danger, he captured the enemy’s banner in battle;
Having been wounded, after bandaging he returned to duty;
Shot down an enemy plane with his personal weapon;
Having destroyed enemy fire weapons with artillery or mortar fire, he ensured the successful actions of his unit;
Under enemy fire, he made a passage for the advancing unit through the enemy's wire barriers;
Risking his life, under enemy fire he provided assistance to the wounded during a number of battles;
While in a damaged tank, he continued to carry out a combat mission using the tank’s weapons;
He quickly crashed his tank into an enemy column, crushed it and continued to carry out his combat mission;
With his tank he crushed one or more enemy guns or destroyed at least two machine-gun nests;
While in reconnaissance, he obtained valuable information about the enemy;

A fighter pilot destroyed from two to four enemy fighter aircraft or from three to six bomber aircraft in air combat;
An attack pilot, as a result of an assault raid, destroyed from two to five enemy tanks or from three to six locomotives, or blew up a train at a railway station or stage, or destroyed at least two aircraft at an enemy airfield;
The attack pilot destroyed one or two enemy aircraft as a result of bold initiative actions in air combat;
The crew of a daytime bomber destroyed a railway train, blew up a bridge, an ammunition depot, a fuel depot, destroyed the headquarters of an enemy unit, destroyed a railway station or stage, blew up a power plant, blew up a dam, destroyed a military vessel, transport, boat, destroyed at least two enemy units at the airfield. airplanes;
The crew of a light night bomber blew up an ammunition and fuel depot, destroyed the enemy headquarters, blew up a railway train, and blew up a bridge;
The crew of a long-range night bomber destroyed a railway station, blew up an ammunition and fuel depot, destroyed a port facility, destroyed sea transport or a railway train, destroyed or burned important plant or factory;
Daylight bomber crew for daring action in aerial combat resulting in the downing of one to two aircraft;
The reconnaissance crew for successfully completing reconnaissance, which resulted in valuable data about the enemy.

The Order of Glory is awarded by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.

Those awarded the Order of Glory of all three degrees are awarded the right to confer a military rank:

privates, corporals and sergeants - petty officers;
having the rank of sergeant major - junior lieutenant;
junior lieutenants in aviation - lieutenant.

The Order of Glory is worn on the left side of the chest and, in the presence of other orders of the USSR, is located after the Order of the Badge of Honor in the order of seniority of degrees.

Description of the order

Reverse of the Order of the 3rd class

The badge of the Order of Glory is a five-pointed star measuring 46 mm between opposite vertices. The surface of the star's rays is slightly convex. On front side in the middle part of the star there is a medallion circle with a diameter of 23.5 mm with a relief image of the Kremlin with the Spasskaya Tower in the center. Along the circumference of the medallion is a laurel wreath. At the bottom of the circle there is a raised inscription “GLORY” on a red enamel ribbon.

On the reverse side of the order there is a circle with a diameter of 19 mm with a relief inscription in the middle “USSR”.

There are convex edges along the edge of the star and circle on the front side.

The badge of the Order of the 1st degree is made of gold (950 standard). The gold content in the order of the 1st degree is 28.619±1.425 g. The total weight of the order is 30.414±1.5 g.

The badge of the Order of the 2nd degree is made of silver, and the circle with the image of the Kremlin with the Spasskaya Tower is gilded. The silver content in the order of the 2nd degree is 20.302±1.222 g. The total weight of the order is 22.024±1.5 g.

The badge of the order of the 3rd degree is silver, without gilding in the central circle. The silver content in the order of the third degree is 20.549±1.388 g. The total weight of the order is 22.260±1.6 g.

The sign is connected using an eyelet and a ring to a pentagonal block covered with a silk moiré ribbon 24 mm wide. The tape has five longitudinal alternating stripes of equal width: three black and two orange. Along the edges of the tape there is one narrow orange stripe 1 mm wide.

History of the creation of the order

Initially, the soldier's order was supposed to be named after Bagration. A group of nine artists developed 26 sketches. A.V. Khrulev selected 4 of them and presented them to Stalin on October 2, 1943. It was envisaged that the order would have four degrees and be worn on a black and yellow ribbon - the colors of smoke and flame. N.I. Moskalev proposed the St. George ribbon. Stalin approved the ribbon and decided that the order would have three degrees, like the orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov. Having said that there is no victory without glory, he proposed calling the award the Order of Glory. A new sketch of the order was approved on October 23, 1943.

Full Knight of the Order of Glory

The first holders of the Order of Glory II degree in the Red Army were soldiers of the 665th separate engineer battalion of the 385th Infantry Division, Sergeant Major M. A. Bolshov, Red Army soldiers S. I. Baranov and A. G. Vlasov (order No. 634 for the troops of the 10th army dated December 10, 1943).

IN post-war years work was carried out to bring into compliance with the statute of the order the cases of repeated awarding of badges of the order of one degree and re-awarding (replacing one badge with another, the next degree). There were no special documents for full holders of the Order of Glory at that time. The recipient was given only a general order book, and it listed all three degrees of the order and other awards (if any). However, in 1975, additional benefits were introduced for full holders of the Order of Glory, giving them equal rights with Heroes of the Soviet Union. In particular, the right to assign them personal pensions of union significance, large housing benefits, the right to free travel, etc. was presented. The consequence of this was the appearance in 1976 of a special document for full holders of the order - the order book of those awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees. The first such books were issued in February 1976 by military commissariats at the place of residence of the recipients.

Current legislature Russian Federation confirms to the full holders of the Order of Glory all granted in Soviet period rights and benefits.

CAVALIERS OF THE ORDER OF GLORY THREE DEGREES

Brief biographical dictionary

EDITORIAL TEAM:
Army General D.S.SUKHORUKOV - chairman; Doctor of Historical Sciences, Colonel (A.A. BABAKOV); Major General P.S. BESHCHEV; Candidate of Historical Sciences, Colonel V.O.DINES; Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Major General V.A. ZOLOTAREV - deputy chairman; Lieutenant General O.S. KUPRIYANOV; Major General N.I.LUTSEV; Colonel V.T. PASECHNIKOV; Major General Y.I.STADNYUK; Colonel General V.A.YAKOVLEV.

AUTHOR TEAM:
A.A. Babakov (leader), A.N. Ageev, N.V. Borisov, I.V. Vlasova, P.N. Dmitriev, G.I. Zagorsky, T.N. Ilyina, G.A. Kotseruba, O.S. Kupriyanov, Yu.K. Rudenko, G.L. Rusovskaya, I.P. Chugunov, V.I. Shapochkin, V.P. Shevchuk.

Knights of the Order of Glory of three degrees: Brief biographical dictionary / Prev. ed. collegium D.S. Sukhorukov. - M.: Voen-izdat, 2000 - 703 p., with a portrait.

ISBN 5-203-1883-9.
The dictionary contains 2642 biographies of full holders of the Order of Glory. In addition, the appendix contains articles about 94 Heroes of the Soviet Union, supplementing the two-volume short biographical dictionary “Heroes of the Soviet Union”.
The vast majority of biographies include portraits.
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FROM THE EDITORIAL BOARD

The exploits of those who during the Great Patriotic War will forever remain in the people's memory. Patriotic War 1941-1945, not sparing one’s blood and life itself, brought the hour of Victory closer. Holy love for the Fatherland, ardent patriotism, just goals of the war, and the mortal threat posed by German fascism mobilized the peoples of the multinational Soviet Union to repel the enemy.
In this harsh time soviet people showed an unbending will to win, unity and dedication. Their heroism in the fight against the enemy was widespread. 11 thousand 694 soldiers of the army and navy, partisans and underground fighters were awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union for their exploits during the war, 5 million 300 thousand people were awarded orders. Among them, approximately every fifth was awarded the Order of Glory.
The Order of Glory was established on November 8, 1943. With its introduction, it was decided to turn to the glorious military traditions of the past. During the era of the Napoleonic wars in 1807, a special insignia of the military order of the Holy Great Martyr and Victorious George was introduced to reward privates and non-commissioned officers in the Russian army. Initially it had one degree, in 1856 it received four degrees, and since 1913 it began to be called the St. George Cross, as it was worn on a St. George ribbon. The continuity of the new Soviet state award being introduced was emphasized primarily by the fact that the St. George ribbon, orange and black, was also taken for the Order of Glory. Like the St. George Cross, the Order of Glory was awarded sequentially. Only those awarded the third degree could receive the second, and then the first.
These soldier's awards were similar in the meaning of their statute. The St. George Cross was awarded to lower ranks for valor on the battlefield. The statute of the Order of Glory stated: “The Order of Glory is awarded to privates and sergeants of the Red Army, and in aviation, to persons with the rank of junior lieutenant, who have shown glorious feats of bravery, courage and fearlessness in battles for the Soviet Motherland.” The tradition was preserved in the production of three degrees of the Order of Glory. If the St. George Crosses of the first and second degrees were gold, and the third and fourth were silver, then the Order of Glory of the first degree was gold, the second was silver with a golden middle, and the third was silver.
During combat operations, according to the statute, warriors of various specialties could be awarded the Order of Glory - infantrymen and air riflemen, tank crews and reconnaissance officers, artillerymen and sappers, pilots and medical instructors. The right to award the Order of Glory of the third degree was granted to division and corps commanders. Thanks to this, a distinguished fighter could be awarded military award literally on the day of the feat.
In less than two years of the Great Patriotic War, about 980 thousand soldiers were awarded the Order of Glory of the third degree, almost 46 thousand - the Order of Glory of the second degree. The first full holders of the Order of Glory on July 22, 1944 were Corporal Mitrofan Trofimovich Pitenin and Senior Sergeant Konstantin Kirillovich Shevchenko. 2,631 soldiers were awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees for feats of arms, and the pilot of the assault aviation regiment Ivan Grigorievich Drachenko, the marine Pavel Khristoforovich Dubinda and the artillerymen Nikolai Ivanovich Kuznetsov, Andrei Vasilyevich Aleshin were also awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union during the war years.
Among those awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees are the brave daughters of our Motherland: air gunner-radio operator Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Zhurkina (Kiyok), who completed 87 combat missions; sanitary instructor Matryona Semyonovna Necheporchukova (Nazdracheva), who carried out more than a hundred soldiers and commanders from the battlefield under fire; sniper Nina Pavlovna Petrova, who killed dozens of enemy soldiers and officers; machine gunner Danute Jurgio Staniliene (Markauskienė), who fought in battles from Orel to her native Lithuanian land.
Many of the heroes of the last war achieved great success in the peaceful field. Thus, full holders of the Order of Glory Maxim Konstantinovich Velichko, Pavel Andreevich Litvinenko, Anatoly Alekseevich Martynenko, Vladimir Izrailevich Peller, Khatmulla Asylgareevich Sultanov, Sergei Vasilyevich Fedorov, Vasily Timofeevich Khristenko, Mikhail Savvich Yarovoy were awarded the title of Hero for their labor achievements Socialist Labor. The successes of others are marked with orders and medals.
The exploits of the soldiers who selflessly served the Motherland and defended it during the most difficult trials are rightfully an example for future generations, a model for fulfilling military duty. This short biographical dictionary is dedicated to them, awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees.
This number did not include soldiers deprived of this award (see list on p. 676), as well as holders of three Orders of Glory, re-awarded with the Order of the 1st degree by orders of the Ministers of Defense of Russia and Ukraine (their lists are placed on p. 675, and biographies of eleven of them they are given in this publication).
"Knights of the Order of Glory of Three Degrees" - a work created in close collaboration researchers Institute military history Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation and specialists from the Main Personnel Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, and the Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The main source in compiling short biographies Knights of the Order of Glory served archival documents: award sheets, personal and award cards and other records located in the Main Personnel Directorate, the Institute of Military History, the Central Archive of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. In preparing the dictionary for publication, documentary data provided by local authorities, government agencies, military commissariats, as well as correspondence with award recipients, their relatives and information obtained during personal conversations with them were used.
The editorial board and the team of authors express sincere gratitude to all persons who provided certain information about those awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees. The compilers of the dictionary will be grateful to readers for comments, suggestions and suggestions regarding its content and design.
The brief biographical dictionary is designed for a wide range of readers interested in the history of our Motherland.
The editorial board considered it appropriate to publish in the dictionary as an appendix materials supplementing the two-volume short biographical dictionary "Heroes of the Soviet Union", published in 1987-1988. As a result, for the first time in our country, the general reader had the opportunity to familiarize himself with the complete (without exception) list of persons awarded the highest degree of distinction in the USSR for the entire period of conferring this title in 1934-1991. The application contains articles about 94 Heroes of the Soviet Union. Among the new Heroes are 56 participants in the Great Patriotic War, 13 Afghan soldiers, 6 test pilots, 10 cosmonaut pilots, 5 military sailors, etc. The appendix also publishes: a list of persons deprived of the title of Hero of the Soviet Union; a list of persons excluded from the Decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and persons whose decrees on conferring the title of Hero of the Soviet Union were cancelled; addition to the list of citizens of foreign countries awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union.

Not everyone knows that on June 20, 1943, at a meeting of the People's Commissar of Defense of the Soviet Union, the issue of creating a project was discussed. By that time, the top leadership of the Soviet country no longer doubted the victory of our troops over Nazi Germany. In this regard, right at the meeting he proposed to establish a military award, arguing that the victory over fascism would not have happened without military glory.

How the Order of Soldier's Glory was born

The author of the project proposed establishing an award with four degrees of distinction, similar to the St. George Cross. According to Moskalev’s idea, the military award could be called the Order of Bagration. It is not without reason that the artist took the Order of St. George as a basis, since it was the most revered among the soldiers of that time.

The sketch of the award and the author's idea were approved by Stalin, but he insisted that the award should be called the Order of Glory. In addition, he ordered to reduce the number of degrees of distinction to 3 in order to equate the order with the awards of commanders. The Order of Glory was finally approved on October 23, 1943, and soon the minting of the first samples of the award began.

A little about military regalia

Encouragement of military personnel began with awards of the lowest degree of distinction. Then followed the awards in ascending order ─ II degree of distinction and I. The award of the highest degree of distinction was made in gold, silver was used for minting the award of II degree. The central image on the medallion itself represents the gilded Frolovskaya (Spasskaya) tower.

IN different times Since the existence of the soldier's award, its appearance has changed several times. At the same time, not everyone knows that the arrows on the tower chimes also showed different time. The Order of Glory, III degree, had the same composition, only the image of the medallion was not covered with gold. Knights of this order could be assigned the next military rank out of turn at the request of the unit command. For example, a senior officer could immediately become a junior officer. lieutenant, and he, in turn, receive lieutenant shoulder straps.

The Order of Glory, 3rd degree of the Second World War, could be awarded to a distinguished warrior by a brigade commander or an officer holding a higher position. Commanders of armies or flotillas made a decision and signed a decree on awarding military personnel with the Order of the 2nd degree. The Supreme Soviet of the USSR adopted a resolution on awarding fighters with the Order of the 1st degree of distinction. Since the end of February 1947, decisions on awarding military personnel were made only by the Presidium.

Among the combined arms awards that were created during the years of resistance to the fascist occupation, the Order of Glory of the USSR was the last. True, after him the Order of Admiral Nakhimov was also issued, but they were used to reward only Soviet sailors.

About the features of a soldier's award

The Order of Glory of the Second World War was special and different from other awards. First of all, it was originally intended as a soldier's award. For the courage shown in battle, it could be awarded to sailors and Red Army soldiers, as well as junior aviation lieutenants. Soviet officers could not receive this award.

A characteristic feature of the Order of Glory was the following: the award was given only to people for their military exploits. Military units could not claim it, nor could various organizations. In addition, all three Orders of Glory had the same color ribbon, which was a distinctive feature of pre-revolutionary military regalia.

Detailed description of the insignia

The order is made in the shape of a five-rayed star, and the distance between the tops of the star itself is 46 mm, each of which has a convex surface framed by sides. In the center of the order there is a medallion circle with a bas-relief of the Kremlin tower, on which a ruby star is installed. The lower part of the medallion has a ruby ribbon with the word “GLORY” in capital letters. On both sides of this ribbon inside The medallion contains laurel branches, symbolizing victory.

On the central beam there is an eyelet through which a ring is threaded, thanks to which the award is attached to the order block. The order block has a pentagonal shape, and its decoration is made with moiré ribbon, the width of which is 24 mm. The ribbon has three longitudinal colors, as well as two orange ones, which alternate with each other and symbolize the flame of fire and smoke ( St. George Ribbon). A millimeter orange line runs along both edges of the tape. Thanks to the pin located on back side order block, the award is attached to clothing.

The Order of Glory was issued by the number, which was located on the back of the medallion. It must completely coincide with the entry in the order book. Note that the Order of Glory, III degree, was made of silver, the weight of which in the product is about 20.6 g, with a total weight of the award of 23 g.

The central circle of the medallion of the Order of the 2nd degree is gilded, and the weight of the award and the silver content coincides with the award of the 3rd degree of distinction. The Order of the 1st degree was made of gold of the highest standard, of which the award contains 29 g, with a total weight of 31 g.

The first recipients of the Order of Smoke and Fire

Soon after the approval of the new order - November 13, 1943 - there was historical event. The first award received by V. S. Malyshev. At that time he served as a sapper. He managed to destroy the enemy’s machine gun crew, which did not allow Soviet soldiers break through the enemy's defenses. Later, Malyshev earned the same award, II degree. Almost simultaneously with him, the Order of Glory, III degree, was awarded to sapper Sergeant G. A. Israelyan, who served in the 140th Infantry Regiment. The newspaper “Red Star” wrote about this award, the next issue of which was published on December 20, 1943.

The awarding of Sergeant Israelyan took place by order of the command of the rifle division dated November 17, 1943. This happened almost immediately, as soon as the award was established by order of the Presidium of the Supreme Council. Israelyan G. A. ended the war with the status of a full holder of this order. No less interesting is the awarding of the platoon commander of the anti-tank gun battery to Senior Sergeant I. Kharin, who fought in one of the military units on the Second Ukrainian Front. Ivan Kharin was awarded the Order of Glory, III degree, by order No. 1. He received this award for knocking out two Elephant self-propelled guns and three enemy tanks during one battle.

The Red Army sappers Vlasov Andrey and Baranov Sergey, awarded the Order of Glory, were the first to be awarded the Order of II degree of distinction. At that time, they fought as part of the reconnaissance company of the 665th sapper battalion. At the end of November 1943, the reconnaissance company made a foray into enemy lines, destroying barbed wire barriers, thanks to which the soldiers of the 385th Krichev Division managed to defeat the Nazi defenses with virtually no losses.

About gentlemen and heroes who deserved the soldier's order

It is believed that in the period 1941-1945, about 998 thousand Soviet soldiers received the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. The list of awarded continues to include 46.5 thousand fighters who were awarded the Order of II degree of distinction. There are much fewer of those who received the highest award. The fighters awarded the Order of Glory, 1st degree, had to accomplish a truly outstanding feat. There were 2620 such people.

Answering the question of how many holders of the Order of Glory exist, it should be noted that there are just over 2.5 thousand full holders. Of these, only four were awarded the star of the Hero of the USSR. These are senior artillery sergeants A.V. Aleshin and N.I. Kuznetsov, attack aviation pilot Jr. Lieutenant I. G. Drachenko and Guard Sergeant Major P. Kh. Dubinda. Note that 647 people - holders of the order of the 3rd degree and 80 - 2nd degree were Heroes of the Soviet Union.

Interesting cases from the lives of award winners

On January 15, 1945, the 215th Infantry Regiment was located on Polish territory. At that moment, he was part of the 77th Division defending the Pulawy bridgehead, which was located in the area of the Vistula River. On this day, the 1st battalion of the regiment made a quick breakthrough and broke the strong defense of the Nazis. The soldiers continued to hold the captured positions until the main forces arrived. Soviet troops. When capturing the Nazi defense, guardsman Petrov covered the machine gun of the German invaders with his own body, thanks to which the battalion soldiers quickly captured the German positions. For this operation, each battalion fighter received the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. The list of recipients included the entire battalion personnel. Battalion commander Major Emelyanov was posthumously awarded the Hero star. The company commanders of this battalion received the Order of the Red Banner as a reward. awarded to the platoon commanders of the unit.

It is known that Soviet women also fought courageously during the war. Some were able to become full holders of the Order of Glory. Staniliene D. Yu. became the first gentleman among women. She served during the war in the Lithuanian rifle division with the rank of sergeant and was a machine gunner in the crew. In one of the battles with German troops, its commander was seriously wounded. Danute replaced him and single-handedly held back the advance of the German infantry. For this she received the Order of Glory, III degree. By the end of the summer of 1944, near Polotsk in the village of Lyutovka, Danuta managed to repel fascist attacks, as a result of which more than 40 enemy infantry were killed. On March 26, 1945, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union signed an order to award Stniliene D. Yu. the Order of Glory, 1st degree.

Rosa Shanina came to the front as a twenty-year-old girl. She began her service in April 1944. She was a sniper and had killed many enemies. Only according to confirmed data, Rosa was able to destroy over 50 Nazis. She managed to become a Knight of the Order of Glory II and III degrees. On January 28, 1945, near Ilmsdorf, senior sergeant Shanina died heroically at the age of 21.

Soviet pilot Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Zhurkina in mid-spring 1944, as part of a combat crew, flew over settlements Pskov region. During her 23 missions, she managed to photograph the location of enemy units and military equipment, and also repel a dozen attacks while in the air. Zhurkina received the Order of the III degree for her courage shown in battle. Already in the fall of 1944, Zhurkina received a 2nd degree award for bombing the enemy on Latvian territory. Before the end of the war, she received the Order of the highest degree of distinction for other accomplished feats.

Nina Pavlovna Petrova started the war at the age of 48 and joined the ranks of the Leningrad people's militia division. A little later she transferred to the division's medical unit. In the period from January 16 to March 2, 1944, in battles with the Nazis, she destroyed 23 Nazis, for which she received a III degree award at the end of the spring of that year. By the end of the war for personal feats received the Order of Glory of the highest degree of distinction.

Marina Semyonovna Necheporchukova served as a medic during the war. At the beginning of August 1944, near the Polish city of Grzybow, fierce battles took place with the fascist occupiers. Marina Semyonovna carried her from the battlefield and then provided assistance to 27 soldiers of the Red Army. Later she saved the life of one of the Soviet officers and evacuated him from the battlefield near Magnushev. For this, in the fall of 1944, she received the Order of Glory, 3rd degree. The list of recipients was supplemented by two more fellow soldiers of Necheporchukova, for the evacuation of the wounded. At the end of March 1945 in the city of Küstrin she helped a large number wounded soldiers, for which she was awarded the Order of Military Glory, II degree. Later, in one of the battles where the Germans offered strong resistance, M. S. Necheporchukova managed to carry 78 wounded soldiers and officers from the battlefield. For this feat in May 1945 she received the Order of Glory, 1st degree.

Who could receive the award?

Each fighter could receive the Order of Glory, III degree, as a reward. The statute of the order will help you understand why this award was given. So, you could receive this award for the following actions.

Destroying at least 3 enemy aircraft with machine gun or artillery fire.
Knocking out two or more fascist tanks using an anti-tank gun.
Continuing to perform combat missions in a burning tank.
Destruction of ten or more German soldiers and officers through the use of personal weapons.
Shooting out an enemy tank using an anti-tank grenade.
Establishing gaps in the fascist defense as a result of individual reconnaissance, as well as bringing our troops behind enemy lines via a safe route.
Removing or capturing enemy posts or patrols at night (single-handed).
An independent foray behind enemy lines and the destruction of mortar or machine gun crews.
Shooting down an enemy aircraft using personal weapons.
Destruction of up to 3 fighters or up to 6 bombers during air combat.
Destruction of enemy trains, military units, bridges, enemy food bases, power plants and other objects of strategic importance, while being a member of the bomber crew.
Conducting reconnaissance operations to obtain information about the enemy, being a member of the crew of a reconnaissance aircraft.
After being wounded and bandaged, the soldier returns to duty and continues combat operations.
For ignoring personal safety when capturing the enemy's banner.
When single-handedly capturing an enemy officer.
Neglecting your own life, save the life of the commander.
For saving the banner of his unit, neglecting his own life.

Some facts about the order-bearing heroes

I. Kuznetsov became a full holder of the order, who received this honor at the age of sixteen. At the age of 16, he already commanded a squad and received an award of the highest degree of distinction.

During the war years they received the Soviet Order of Glory and famous actors movie. One cannot help but recall the famous Alexei Makarovich Smirnov, who became a holder of the Order of Soldier's Glory. A. M. Smirnov was awarded the Order of Glory, III degree, on September 1, 1944, and on April 27, he was awarded the Order of II degree.

Fyodor Mikhailovich Valikov also became a holder of the order of the III and II degrees. He served in the 32nd Slonim-Pomeranian Brigade of the 2nd Tank Army.

At the military memorial in the park of the Migulinskaya village, next to the village House of Culture, a monument to the full holder of the Order of Glory Ivan Filippovich Kuznetsov was unveiled. The monument depicts an adult man, but he went to war as a teenager to take revenge on the Nazis for their atrocities, which he himself witnessed (and could not stay at home). In just over two years, at the age of 16, he became the full and youngest (!) Knight of the Order of Glory.

“My grandfather, an artilleryman, was with this guy (I. Kuznetsov) for three months in the same crew. He said: he was a brilliant gunner, he worked miracles, he felt the gun and the projectile, he breathed it,” one of the great-grandsons later recalled at a military forum.

Combat biography of I.F. Kuznetsov is a unique page in the history of the Great Patriotic War: at the age of sixteen he became a full holder of the Order of Glory. The youngest in the country among those whose feat of arms appreciated by this award of the Motherland.

Ivan Filippovich Kuznetsov was born in 1928 in the village of Migulinskaya into the peasant family of Philip Andreevich and Anastasia Petrovna Kuznetsov. His relatives live in Migulinskaya (there are many Kuznetsovs in the village).

This Cossack village is quite easy to find. If you drive towards Moscow along the M-4 Don highway and, before reaching the city of Voronezh, turn at the sign “stanitsa Kazanskaya”, you will find yourself in the territory of the Verkhnedonsky district.

Here, in Migulinskaya, Vanya took his first steps on the earth. About seven years after Vanya's birth, in 1935, the Kuznetsov family decided to move to another area. This was a complicated procedure, given that collective farmers were not given passports at that time, and all moves could only be made with the permission of the local collective farm chairman. Apparently, they managed to overcome all this and the family moved to live in the Bozhkovka farm, Kamensky district.

Here they were caught by the war and occupation, which ended in February 1943.

Of course, Vanya’s mother didn’t let him go anywhere, but he volunteered to help find circuitous routes and paths to the Likhaya station, voluntarily escort several units that were part of the 185th Guards Regiment (82nd Guards Rifle Division, 8th Guards Army, 1st Belorussian Front). He was adopted into the regiment. Ivan Kuznetsov was 14 years and 2 months old at that time. He was given the rank of private, and he became a carrier of shells for an artillery piece.

He was awarded the first medal “For Courage” at the age of 14, and the Order of the Red Star at the age of 15.

I. Kuznetsov was nominated for the third Order of Glory of the highest first degree at the end of April 1945 for his skillful conduct of battle in one of the suburbs of Berlin. He even signed on the wall of the Reichstag. At that moment he was only sixteen years old! This order was awarded only a year after the end of the war in May 1946.

The Order of Glory is a special award. Its establishment during the war years is a continuation of the military traditions of pre-revolutionary Russia, the Soviet version of the St. George Cross. It had three degrees; it was awarded only to soldiers, only for direct participation in hostilities, only for personal feat.

The Order of Glory was awarded infrequently. For example, in 1941-45. 12,776 people became Heroes of the Soviet Union, 2,674 people became full holders of the Order of Glory. The youngest full cavaliers (the last conscripted in 1926) were about fifty.

And then - only the facts of combat life from official documents. “On September 3, 1943, as part of a gun crew, he took part in the destruction of a heavy German tank"Tiger" and the suppression of an enemy machine-gun point in the area of the village of Dolgenkoye, Izyum district, Kharkov region. In October, for this he was awarded the medal “For Courage” (Ivan was 14 years and 9 months old).

On February 26, 1944, gunner Ivan Kuznetsov, as part of the gun crew, repelled 4 enemy counterattacks, destroyed up to 100 enemy personnel, 6 bunkers and a tank. It was in the village of Otradny, Kherson region. On March 26, 1944, Ivan Kuznetsov was awarded the Order of the Red Star. At that time he was 15 years and 1 month old.

On January 15, 1945, Corporal Kuznetsov, during the defense in the area of the city of Zabadrowa (Poland), suppressed two machine-gun points and destroyed two bunkers with direct fire. During this battle, he was wounded and shell-shocked, but continued to remain in service. On February 7, Ivan was awarded the Order of Glory, 3rd degree.” Less than a month ago he turned 16 years old.

Two months later, in March 1945, during the assault on the Küstrin fortress (Poland), artillery commander Ivan Kuznetsov, together with his crew, destroyed three machine-gun points, ensuring an infantry attack. For this combat episode he was awarded the Order of Glory, 2nd degree. At this time he was 16 years and 2.5 months old.

The award list for the Order of Glory, 2nd degree, was still going through the authorities (awarded on May 15, 1945), and Ivan again distinguished himself. On April 25, 1945, in the suburbs of Berlin, his crew destroyed, with direct fire, anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, three machine-gun emplacements and a building where fascist machine gunners were entrenched.

The command pondered for a long time what kind of reward to celebrate this combat episode in the life of the 16-year-old gun commander. There were proposals to award him the Order of the Great Patriotic War, but the front commander himself signed an order to award Ivan the Order of Glory, 1st degree. This order is I.F. Kuznetsov received it a year after the end of the war.

In two years and three months of participation in the war, Ivan Kuznetsov went from a shell carrier to a gun commander, from a private to a sergeant, received three wounds and a shell shock, and was awarded four orders, medals “For Courage” and “For the Capture of Berlin.”

After the war, the life of I.F. Kuznetsova developed like ordinary person: graduated in 1949 military school armored forces, served in the army until 1969, went into the reserve as a captain. Was married twice.

Wonderful material on the topic of St. George Order bearers who served in the armed forces of the Soviet Union and openly wore pre-revolutionary military awards. I saw some of the photographs earlier on military-historical forums, but there is a lot in the collection that is new to me.

Cavaliers of St. George. Soviet Union.

In the press and on the Internet I came across statements by liberal-alternative-gifted denouncers of the USSR that Stalin was the forerunner of the Antichrist, therefore he hated the cross and the Knights of St. George in his era hid their awards, because “if anyone finds out and denounces” - the cold basements of the NKVD dungeons are inevitable and a bullet from the bloody revolver of the ghoul of the security officer.

I decided not to publish Anokhin’s letter and the draft decision on it; everyone already knows it. I don’t touch Rokossovsky, Malinovsky, Budyonny. These are high-caliber military leaders.

So, let's begin.

George hangs from the soldier next to the Order of the Red Star, without a ribbon, apparently just sewn on. The photo would be dated (remembering the VID institute course) to the year 1944, at least spring. But maybe the 1944-45 off-season.

1947, Riga. Stalin is still alive. The cross of a participant in the liberation of Prague, a guard major, is privately made, called “Kuchkinsky”. That is, it was received at the end of the First World War.

The most famous St. George Knight of the Great Patriotic War. Having a “full bow”, he also became a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Nedorubov Konstantin Iosifovich 5/21/1889 – 12/13/1978

1944, Leningrad.
The guardsman has the Order of the Red Star, Glory III degree, two medals “For Courage” and the St. George Cross IV degree.
But the neighbor again has an interesting front-line cartoon in the way he wears the “Guard” badge - with a backing so that the screw of the badge doesn’t prick his chest.

Again, the period of the Great Patriotic War. The era of Stalin.
The sergeant-major still wears a cross on an old block. The time of the photograph was the winter of 1943 or after it, but not earlier.

Writer, playwright, war correspondent Vsevolod Vishnevsky on the steps of the Reichstag, May 1945.
The photo seems all the more terrible because on his chest, along with a cross, he has two medals “For Bravery”, on the obverse of which is the profile of Nicholas II. At the same time, his Soviet awards are modestly represented by bars, but those from the Tsarist period are presented in all their glory.

Doctor. What is noteworthy is that on the chest is the Military Order of St. George, IV class - “Officer George”.
Matushkin was awarded the Order of St. George, 4th degree - order on civilian ranks No. 37 of July 31, 1916, being acting. D. senior doctor of the 21st Siberian Rifle Regiment for the battle on August 1, 1915

People's Hero of Yugoslavia and awarded seven orders of the USSR Alexander Teolanovich Manachadze with his uncle Semyon Dmitrievich Manachadze

On the clergyman’s chest, a full bow peacefully coexists with the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War” with the profile of J.V. Stalin. And nothing.

Sailor from the cruiser "Varyag".
For this battle, the Soviet government awarded its participants the medal "For Courage". The last medal is like the clergyman’s.

Vladimir Nikolaevich Gruslanov

The photo was taken between 1975-1978. Among the Soviet awards, a medal “For Courage” and two “For Military Merit”

The year is 1949. Three “fake” crosses to replace the lost ones. Cavalier - Mikhail Eremenko. It is he who walks under the portrait of Stalin in the first photo.

Cavalier: Mikhail Kazankov

"When the artist painted Mikhail Kazankov, he was 90 years old. Every wrinkle of his stern face glows with deep wisdom. He had the opportunity to participate in three wars: the Russian-Japanese (1904-1905), the First World War (1914-1918), the Great Patriotic War (1941-1945). And he always fought bravely: in the First World War he was awarded two Crosses of St. George, for the fight against German fascism he received the Order of the Red Star and several medals."

Volkov Daniil Nikitich. Order of the Red Banner - for the Civil War.
After the revolution, he served in the armored vehicle division named after Ya. M. Sverdlov of the Cheka - OGPU. Received the Order of the Red Banner in civilian life. After being wounded and having his leg amputated, he was demobilized.

Unknown to me. The photo appears to be from before 1958, but definitely before 1965.

Khizhnyak Ivan Lukich. Late 40s.

Until 1975. And by hanging badges that are useless to a veteran, they turn him, IMHO, into a Christmas tree.

Both gentlemen - George and the son full of the Order of Glory. Father and son Vanachi from the village of Lykhny, Gudauda region of Abkhazia.
At that time, Temuri Wanachi was 112 years old.

Samsonov Yakov Ivanovich. 1876-1967. Four crosses and four medals

Kruglyakov Timofey Petrovich. From 1965 to 1970.

Kuzin Pavel Romanovich. Until 1948.

The photo was taken after 1965 and probably before 1970. This cavalier defended the Caucasus and went well through Europe during the Great Patriotic War, took Budapest and Vienna, and liberated Belgrade. And of course Romania and Bulgaria.
Awarded the medal "For Military Merit".

A unique veteran, Konstantin Vikentievich Khrutsky.
Participant in the Russian-Turkish War of 1877-1878. In this photo from 1963, he is only 112 years old, but he lived for another 4 years.
on his chest he has the Order of Georgiy Dimitrov, the Order of the Badge of Honor, the medal "40 years Armed Forces THE USSR".
Well, he is dressed in a specially tailored uniform of a Bulgarian militia.

I dug it up online and I can’t help but show you something from that war.
Life Guards Lithuanian Regiment, non-commissioned officer Karl Golubovsky, for the capture of the city of Plevna, November 28, 1877, his block

Kuzma Petrovich Trubnikov. Period 1965-1970.

Kuzma Petrovich Trubnikov was born on October 27 in the village of Gatishche, now Volovsky district, Lipetsk region. In the Russian army since 1909. He served in the Semenovsky regiment. During the First World War, he was a platoon non-commissioned officer, then a junior company officer, head of a team of foot reconnaissance officers, and lieutenant. Knight of four soldiers' St. George's Crosses. In the Red Army since 1918. In the years Civil War commanded a platoon, then a company, battalion, regiment, and rifle brigade. In 1927 he graduated from KUVNAS at the Military Academy named after M. V. Frunze. Commanded a regiment and division. In June 1938 he was arrested and until February 1940 was under investigation by the NKVD. At the end of March 1940, he was reinstated in the ranks of the Red Army and sent to teaching. A month after the start of the Great Patriotic War, K. P. Trubnikov was appointed commander of the 258th Infantry Division of the 50th Army of the Western Front, which took part in defensive battles near Orel, Bryansk and Tula. From November 1941 he commanded the 217th Infantry Division of the same army. For skillful management of division units during the defense of Tula, he was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. From June 1942 - deputy commander of the 16th Army, and from October - deputy commander of the Don Front. He was directly involved in the organization and control of troops in Battle of Stalingrad. Since February 1943, deputy commander of the Central Front. From April to September - commander of the 10th Guards Army, which participated in the liberation of the city of Yelnya. In September 1944, he was appointed deputy commander of the 1st Belorussian Front, and soon deputy commander of the 2nd Belorussian Front. At the Victory Parade of 1945, Colonel General Trubnikov led the combined regiment of the 2nd Belorussian Front. After the war, deputy and assistant commander-in-chief of the Northern Group of Forces. Since 1951 - retired. Awarded 2 Orders of Lenin, 5 Orders of the Red Banner, Orders of Kutuzov 1st and 2nd degree, Suvorov 2nd degree, 2 Orders of the Red Star, medals, as well as foreign orders and medals. Kuzma Petrovich Trubnikov died on January 16, 1974 in Moscow. May 9, 2010 in the village. Volovo, Lipetsk region, a monument was unveiled in honor of Colonel General Trubnikov.

Nikitin Sergey Nikitovich, military pilot. A strange sign - the Republican (Khorezm) Order of the Red Banner.
Well, he law-abidingly replaced his screw Orders of the Red Banner of the RSFSR with all-Union ones.
Top photo from 1975 to 1978.

Nikitin Sergei Nikitovich (1893–1961)
Served as a photo lab assistant in E. Kruten's detachment. He made his first flights with Kruten, then was sent to study at the Gatchina School of Military Pilots in the soldier department. In 1916, he graduated from it and returned to the front as a pilot. For courage and courage in battles he was awarded three St. George's crosses. After the Revolution, Sergei Nikitovich Nikitin became one of the first Soviet military pilots. He fought on the fronts of the Civil War, against the Basmachi in Central Asia, for which he was awarded four Orders of the Red Banner and the Order of Lenin

Meeting. 1943

Edrenkin Grigory Dmitrievich.
During the First World War he fought as part of the Russian expeditionary force in France, awarded the French Croix de Guerre. In the second photo the French cross is already without ribbon, just sewn on. I demonstrated such a cross in one of the topics.
Here is a break in the pattern for stupid anti-Sovietists - George, and a foreign award from the imperialists, and was abroad, and does not hide crosses - where was the NKVD looking?
Also awarded medals “For Courage”, for victory over Germany, Japan, “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War”

But there were some. Participant of the "ice trek".

"Ice March" (KJAN-25 FV 1918) - the retreat of the 4,000-strong Volunteer Army under the command of L. G. Kornilov under the attacks of the Red Guard from Novocherkassk to Novorossiysk to the Kuban along the ice of the Black Sea. In the future, it was planned to go to Ekaterinodar (Krasnodar), with the goal of raising the Kuban Cossacks against the Reds. The troops made their way to Kuban with huge losses. General Kaledin A.M. shot himself in a fit of depression. General L. G. Kornilov died from a direct hit from a shell.

In reflections on the large silver medal “For Bravery” which was received by a carpenter from Vavrova Street in Královské Vinohrady named Mlichko.