The Order of Victory (Russian: Орден "Победa", Orden "Pobeda") was the highest military decoration awarded for World War II service in the Soviet Union, and one of the rarest orders in the world. The order was awarded only to Generals and Marshals for successfully conducting combat operations involving one or more army groups and resulting in a "successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favor of the Red Army." In its history, it has been awarded twenty times to twelve Soviet leaders and five foreign leaders, with one revocation. There is only one surviving recipient as of 2012.
Read more about Order Of Victory: History, Construction Details, Ribbon, List of Recipients, Fate of The Orders
Other articles related to "order of victory, orders":
... After the death of the recipient of the Order of Victory, it was to be given back to the state ... All orders awarded to Soviet commanders, as well as that of Polish Marshal Michal Rola-Zymierski are in Russia ... The Russian Central Museum of Armed Forces has five orders two of A ...
Famous quotes containing the words order of, victory and/or order:
“If we are the younger, we may envy the older. If we are the older, we may feel that the younger is always being indulged. In other words, no matter what position we hold in family order of birth, we can prove beyond a doubt that we’re being gypped.”
—Judith Viorst (20th century)
“In defeat unbeatable: in victory unbearable.”
—Winston Churchill (1874–1965)
“All the world is full of inscape and chance left free to act falls into an order as well as purpose.”
—Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844–1889)