Order of the Red Star
Also known as Orden Krasnoi Zvezdy
Soviet military award (1930-1991)
Key facts
- Type
- Single-grade order
- Awarded for
- Great contribution to the defence of the USSR in war and in peacetime and for ensuring public safety
- Presented by
- Soviet Union
- Eligibility
- Soviet military personnel
- Status
- No longer awarded
- Established
- 6 April 1930
- First award
- September 1930
- Final award
- 19 December 1991
- Total
- 3,876,740
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- Image
- Order of the Red Star.jpg
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Reverse of the Order of the Red Star Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Lebed wearing his three Orders of the Red Star earned in Afghanistan (Photo from Russian Def Min)
Afghanistan veteran Igor Vladimirovich Vysotsky wearing his Order of the Red Star and other awards on civilian attire