On November 8, 1943, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union, the highest military award of the Soviet Union - the Order of Victory - was established.
The order was granted only by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union. Unlike all other Soviet orders, the Order of Victory did not have a serial number (it was indicated only in the award document); After the recipient's death, this invitation was returned to the state.
The names of all those who received the Order of Victory are written on memorial plaques installed in the Great Palace of the Kremlin. During the entire existence of the main military award of the Soviet Union, nineteen awards were given. 17 military leaders received the award, three of them won the Order of Victory twice.
On April 10, 1944, the list of medal winners was opened by Marshals of the Soviet Union Georgi Zhukov and Alexander Vasilevsky. In 1945 they were awarded the order for the second time.
Joseph Stalin was also twice awarded the Order of Victory (April 29, 1944 and June 26, 1945).
The Order of Victory was awarded to Soviet army leaders Ivan Kunaev, Konstantin Rokosovsky, Rodion Malinovsky, Fyodor Tolbukhin, Leonid Govorov, Alexei Antonov, Semyon Tymoshenko and Kirill Martskov.
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