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The Order of Lenin was instituted by the ordinance of the CEC of the USSR of April 4, 1930.
Order number 1 was awarded on May 23, 1930 to the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda for promoting the acceleration of socialist construction (on the day of the 5th anniversary of the newspaper).
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  Alexander Suvorov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 1775, Suvorov was dispatched to suppress the rebellion of Pugachev but arrived at the scene only in time to conduct the first interrogation of the rebel leader who had been betrayed by his fellow Cossacks and later on suffered decapitation in Moscow.
On 22 December 1790 Suvorov stormed the reputedly impenetrable fortress of Ismail in Bessarabia.
On July 29, 1942 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established the Order of Suvorov.
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 Order of Victory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order was awarded for 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 thirteen leaders, with one revocation.
The first awarding of the Order was on April 10, 1944 and it was presented to Aleksandr Vasilevsky and Georgy Zhukov.
The ribbon of the Order is one of the longest presented by the Soviet Government (twice the length of a normal ribbon), however, the Order was mostly seen worn in full (on a parade uniform).
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 Encyclopedia: Order of Suvorov
Category: Soviet military decorations Order of Suvorov 1st class The 1st Class medal consists of a 55mm solid platinum star with a 30mm platinum medallion in the center with the bust of Aleksandr Suvorov in solid gold over a gold wreath of leaves surronded by inscription Alexander Suvorov in gold Cyrillic letters.
Order of Suvorov 2nd class The 2nd Class medal is a 50mm solid gold star without the ruby star on the top point with a 25mm medallion that is the same as the 1st Class award in the center of the star, but is made of silver.
Order of Suvorov 3rd class The 3rd Class medal is the same as the Order of Suvorov 2nd Class medal except that it is made entirely of silver and the inscription is red enameled.
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 Alexander Suvorov
Suvorov served as a junior officer against the Prussians in the Seven Years' War and fought in the Battle of Kinersdorf on August 12, 1759.
Suvorov also disdained the typical siege mentality of the time and expounded the theory that the army would sustain fewer casualties in an immediate attack than it would through disease during a prolonged siege.
Suvorov not only developed the tactical maneuvers of future Russian armies, he established himself as a military leader to be emulated by those who followed.
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 Order of Suvorov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Order of Suvorov (Russian Орден Суворова) is a Soviet award, named after Aleksandr Suvorov, was established on July 29, 1942 (during World War II) by a Decision of the Presidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
The Order of Suvorov was broken down into three different classes: 1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class.
Georgi Zhukov became the first recipient of the 1st class Order of Suvorov, on January 28, 1943.
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 Encyclopedia: Order of Leopold
The badge of the Order is a white-enamelled Maltese Cross, in silver for the Knight class and in gold for the higher classes, with a green-enamelled wreath of laurel and oak leaves between the arms of the cross.
The star of the Order is an eight-pointed faceted silver star for the Grand Cordon class, and a silver faceted Maltese Cross with straight rays between the arms for the Grand Officer class.
The collar of the Order is in gold, with nine crowns, nine face-to-face monograms "LR" (for King Leopold I), and eighteen lions.
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 Soviet Military Orders
The statute of the order, approved on May 5, 1930, says that the Order of Lenin is awarded to individual citizens, collectives, institutions, enterprises and public organizations of the USSR for outstanding feats contributing to socialist construction.
Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky 1st Class No. 1 was given, by an ordinance of October 26, 1943, to Major-General A.I.Danilov, Commander of the 12th Army of the Third Ukrainian Front, for his part in the liberation of the city of Zaporozhye.
The Order of Victory was intended to be given to top-ranking commanders of the Red Army for a successful operation within the framework of one or several fronts resulting in a radical change of the situation in favour of the Soviet Armed Forces.
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 Alexander Suvorov - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Васи́льевич Суво́ров) (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy (граф Рымникский, князь Италийский) (November 24, 1729–May 18, 1800), was a Russian Generalissimo, reckoned one of a few great generals in history who never lost a battle.
On 22 December 1790 Suvorov stormed the impenetrable fortress of Ismail in Bessarabia.
On November 4, 1794, Suvorov's forces stormed Warsaw and in what became known as the Massacre of Praga captured one of its boroughs.
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 Suvorov - Russia's Eagle Over the Alps
Suvorov always felt that these slowed his advancement, and despite his accomplishments against the Turks, he was promoted to General in chief only in 1787 - in time to take command in the Second Turkish War (1787-1792).
Suvorov began to train this army according to his own ideas and in 1797 wrote his major work "The Science of Victory." His ideas emphasized speed and mobility, accuracy of fire, and the bayonet, and his colloquial style was unusual for the time and subject matter.
Suvorov believed that opportunity of the battlefield is the child of fortune, but exploitation called for intelligence, experience, and an intuitive eye - the "coup d'oeil." On the battlefield, he emphasized speed, surprise, and concentration at the enemy's weakest point.
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 Alexander Suvorov Summary
Suvorov was born into a noble family of Novgorod descent at the Moscow mansion of his maternal grandfather Fedosey Manukov (a landowner from Oryol gubernia and an official of Petr I).
Suvorov himself gained the rank of "prince of the House of Savoy" from the king of Sardinia.
On July 29, 1942 The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR established the Order of Suvorov.
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 Russia_Orders
It carried with it knighthood in the Orders of Saint Alexander Nevsky, the White Eagle, Saint Anne, and Saint Stanislas.
The recipiants of the Order "with swords" had crossed swords between the limbs of the cross, and wore a bow on the riban.
Order of St. Andrew, Order of St. Catherine, Order of St. Alexander Nevsky, Order of the White Eagle, Order of St. Anne, Order of St. Stanislas, Order of St. George, Order of St. Vladimir.
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 Russian Military Awards: Orders
Directly related to the Order of St George was another award, the so-called "gold-weapon" - a sabre with the inscription "For Gallantry" and a small enamel cross of the Order of St George on the hilt and a sword-knot of the colors of St George's ribbon.
The badges of the orders of St George and St Vladimir 4th Class, the lowest class, and also those of the orders of St Anne and St Stanislaus 3rd Class, in the form of small crosses, were worn on the chest.
The badge of the Order of St Anne 4th Class was worn on cold steel of the type appropriate to the combatant branch of the military forces in which the person awarded the order served.
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Eisenhower was named Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army in November 1945 and in December 1950 he was named Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and given operational command of NATO forces in Europe.
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Order of Ushakov, 2nd class, Variation 1 (5 visible rivets), #28 Issued to Chief of Staff of the Coastal Defense, Main Naval Base of the Soviet North Fleet.
Order of Suvorov, 2nd cl., Type 2, #628, May 1945 issue to a Major General, commander of one of the most decorated rifle divisions in the Soviet Army.
Order of Suvorov, 3rd cl., Type 3, #8416, circa early to mid 1944.
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 TheHistoryNet | Military History | Aleksandr Suvorov: Count of Rymniksky and Prince of Italy
Suvorov also believed that "a military man must know the languages of the nations with whom he is fighting," so he developed a fluent command of French, German, Greek, Turkish, Italian, Polish and Latin, as well as some knowledge of Arabic, Finnish and Persian.
A master of logistics, Suvorov ordered his officers, quartermasters and doctors to keep the welfare and fitness of the soldiers in the forefront of their attentions.
Suvorov always chose to be in the most exposed position on the battlefield, for he believed in sharing the same risks and discomforts as his soldiers.
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 Count Suvorov
In 1787 Suvorov took part in the siege of Ochakov and, in 1788 won two great victories over the Turks at Fokshani, and the great Turkish fort on the Rimnik river.
For this exploit, Catherine II sent Suvorov a sword worth 60,000 rubles and inscribed, "To the conqueror of the Grand Vizier", and the coveted fl and orange sash of the Order of St.George, First Class.
Suvorov's unsuccessful campaign against these involved the crossing of the Alps, which was a disaster, and caused him to return to Russia in disgrace.
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Grand Cross of the Order of George I with Swords
Military Order of Italy, degree of Knight of the Grand Cross
Netherlands: Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands
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 Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov - SCC Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
In 1775 Suvorov was dispatched to suppress the rebellion of Pugachev but arrived at the scene only in time to conduct the first interrogation of the rebel leader who had been betrayed by his fellow Cossacks and later on suffered decapitation in Moscow.
On 22 December 1790 Suvorov stormed the impenetrable fortress of Ismail in Bessarabia.
Suvorov's son Arkadi (1783 - 1811) served as a general officer in the Russian army during the Napoleonic and Turkish wars of the early 19th century, and drowned in the same river Rimnik that had brought his father so much fame.
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 ALEXANDER SUVOROV MEMORIAL   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
Suvorov, Aleksandr Vasilyevich (1729-1800), Russian military leader, born either in Moscow or in Finland.
During the Russo-Turkish War of 1768-1774 Suvorov fought in the campaign of 1773-1774 and he was commander of the allied Russian and Austrian armies in the Russo-Turkish War of 1787-1792.
Suvorov then led his armies across the Alps to join the Russian forces fighting the French in Switzerland, but he was forced by the French to retreat.
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The war also saw the re-emergence of the United States from its isolationism, the destruction and rebuilding of Germany and Japan into major industrial powers, the advent of the atomic bomb, and the emergence of the United States and the Soviet Union as global superpowers.
The war also directly led to the United Nations, which was founded by the victorious Allies in order to prevent such a large and destructive conflict from ever happening again.
The massive research and development involved in the Manhattan Project in order to quickly achieve a working nuclear weapon design greatly impacted the scientific community, among other things creating a network of national laboratories in the United States.
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 The Voice of Russia (People and events)
A brilliant strategist and tactician, a master of logistics and surprise attack, Alexander Suvorov became a legend in his lifetime.
Suvorov got an order to move to Switzerland to rescue the Russian corps trapped by the French.
But Suvorov wouldn’t be Suvorov had he not known how to lead his army to victory.
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 Alexander Suvorov   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
, the Roman god of war (1801) Alexander Vasilyevich Suvorov () (sometimes transliterated as Aleksandr, Aleksander and Suvarov), Count Suvorov of Rymnik, Prince of Italy (граф Рымникский, князь Италийский) (November 24, 1729 – May 18, 1800), was a Russian general, reckoned one of a few great generals in history who never lost a battle.
The Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774; saw his first campaigns against the Turkss in 1773–1774, and particularly in the battle of Kozludji in the latter year, he laid the foundations of his reputation.
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Later, the order of his given names was switched (according to the staff at the Eisenhower Library and Museum, the name switch occurred upon Eisenhower's matriculation at West Point).
Upon full discovery of the death camps that were part of the Final Solution (Holocaust), he ordered camera crews to comprehensively document evidence of the atrocity so as to prevent any doubt of its occurrence.
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Awarded only to Officers, the Order of Suvorov - 2nd Class was Awarded for the breakthrough of an enemy defensive belt; development of the breakthrough and subsequent, relentless pursuit; encirclement; and destruction of the enemy.
The Type 4 Order of Lenin was Awarded from June 11, 1936, to June 19, 1943.
Instituted on October 31, 1967, the order was established to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Revolution.
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Overview: Instituted in July 1942, the Order of Suvorov was awarded to senior commanders for outstanding successes in leading troops.
The order given in three classes, 1st in platinum, 2nd in gold and 3rd in silver.
The ribbons were green with orange stripes relating to the class of medal awarded, one for 1st, two for 2nd and three for 3rd.
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 Order of Victory - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Order of Victory - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Order of Victory contains research on
Order of Victory, History, Construction details, Ribbon, Recipients, Twice recipients, Once recipients, Foreign recipients, External links and Soviet military decorations.
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 Suvarov - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Suvarov is an alternative name for the island of Suwarrow in the Cook Islands.
Alexander Suvorov was a Russian Generalissimo of the 18th century.
Viktor Suvorov is a Soviet Intelligence Officer who defected to the United Kingdom.
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