Awards and decorations received by Leonid Brezhnev

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The following is a full list of awards and decorations of Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet General Secretary and statesman, sorted into two sections; foreign and domestic.

Domestic[]

Award or decoration		Date	Awarded for
	Hero of the Soviet Union	18 December 1966 18 December 1976 19 December 1978 18 December 1981	"Heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society." The medals were also awarded on his birthdays.
	Hero of Socialist Labour	17 June 1961	"Exceptional achievements in national economy and culture."
	Order of Lenin	2 December 1947 18 December 1956 17 June 1961 18 December 1966 2 October 1971 18 December 1976 19 December 1978 18 December 1981	Outstanding services rendered to the State.
	Order of the October Revolution	14 March 1979 18 December 1980	"Services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defences of the Soviet Union"
	Order of the Red Banner	12 March 1942 29 May 1944	Heroism in combat or other extraordinary accomplishments of military valor during combat operations
	Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class		Exceptional duty in combat operations that led to the liberation of the Soviet territory
	Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class		Exceptional duty and courage in the battle for the Soviet Motherland, and soldiers whose actions contributed to the success of military operations
	Order of the Red Star		Exceptional service in the cause of the defence of the Soviet Union in both war and peace
	Medal for Combat Service
	Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
	Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"		For all the participants of the defence of Odessa
	Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"		For all the participants of the defence of Caucasus
	Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the liberation of Warsaw
	Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the siege of Vienna
	Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"		Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany.
	Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"	1979	Contribution to strengthening the military cooperation between various military branches
	Medal "For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South"		Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany.
	Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"		Collective farmers, workers on state farms, common labourers, Party and state officials, trade union members and Komsomol members for contributions they made during the Virgin Lands Campaign
	Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1958	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1968	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1978	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"	1957	Awarded to civilians and armed forces personnel to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the city of Leningrad.
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev"	1982	"his contribution to the socio-cultural and economic development of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev."
	Lenin Prize for Literature	1979	for The Small Land, part of a series popularly referred to as Brezhnev's trilogy.
	Lenin Peace Prize	1973
	Order of Victory	20 February 1978 (revoked in 1989)

Brezhnev's receipt of the Order of Victory was controversial; the award was restricted to commanding officers of high rank who successfully changed the course of the war in favor of the Red Army during World War II. Brezhnev was a young political officer during the war who did reach the rank of lieutenant general, but did not command responsibility close to the other recipients of the Order. He only received the decoration after he was Premier and thus able to essentially award the medal to himself. As a result of the controversy, the Order of Victory was revoked in 1989.^[1]

Foreign[]

Award or decoration		Country	Date	Place	Awarded for
	Grand Cross of the Order of May	Argentina	1974
		Afghanistan	1981	Kabul
	Bangladesh Liberation War Honour[2]	Bangladesh	2012	Dhaka
	Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1973 1976 1981	Sofia
	Order of Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria		Sofia
		Bulgaria	1978
	30th Anniversary Of The Socialist Revolution In Bulgaria	Bulgaria	1974
	90th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria	1972
	100th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Georgi Dimitrov	Bulgaria	1982
	Hero of the Republic of Cuba	Cuba	1981	Havana
	Order of José Martí	Cuba	1974	Havana
		Cuba	1981	Havana
	Order of Playa Girón	Cuba	1976	Havana
		Cuba	1973	Havana
		Cuba	1976	Havana
	Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	Czechoslovakia	5 May 1970 26 November 1976 16 December 1981	Prague	"extraordinary merits for the republic connected with a hero achievement or repeated achievements."
	Order of Klement Gottwald	Czechoslovakia	1970 1976 1978 1981	Prague	"outstanding merit for realisation of the socialism system in Czechoslovakia."
	Order of the White Lion	Czechoslovakia	1946	Prague	"outstanding services to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic."
	Medal "In Commemoration of the Battle of Dukla Pass"	Czechoslovakia	1960
		Czechoslovakia	1946
	Czechoslovak War Cross	Czechoslovakia	1945 1947	Prague	"acts of military valor."
		Czechoslovakia	1945	Prague	"for bravery against the enemy"
	Order of the Star of Honor of Socialist Ethiopia	Ethiopia	1980
	Order of the White Rose of Finland	Finland	1976	Helsinki	"civil or military merit."
	Hero of the German Democratic Republic	German Democratic Republic	1976 1979 1981	East Berlin	"extraordinary achievements and earnings/services the hero acts for the GDR, for their development and all-round stabilization, for which international acknowledgement and authority achieved as well as for its safe military protection."
	Order of Karl Marx	German Democratic Republic	1974 1979 1981	East Berlin
	Star of People's Friendship	German Democratic Republic	1976	East Berlin
		Hungary	1976 1981	Budapest
	Star of the Republic of Indonesia, 1st class	Indonesia	1961
		Laos	1982
	Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic	Mongolia	1976	Ulan Bator
	Hero of Labor of the Mongolian People's Republic	Mongolia	1981
	Order of Sukhbaatar	Mongolia	1966 1971 1976 1981	Ulan Bator
		Mongolia
	Medal "30 years of the Victory in Khalkhin-Gol"	Mongolia	1969	Ulan Bator	Awarded to participants of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol
		Mongolia
	Medal "50 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution"	Mongolia	1971	Ulan Bator	Awarded to participants of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol
		Mongolia
	Order of the National Flag, 1st class	North Korea	1976[3]
	Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun	Peru	1978	Lima
	Grand Cross of the Virtuti Militari	Poland	21 July 1974 (revoked in 10 July 1990)	Warsaw
	Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta	Poland	1976	Warsaw
	Cross of Grunwald, 2nd class	Poland	1946	Warsaw
	Medal "For Oder, Neisse and the Baltic"	Poland	1946	Warsaw	"to commemorate the great victory of the Polish soldiers who fought for the new boundaries of the rivers Oder and Nisse and on the Baltic coast, and who saw to the return of Poland's ancient Slavic lands to the west and north, and to congratulate these participants in their struggle."
	Medal of Victory and Freedom	Poland	1946	Warsaw	"to commemorate the victory of the Polish Nation and Its Allies above a barbarism of hitlerism, and a triumph of a democratic freedom idea, and to award persons, who helped in this victory and triumph by their acting or suffering in the country or abroad, by May 9, 1945"
	Order of the Star of Romania	Romania	1976	Bucharest
		Romania	1981	Bucharest
		South Yemen	1982
	Gold Star Order	Vietnam	1980
	Hero of Labor	Vietnam	1980
	Order of Ho Chi Minh	Vietnam	1982	Hanoi	"outstanding achievements in one of the areas of politics, economics, literature, arts, science, technology, national defense, security, diplomacy or other fields."
	Order of the Yugoslav Star, 1st class	Yugoslavia	1962	Belgrade	"development and strengthening of peace and cooperation between nations."
	Order of Freedom	Yugoslavia	1976	Belgrade	"skillful leadership and outstanding courage."

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