Badges and Decorations of the Soviet Union

All-Union Civilian badges

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	Winner of the Socialist Competition		Awarded for winning the socialist competition.
	Blood Donor (1st Class) Донор СССР(первой степени)		For donating blood.
	Blood Donor (2nd Class) Донор СССР(второй степени)		For donating blood.
	Blood Donor (3rd Class) Донор СССР(третьей степени)		For donating blood.
	Distinguished Test Pilot Of The Soviet Union	14 August 1958	Awarded To Soviet Military And Civilian Test Pilots For Distinguished Service To The Soviet Union.
	Distinguished Test Navigator Of The Soviet Union	14 August 1958	Awarded To Soviet Military And Civilian Test Navigators For Distinguished Service To The Soviet Union.
	Pilot Cosmonaut Of The Soviet Union Лётчик-космонавт СССР Lyotchik-kosmonavt SSSR	14 April 1961	Awarded To Soviet Cosmonauts.	56
	Distinguished Military Pilot Of The Soviet Union	26 January 1965	Awarded to Soviet military pilots for distinguished service to the military aviation of the Soviet Union.
	Distinguished Military Navigator Of The Soviet Union	26 January 1965	Awarded to Soviet military aviation navigators for distinguished service to the military aviation of the Soviet Union.
	Distinguished Pilot Of The Soviet Union	30 September 1965	Awarded to Soviet civilian pilots for distinguished service to the civil aviation of the Soviet Union.
	Distinguished Navigator Of The Soviet Union	30 September 1965	Awarded to Soviet civilian aviation navigators for distinguished service to the civil aviation of the Soviet Union.
	Inventor Of The Soviet Union Изобретатель СССР Izobretatel' SSSR	1981	Awarded for innovative proposals.
	Honoured Blood Donor Of The Soviet Union		Awarded to Soviet blood donors.

All-Union sport decorations

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	Champion of the USSR (1st class) Чемпион СССР (первой степени)		Awarded to champions of the Soviet Union
	Champion of the USSR (2nd class) Чемпион СССР (второй степени)		Awarded to champions of the Soviet Union
	Champion of the USSR (3rd class) Чемпион СССР (третьей степени)		Awarded to champions of the Soviet Union
	Record-breaker of the USSR Рекордсмен СССР		Awarded to record-breakers of the Soviet Union
	For the best acsension За лучшее восхождение		Awarded for the best acsension

Military badges

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	Excellence In The Workers' And Peasants' Red Army		Issued to Red Army personnel for excellence before the force was renamed after the Great Patriotic War.
	10th Anniversary Of The O.G.P.U.	1927	Issued to members of the Soviet Political Police State Political Directorate The State Political Directorate was the secret police of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Soviet Union from 1922 until 1934... .
	Participant Of The Khasan Battle 1938 Battle of Lake Khasan The Battle of Lake Khasan and also known as the Changkufeng Incident in China and Japan, was an attempted military incursion of Manchukuo into the territory claimed by the Soviet Union...	5 June 1939	Issued to service personnel who took part in the Battle of Lake Khasan Battle of Lake Khasan The Battle of Lake Khasan and also known as the Changkufeng Incident in China and Japan, was an attempted military incursion of Manchukuo into the territory claimed by the Soviet Union... against Japanese Empire of Japan The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of... forces.
	Badge For Bravery And Determination In The Great Patriotic War	1970	Awarded to Veterans of the Great Patriotic War on the event of the 25th Anniversary of Victory.
	Excellent Propagandist Of The M.V.D.		Awarded to M.V.D. personnel for excellent work in propaganda promoting the works of the M.V.D. using various art forms and media.
	Excellence In The D.O.S.A.A.F.		Issued to D.O.S.A.A.F. DOSAAF DOSAAF was a paramilitary society in the Soviet Union, Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet . The society was preserved in a number of post-Soviet Republics, e.g., in Russia and Belarus... personnel for excellence in supporting the armed forces.
	50th Anniversary Of The D.O.S.A.A.F.
	Badge for "Long Cruise" (surface ships) Знак "за дальний поход"	22 May 1961 original variant (1961 to 1976)	Awarded to the most distinguished, highly disciplined military and civilian personnel of the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... who participated in successful long-range cruises on vessels of the Navy.
	Badge for "Long Cruise" (surface ships) Знак "за дальний поход"	22 May 1961 2nd variant (1976 to 1987)	Awarded to the most distinguished, highly disciplined military and civilian personnel of the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... who participated in successful long-range cruises on vessels of the Navy.
	Badge for "Long Cruise" (submarines) Знак "за дальний поход"	22 May 1961 original variant (1961 to 1976)	Awarded to the most distinguished, highly disciplined military and civilian personnel of the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... who participated in successful long-range cruises on vessels of the Navy.
	Badge for "Long Cruise" (submarines) Знак "за дальний поход"	22 May 1961 2nd variant (1976 to 1987)	Awarded to the most distinguished, highly disciplined military and civilian personnel of the Soviet Navy Soviet Navy The Soviet Navy was the naval arm of the Soviet Armed Forces. Often referred to as the Red Fleet, the Soviet Navy would have played an instrumental role in a Warsaw Pact war with NATO, where it would have attempted to prevent naval convoys from bringing reinforcements across the Atlantic Ocean... who participated in successful long-range cruises on vessels of the Navy.
	Badge "Army Air Defense Forces" Знак "Войска ПВО страны"	31 March 1975	Awarded to members of the Soviet Army Soviet Army The Soviet Army is the name given to the main part of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union between 1946 and 1992. Previously, it had been known as the Red Army. Informally, Армия referred to all the MOD armed forces, except, in some cases, the Soviet Navy.This article covers the Soviet Ground... Air Defense Forces for exemplary performance in military duties on air defense alert crews over a period of 5 years. Commanders of air defense units that rated as "excellent" could also be awarded the badge.
	Breast badge of Internal Troops "For Distinction in Service" 1st class ВВМВД Нагрудный знак "За отличие в службе" I степени	1971	Awarded to soldiers of the Interior Ministry (BBMVD Internal Troops The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs ; alternatively translated as "Interior " is a paramilitary gendarmerie-like force in the now-defunct Soviet Union and its successor countries, particularly, in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan... ) of the USSR for initiative, diligence and distinction displayed in the discharge of official duties.
	Breast badge of Internal Troops "For Distinction in Service" 2nd class ВВМВД Нагрудный знак "За отличие в службе" II степени	1971	Awarded to soldiers of the Interior Ministry (BBMVD Internal Troops The Internal Troops, full name Internal Troops of the Ministry for Internal Affairs ; alternatively translated as "Interior " is a paramilitary gendarmerie-like force in the now-defunct Soviet Union and its successor countries, particularly, in Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and Azerbaijan... ) of the USSR for initiative, diligence and distinction displayed in the discharge of official duties.
	Breast badge for "Excellent Border Troop" 1st class Нагрудный знак "Отличник погранвойск" I степени	8 April 1969	Awarded to soldiers, sailors, sergeants and petty officers of KGB KGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the... Border Troops, or to other soldiers urgently enlisted in assisting the Border Troops, for exemplary performance of duties in the protection of the state border of the USSR, skillful actions to apprehend violators of the border, for displaying courage, perseverance, endurance, excellent performance in combat and political training, and for military discipline.
	Breast badge for "Excellent Border Troop" 2nd class Нагрудный знак "Отличник погранвойск" II степени	8 April 1969	Awarded to soldiers, sailors, sergeants and petty officers of KGB KGB The KGB was the commonly used acronym for the . It was the national security agency of the Soviet Union from 1954 until 1991, and was the premier internal security, intelligence, and secret police organization during that time.The State Security Agency of the Republic of Belarus currently uses the... Border Troops, or to other soldiers urgently enlisted in assisting the Border Troops, for exemplary performance of duties in the protection of the state border of the USSR, skillful actions to apprehend violators of the border, for displaying courage, perseverance, endurance, excellent performance in combat and political training, and for military discipline.

Badges for Excellence

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	Excellent Artillery Personnel	21 May 1942
	Excellent Sniper	21 May 1942
	Excellent Tank Crew Personnel	21 May 1942
	Excellent Machinegunner	21 May 1942
	Excellent Mortar Specialist	21 May 1942
	Excellent Submariner	21 May 1942
	Excellent Torpedo Specialist	21 May 1942
	Excellent Railway Troop	21 May 1942
	Excellent Land Mine Specialist	19 August 1942
	Excellent Combat Engineer	19 August 1942
	Excellent Medic	4 October 1942
	Excellent Reconnaissance Scout	10 March 1943
	Excellent Signaler	3 April 1943
	Excellent Pontoon Bridge Builder	5 April 1943
	Excellent Antiaircraft Gunner	30 April 1943
	Excellent Driver	8 July 1943
	Excellent Cook	8 July 1943
	Excellent Baker	8 July 1943
	Excellent Road Builder	8 July 1943
	Excellent Tractor Driver	10 September 1943
	Excellent Fire Fighter	22 November 1944
	Excellent Marksmanship	10 June 1947
	Excellence In The Air Force	1950
	Excellent in Military Construction Отличник военного строительства	21 May 1954	Awarded to military and civilian personnel of military units and organizations of construction and quartering of troops of the Ministry of Defense of the Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... , for distinction in the performance of official duties, for achieving high results in work, or for active participation in important construction during military operations.

Local badges

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	Excellence in socialist competition in gold and platinum mining		Awarded to workers in the gold and platinum mining industries for excellent labour.

Leninist Young Communist League Awards

Badge And Ribbon	Name (English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... /Russian Russian language Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics... /Translit Translit Translit is a method of encoding Cyrillic letters with Latin ones. The term is derived from transliteration, the system of replacing letters of one alphabet with letters of another.... )	Creation Date	Description	Number Awarded
	For Environmental Protection За защиту окружающей среды		Issued by the Leninist Young Communist League Of The Soviet Union Komsomol The Communist Union of Youth , usually known as Komsomol , was the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Komsomol in its earliest form was established in urban centers in 1918. During the early years, it was a Russian organization, known as the Russian Communist Union of... .

All-Union Civilian badges

All-Union sport decorations

Military badges

Badges for Excellence

Local badges

Leninist Young Communist League Awards

See also