Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (Russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, or Orden Trudovovo Krasnovo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union for accomplishments in labour and civil service. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner.
History
The Red Banner of Labour began as an order of the Russian SFSR on December 28, 1920. The statute establishing the all-Union equivalent was passed on September 7, 1928.
Insignia
The order consisted of a silver badge in the shape of a cogwheel bearing the motto "Proletarians of the World, Unite!" in Russian. The central disc had the golden "hammer and sickle" emblem superimposed on a dam scene with blue enamel water, and was surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves. Above it was a red banner bearing the Russian initials "СССР" (SSSR), and below was a red star flanked by golden panicles of wheat.
It was originally worn as a badge on the left chest, but was later suspended from a light blue ribbon bearing dark blue stripes on the edges.
Recipients
The first recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour of the RSFSR was Nikita Menchukov for saving an important bridge from being destroyed by flowing ice.
Order of the Red Banner of Labour of the USSR number 1 was presented to the Pulitov (later Kirov) Works in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). The first individual awardees were V. Fedetov, A. Shelagin and M Kyatkovsky for the rescue of a polar expedition.
Mikhail Gorbachev received the Order of the Red Banner of Labour for harvesting a record crop on his family's collective farm in 1947 at age 16, an honour which was very rare for someone so young.
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