Multiple Awards of Soviet Orders

[Doug]

Because I'm thinking about buying a group containing three Valor Medals, I started wondering about what you guys have seen concerning multiple awards of the same order (and class) to an individual. For example, I have a group with four Red Stars in it. I've never seen a group with more than that but it must have happened.

To put my random thoughts into a question, what is the highest number of the following orders awarded to a single individual that you have information on:

Lenin
October Revolution
Suvorov (by class)
Kutuzov (by class)
Khmelnitsky (by class)
Nevsky (did anyone get more than one?)
Patriotic War (by class)
Red Star
Valor Medal
Combat Service Medal

Does anyone, besides me, have an interest in this topic? Do you think a high number of the same order adds to the rarity of a group?

All the best,

Doug

[Alexscl]

Lenin order: 10 orders – academician Aleksandrov A.P. and aircraft designer Iakovlev A.S.
Lenin order: 11 orders – Marshal USSR Ustinov D.F.

October Revolution – 2 orders – General Secretary of Central Committee of KPSS Breznev L.I., academician Severnii A.B., chairman of Central Committee of Ukrainian Communist Party Schebitskii V.V.

Suvorov order – 3 orders 1st class – 18 Marshals and Generals
Suvorov order – 3 orders 2nd class - General Major Katkov F.G.

Kutuzov order – 3 orders 1st class - Marshal USSR Sokolovskii V.D. (also cavalier of 3 orders of Suvorov 1st class), General-Colonels Koroteev K.A., Stikov T.F., Nikitin A.V., General Major Vladimirskii A.V.

Khmelnitsky order - 2 orders 1st class - Marshal USSR Grechko A.A., Generals Borzov N.A., Bulichev I.T., Zmachenko F.F.
Khmelnitsky order - 2 orders 2nd class – officers Gudkov L.S., Zorin P.M., Novak A.I, etc…

Nevsky order – 2 orders – Colonel Bazilenko V.I., Colonel Bahtin I.P., Colonel – Lieutenant Emelianov B.N., Capitan Gorin A.S.
Nevsky order – 3 orders – Colonel Nevsky N.L. – commander of the 818-artillery regiment

Patriotic War – 5 orders – 3 of 1st class and 2 of 2nd class – HSU Fiodorov I.E.
Patriotic War 3 of 1st class – General Major Jzilin A.N., HSU Colonel Goriachkin T.S.

Red Star – 5 orders – a lot of Soviet officers - HSU General Major Stepanenko I.N, General Major Morosanov I.A., HSU Colonel Iakimov A.P., etc…
Red Star – 4 orders – dozens of Soviet officers

Valor Medal – 5 medals – Zolinikov S.M.(+ Glory 3rd class), Gribkov P.I.

Interesting combination:

HSU Major Merkulov M.K. - order of Lenin, October Revolution, 3 Red Banners, Suvorov order 3rd class, Kutuzov order 3rd class, Khmelnitsky order 3rd class, Nevsky order, Patriotic War 1st class, Red Star – 2 orders, Service to Motherland order 3rd class – 13 orders !!

[JohnW]

All,

Does anyone have the names of the 18 Marshals and Generals who received the 1st class of the oprder of Suvorov 3 times? Am really interested seeing the list.

John

[slava1stclass]

A photo of S.M. Zolnikov is attached. Alexscl mentions him above.

Regards,

slava1stclass

[Dave]

And here's the list of the 18 awardees in roman lettering:

P.I. Batov
P.A. Belov
K. A. Vershinin
N.N. Voronov
A.E. Golovanov
V.N. Gordov
A.I. Eryomenko
V.I. Kazakov
V.Y. Kolpachki
A.A. Luchinsky
I.I. Lyudnikov
A.A. Novikov
N.P. Pukhov
P.S. Rybalko
V.D. Sokolovsky
S.K. Timoshenko
V.D. Tsvetaev
V.I. Chuikov

I recently heard that Luchinsky's group is in the US and was being offered for sale for something around $150,000!

--Dave