Overlap in Award Statutes

[thenneberry]

There are obviously many different orders and medals of the Soviet Union. In going through the PMD book I notice that the statutes written for many orders and medals overlap. For example, I can envision circumstances during wartime when a military commander or soldier performed an act worthy of a number of different awards depending on how you interpret the statute. A naval officer could be eligible for an Order of Ushakov, Nakhimov or Khmelnitsky or an army officer could be eligible for a Suvorov, Kutuzov or Khmelnitsky. There are obviously many other overlaps between different awards for different deeds that one could envision.

I am curious how the Soviet Presidium determined which award was most appropriate. Did the officer have any say in which award he was being recommended for? Is it possible they could be awarded more than one order for a given action?

Thanks,
Tom

[new world]

Presidium had little to do with assigning awards, except for few high level ones.

Which award was to be given was deteremined by the chain of the superiors of the recepient. There were multiple cases of upgrading or downgradind of the award recommended in the initial citation.

Politics and relationships played big role. One can be a super-hero and receive low level awards due to the lack of rapport with immediate senior officer. On the other hand - someone far from the front lines, but well connected could be getting all high-level orders.

William

[thenneberry]

Thanks William, that makes sense. I am sure the commanding officer's influence mattered greatly in what award a person ended up getting.

-Tom