Lenin.

[Taz]

Tal,
Yes there must be loads of Soviet scientists that have been awarded the HSL, and a single Order of Lenin.
BTW that,s a lovely group from Igor Kurchatov!

As regards to the other questions:

1. Did the Order of Lenin carry any monetary award? (weren't very early recipients offered some sort of benefit like public transportation?)

Heroes of the Soviet Union were offered benifits like free public transportation etc and still are today, they also get, for example free entry to Museums. And I seem to remember that there was a monetary award with the Titel. And in the case that the title was awarded postum the Widow recived the money.
But I don,t think any monetary award was made for a single Awarding of the Order of Lenin.
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3. What was the highest award for Soviet scientist? If it is different from the Order of Lenin, does it carry money award? (I was thinking the Lenin prize, but would they offer an outright money award? doesn't sound very proleterian to me )

Lenin Prize, Meritorious Inventor, Technologist are a few of the Awards to Soviet Scientists.
International prizes and Awards for Scientists generally have a monetary award to the Awardee ( Nobel Prize, Bruce Prize & Medal etc )
So if a Soviet Scientist was Honoured in this way he also recived the money.

Eddie.