Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour (obverse), type 2 post 1943
TypeSingle-grade order
Awarded forAccomplishments in labour, the civil service, literature, the arts and sciences
Presented bySoviet Union
EligibilitySoviet and foreign citizens. Institutions including factories
StatusNo longer awarded
EstablishedDecember 28, 1920
First awardedJune 28, 1921
Last awardedDecember 21, 1991
Total1,224,590
Ribbon of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
RelatedOrder of the Red Banner
Reverse of a post 1943 type 2 Order of the Red Banner of Labour
Order of the Red Banner of Labour depicted on a 1951 stamp
Olympic gold medalist figure skater Irina Rodnina, twice recipient of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour

The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (Russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, romanizedOrden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports, health, social and other spheres of labour activities. It is the labour counterpart of the military Order of the Red Banner. A few institutions and factories, being the pride of Soviet Union, also received the order. The Order of the Red Banner of Labour was the third-highest civil award in the Soviet Union, after the Order of Lenin and the Order of the October Revolution.

The Order of the Red Banner of Labour began solely as an award of the Russian SFSR on December 28, 1920. The all-Union equivalent was established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on September 7, 1928,[1] and approved by another decree on September 15, 1928.[2] The Order's statute and regulations were modified by multiple successive decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, on May 7, 1936,[3] on June 19, 1943,[4] on March 28, 1980,[5] and on July 18, 1980.[6]

  1. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 7, 1928" (in Russian). Russian WikiSource. September 7, 1928. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  2. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of September 15, 1928" (in Russian). Russian WikiSource. September 15, 1928. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 7, 1936" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. May 7, 1936. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  4. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 19, 1943" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. June 19, 1943. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  5. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of March 28, 1980" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. March 28, 1980. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 18, 1980 № 2523-X" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. July 18, 1980. Retrieved April 29, 2012.

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