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Operation Kutuzov was the first of the two counteroffensives launched by the Red Army as part of the Kursk Strategic Offensive Operation. It commenced on 12 July 1943, in the Central Russian Upland , against Army Group Center of the German Heer .
The Order of Kutuzov was established in three classes: 1st class, 2nd class, and 3rd class. General Ivan Galanin who distinguished himself during the Battle of Stalingrad became the first recipient of the Order 1st class. During World War II, 669 Orders of Kutuzov 1st class were awarded. [2]
During World War II (known as "The Great Patriotic War" in Russia), the Soviet government established the Order of Kutuzov which, among several other decorations, was preserved in Russia upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union, thus remaining among the highest military awards in Russia, [45] only second to the Order of Soviet Marshall Zhukov. [46]
For its role in the capture of Berlin, the 89th was awarded with the Order of Kutuzov 2nd Class and Major General Hmayak G. Babaian was bestowed with the Hero of the Soviet Union. [4] The 89th Rifle Division is recorded to have liberated a total of 900 cities, towns, and villages.
The 1st Guards Glukhov Order of Lenin, Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Breakthrough Artillery Division was the formal name of the 1st Guards Breakthrough Artillery Division (Russian: 1-я гвардейская артиллерийская дивизия прорыва), a division of the Red Army (the Soviet Army from 1946) that existed during World War II and ...
The 7th Guards Tank Division was a tank division of the Soviet Army during the Cold War.. The division traced its heritage back to the 7th Guards Tank Corps, formed during World War II in July 1943 from the 15th Tank Corps for its performance in Operation Kutuzov, the Soviet counteroffensive after the Battle of Kursk.
The 150th Guards Motor Rifle Idritsa-Berlin Order of Kutuzov Division (Russian: Russian: 150-я гвардейская мотострелковая Идрицко-Берлинская ордена Кутузова дивизия) of the Russian Ground Forces is a motorized rifle division that was re-instituted in 2016.
The 37th Guards Rechitsa, twice Red Banner, Orders of Suvorov, Kutuzov, and Bogdan Khmelnitsky Rifle Division (Russian: 37-я гвардейская стрелковая Речицкая дважды Краснознамённая орденов Суворова, Кутузова и Богдана Хмельницкого дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army which fought ...