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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]
During World War II, 669 Orders of Kutuzov 1st class were awarded. [2] The Order of Kutuzov 1st class was also awarded to Chelyabinsk Tractor Plant in 1945, to recognize the enormous contribution of its workers towards the defeat of Nazi Germany. [3] The Order 2nd class was awarded to 3,325 corps, division, and brigade commanders.
The division fought in Operation Kutuzov in August as part of the 65th Army's 18th Rifle Corps. [14] [15] On 12 August, the division helped captured Dmitrovsk in cooperation with other units. The division then crossed the Desna River and the Sozh River in September, fighting in the Chernigov-Pripyat Offensive. It fought to expand the Sozh ...
Order of Kutuzov Order of Suvorov Teodor Sergeevich Kulakov ( Russian : Теодор Сергеевич Кулаков ; March 18 [ O.S. March 6] 1900, Rozhdestvenka, Belgorod Oblast – November 16, 1943, Kerch) was a colonel of the Red Army during the Second World War .
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 13th Guards Poltava Order of Lenin Twice Red Banner Orders of Suvorov and Kutuzov Rifle Division (Russian: 13-я гвардейская стрелковая Полтавская ордена Ленина дважды Краснознамённая орденов Суворова и Кутузова дивизия) was an infantry division of the Red Army that was highly decorated during ...
The character is inspired by members of the historical all-women Soviet unit known as Night Witches, many of whom were decorated for their World War II service. The two flee to the city of Lodz after meeting in northwestern Poland (Jäger is serving on Germany's border with Poland) and help foil Otto Skorzeny's plot to set off an atomic bomb in ...
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.