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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.
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]
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 ...
As part of the 54th Army of the Volkhov Front the division participated in the Tikhvin Offensive (10 November 1941 - 30 December 1941), and the Leningrad-Novgorod Strategic Offensive Operation (14 January 1944 - 1 March 1944) for which it was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, 2nd Class and the honorific "Lyuban" in honor of its capture of Lyuban. [4]
For its valour in combat and courage on 19 September 1945 the 66th Rifle Division was awarded the Order of Kutuzov, Second Degree. Three Hero of the Soviet Union medals, 1266 awards, and 2838 medals were given to the division's personnel. On 29 November 1945, it was reorganised as the 2nd Tank Division.
This is a category listing, which serves as an index of existing Wikipedia articles about recipients of the Order of Kutuzov. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of all recipients. The main article for this category is Order of Kutuzov .
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 .
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 .