The following is a full list of awards and decorations of Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet president and statesman, sorted into two sections; foreign and domestic.
| Award or decoration | Date | Place | Awarded for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hero of the Soviet Union | 18 December 1966 (first time) 18 December 1976 (second time) 19 December 1978 (third time) 18 December 1981 (fourth time) |
"Heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society." | ||
| Hero of Socialist Labour | 17 June 1961 | "Exceptional achievements in national economy and culture." | ||
| Order of Lenin | Outstanding services rendered to the State. | |||
| Order of the October Revolution | "Services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defences of the Soviet Union" | |||
| Order of the Red Banner | Heroism in combat or other extraordinary accomplishments of military valor during combat operations | |||
| Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class | Exceptional duty in combat operations that led to the liberation of the Soviet territory | |||
| Order of the Patriotic War | Exceptional duty and courage in the battle for the Soviet Motherland, and soldiers whose actions contributed to the success of military operations | |||
| Order of the Red Star | Exceptional service in the cause of the defence of the Soviet Union in both war and peace | |||
| Medal for Combat Service | ||||
| Commerative Medal for the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Lenin | ||||
| Medal for the Defence of Odessa | For all the participants of the defence of Odessa | |||
| Medal for the Defence of Caucasus | For all the participants of the defence of Caucasus | |||
| Medal for the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945 | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD. | |||
| 20 Years of Victory in Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD. | |||
| 30 Years of Victory in Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD. | |||
| Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw" | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the liberation of Warsaw | |||
| Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the siege of Vienna | |||
| Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 Medal | Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany. | |||
| Medal "For the Strengthning of Military Cooperation" | Contribution to strengthening the military cooperation between various military branches | |||
| Medal "For Restoring the Steel industry of the South" | Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany. | |||
| Medal "For the Development of the Virgin Lands" | Collective farmers, workers on state farms, common labourers, Party and state officials, trade union members and Komsomol members for contributions they made during the Virgin Lands Campaign | |||
| Medal "For the Development of the Virgin Lands" | Collective farmers, workers on state farms, common labourers, Party and state officials, trade union members and Komsomol members for contributions they made during the Virgin Lands Campaign | |||
| Medal "40 Years of the Soviet Armed Forces" | Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicement to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces | |||
| Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Armed Forces" | Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicement to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces | |||
| Medal "60 Years of the Soviet Armed Forces" | Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicement to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces | |||
| 250th Anniversary of Leningrad Medal | Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicement to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces | |||
| Medal "In memory of Kiev's 1,500 anniversary" | "his contribution to the socio-cultural and economic development of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev." | |||
| Lenin Prize for Literature | 1979 | for The Small Land, part of a series popularly referred to as Brezhnev's trilogy. | ||
| Lenin Peace Prize | 1973 | |||
| Order of Victory | 20 February 1978 (revoked in 1989) | |||
| Award or decoration | Country | Date | Place | Awarded for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order of the Sun of Liberty | Democratic Republic of Afghanistan | 1981 | Kabul | ||
| Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | People's Republic of Bulgaria | 1973, 1976, 1981 | Sofia | ||
| Order of Georgi Dimitrov | People's Republic of Bulgaria | Sofia | |||
| Hero of the Republic of Cuba | Republic of Cuba | 1981 | Havana | ||
| Hero of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 5 May 1970, 26 November 1976, 16 December 1981 | Prague | "extraordinary merits for the republic connected with a hero achievement or repeated achievements." | |
| Order of Klement Gottwald | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 1970, 1976, 1978, 1981 | Prague | "outstanding merit for realisation of the socialism system in Czechoslovakia." | |
| Order of the White Lion | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 1946 | Prague | "outstanding services to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic." | |
| Czechoslovak War Cross | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 1945, 1947 | Prague | "acts of military valor." | |
| Medal for Bravery Before the Enemy | Czechoslovak Socialist Republic | 1945 | Prague | "for bravery against the enemy" | |
| Order of the White Rose of Finland | Republic of Finland | 1976 | Helsinki | "civil or military merit." | |
| Order of Karl Marx | German Democratic Republic | 1974, 1979, 1981 | East Berlin | ||
| Hero of the German Democratic Republic | German Democratic Republic | 1976, 1979, 1981 | East Berlin | "extraordinary achievements and earnings/services the hero acts for the GDR, for their development and all-round stabilization, for which international acknowledgement and authority achieved as well as for its safe military protection." | |
| Order of the Banner | People's Republic of Hungary | 1976, 1981 | Budapest | ||
| Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic | Mongolian People's Republic | 1976 | Ulan Bator | ||
| Order of Sukhbaatar | Mongolian People's Republic | 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981 | Ulan Bator | ||
| Medal "30 Years of Khalkhin Gol Victory" | Mongolian People's Republic | 1969 | Ulan Bator | Awarded to participants of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol | |
| Medal "50 Years Anniversary of the Mongolian Revolution" | Mongolian People's Republic | 1971 | Ulan Bator | Awarded to participants of the Battles of Khalkhin Gol | |
| Grand Cross of the Order of the Sun | Republic of Peru | 1978 | Lima | ||
| Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta | People's Republic of Poland | 1976 | Warsaw | ||
| Cross of Grunwald, 2nd Class | People's Republic of Poland | 1946 | Warsaw | ||
| Medal "For the Odra, Nissa, Baltic" | People's Republic of Poland | 1946 | Warsaw | "to commemorate the great victory of the Polish soldiers who fought for the new boundaries of the rivers Oder and Nisse and on the Baltic coast, and who saw to the return of Poland's ancient Slavic lands to the west and north, and to congratulate these participants in their struggle." | |
| Medal of Victory and Freedom | People's Republic of Poland | 1946 | Warsaw | "to commemorate the victory of the Polish Nation and Its Allies above a barbarism of hitlerism, and a triumph of a democratic freedom idea, and to award persons, who helped in this victory and triumph by their acting or suffering in the country or abroad, by May 9, 1945" | |
| Commander of the Order of the Star of Romania | Socialist Republic of Romania | 1976 | Bucharest | ||
| Order of the Victory of Socialism | Socialist Republic of Romania | 1981 | Bucharest | ||
| Order of Ho Chi Minh | Socialist Republic of Vietnam | 1982 | Hanoi | "outstanding achievements in one of the areas of politics, economics, literature, arts, science, technology, national defense, security, diplomacy or other fields." | |
| Order of the Yugoslav Star | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 1962 | Belgrade | "development and strengthening of peace and cooperation between nations." | |
| Order of Freedom | Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia | 1976 | Belgrade | "skillful leadership and outstanding courage." | |