| Order of the Badge of Honour | |
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Order of the Badge of Honour |
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| Awarded by the Soviet Union | |
| Type | Single grade order |
| Eligibility | Soviet citizens and institutions including factories |
| Awarded for | accomplishments in labour, the civil service, literature, the arts and sciences |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Statistics | |
| Established | November 25, 1935 |
| First awarded | November 26, 1935 |
| Last awarded | December 23, 1988 |
| Total awarded | 1 580 850 |
| Precedence | |
| Next (higher) | Order of Friendship of Peoples |
| Next (lower) | Order of Labour Glory |
Ribbon of the Badge of Honour |
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The Order of the Badge of Honour (Russian: Орден "Знак Почёта") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.
It was instituted on 25 November 1935 and conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in production, scientific research and social, cultural and other forms of social activity, for promotion of economic, scientific, technological, cultural and other ties between the USSR and other countries and also for significant contribution to basic and applied research.
In total the order was awarded 1,574,368 times.
The Order of the Badge of Honour was replaced by Order of Honour (Russian: орден Почёта), established by a Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on 28 December 1988. Later, following the USSR dissulution, it was replaced by the Order of Honour of the Russian Federation, established by the President's Decree of №442 of 2 March 1994.[1]
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