Leonid Govorov - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.
  • Hero of the Soviet Union (27 January 1945)
  • Five Orders of Lenin (10 November 1941, 2 January 1942, 27 January 1945, 21 February 1945, 21 February 1947)
  • Order of Victory (№ 10–31 May 1945)
  • Order of the Red Banner, three times (1921, 3 November 1944, 15 November 1950)
  • Order of Suvorov, 1st class, twice (28 January 1943, 21 February 1944)
  • Order of Kutuzov, 1st class (29 July 1944)
  • Order of the Red Star (15 January 1940)
  • Order of the Republic (Tuva, 3 March 1942)
  • Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour (France)
  • Legion of Merit degree of "Chief" (USA)
  • Croix de Guerre 1939-45 (France)
  • Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"
  • Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
  • Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
  • Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"

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