Order of the Badge of Honour

Order of the Badge of Honour
Order of the Badge of Honour
Type	Single grade order
Awarded for	accomplishments in labour, the civil service, literature, the arts and sciences
Presented by	the  Soviet Union
Eligibility	Soviet citizens and institutions including factories
Status	No longer awarded
Established	November 25, 1935
First awarded	November 26, 1935
Last awarded	December 23, 1988
Total	1 580 850
Ribbon of the Badge of Honour
Precedence
Next (higher)	Order of Friendship of Peoples
Next (lower)	Order of Labour Glory

The Order of the Badge of Honour (Russian: орден «Знак Почёта», romanized: orden "Znak Pochyota") was a civilian award of the Soviet Union.

It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, 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.

The order was awarded 1,574,368 times.

The "Order of the Badge of Honour" was replaced by the "Order of Honour" (Russian: Орден Почёта) by a Decree of the Presidium of the USSR on 28 December 1988. Following the USSR dissolution, it was replaced by the "Order of Honour" of Russia, established by Presidential Decree no. 442 of 2 March 1994.^[1]