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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">In this name that follows <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Slavic_naming_customs" title="Eastern Slavic naming customs">Eastern Slavic naming customs</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Patronymic" title="Patronymic">patronymic</a> is <i> Andreevich</i> and the <a href="/wiki/Surname" 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.infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Konstantin Vershinin</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #aaa;; line-height: 1.5em"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Konstantin_Vershinin_c._1959.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Konstantin_Vershinin_c._1959.jpg" decoding="async" width="170" height="240" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption" style="font-size: 100%">Vershinin <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr> 1959</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1900-05-21</span>)</span>May 21, 1900<br /><a href="/wiki/Borkino" title="Borkino">Borkino</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Empire" title="Russian Empire">Russian Empire</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">December 30, 1973<span style="display:none">(1973-12-30)</span> (aged 73)<br /><a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>, <a href="/wiki/Russian_SFSR" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian SFSR">Russian SFSR</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Buried</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="label"><a href="/wiki/Novodevichy_Cemetery" title="Novodevichy Cemetery">Novodevichy Cemetery</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a> (1919–1973)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data">1919–1973</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg/55px-SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg/83px-SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg/110px-SA_AF_F9ChiefMars_1974_h.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="356" data-file-height="138" /></a></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Chief_marshal_of_the_aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief marshal of the aviation">Chief marshal of the aviation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Commands</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/16th_Air_Army" title="16th Air Army">16th Air Army</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Forces" title="Soviet Air Forces">Soviet Air Forces</a> <br /><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Soviet Air Defence Forces">Soviet Air Defence Forces</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Battles / wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/wiki/Chief_marshal_of_the_aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief marshal of the aviation">Chief marshal of the aviation</a> <b>Konstantin Andreevich Vershinin</b> (<a href="/wiki/Russian_language" title="Russian language">Russian</a>: <span lang="ru">Константин Андреевич Вершинин</span>; 3 June 1900 – 30 December 1973) was commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet Air Force">Soviet Air Force</a> from 1946 to 1949 and from 1957 to 1969. </p><p>He was commander of the <a href="/wiki/4th_Air_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Air Army">4th Air Army</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, and for his actions, he was awarded the distinction of <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> in 1944. At the outbreak of the <a href="/wiki/Bolshevik" class="mw-redirect" title="Bolshevik">Bolshevik</a> Revolution, he left his work in a sawmill to enter the <a href="/wiki/Red_Army" title="Red Army">Red Army</a>. In 1929, he was sent to the <a href="/wiki/Zhukovsky_Air_Force_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="Zhukovsky Air Force Academy">Zhukovsky Air Force Academy</a> located in <a href="/wiki/Moscow" title="Moscow">Moscow</a>. </p><p>In 1946 — as Commander-in-chief of Air Force — Deputy Ministry of Defence of the USSR, he supervised the Air Force transition to the jet era. He was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Marshal_of_Aviation" class="mw-redirect" title="Marshal of Aviation">Marshal of Aviation</a> (3 July 1946). </p><p>In September 1949 unexpectedly lowered in grade and appointed chief commander of <a href="/wiki/Baku_Air_Defense_District" class="mw-redirect" title="Baku Air Defense District">Baku PVO Region</a>. He was commander of the <a href="/wiki/14th_Air_Army" title="14th Air Army">14th Air Army</a> in the Ukrainian SSR from February to September 1950.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From June 1953 until May 1954 - commander <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Air_Defence_Forces" title="Soviet Air Defence Forces">PVO Forces</a>. He served as Commander of the Soviet Air Force from January 1957 to 1969 and was a Deputy Minister of Defence of the USSR. On 8 May 1959 he was promoted to Chief Marshal of Aviation. From March 1969 he was an inspector of the <a href="/wiki/Group_of_Inspectors_General" title="Group of Inspectors General">Group of Inspectors General of Ministry of Defence of the USSR</a>. </p><p>Member of <a href="/wiki/CPSU" class="mw-redirect" title="CPSU">CPSU</a> from 1919. Candidate for <a href="/wiki/Central_Committee_of_the_CPSU" class="mw-redirect" title="Central Committee of the CPSU">TsK KPSS</a> in 1952–1956. Member of TsK KPSS from 1961. Deputy of <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Soviet_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union">Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union</a> II (1946–1950), IV—VII (from 1954) convocations. </p><p>Vershinin died after a long illness on December 30, 1973, in Moscow, and was buried at <a href="/wiki/Novodevichy_Cemetery" title="Novodevichy Cemetery">Novodevichy Cemetery</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_decorations">Awards and decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Konstantin_Vershinin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Awards and decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Soviet Union</dt></dl> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png/20px-Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png/30px-Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png/40px-Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union_medal.png 2x" data-file-width="143" data-file-height="280" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> ("Gold Star" No. 3869, 19 August 1944) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Lenin_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Order_of_Lenin_ribbon_bar.png/60px-Order_of_Lenin_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Order_of_Lenin_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Order of Lenin</a>, six times (23 December 1942, 21 July 1944, 19 August 1944, 21 February 1945, 20 May 1960, 22 May 1970) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_october_revolution_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Order_october_revolution_rib.png/60px-Order_october_revolution_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Order_october_revolution_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_October_Revolution" title="Order of the October Revolution">Order of the October Revolution</a> (22 February 1968) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Red_Banner_ribbon_bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Order_of_Red_Banner_ribbon_bar.png/60px-Order_of_Red_Banner_ribbon_bar.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d9/Order_of_Red_Banner_ribbon_bar.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Banner" title="Order of the Red Banner">Order of the Red Banner</a>, thrice (27 March 1942, 3 November 1944, 15 November 1950) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_suvorov1_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Order_suvorov1_rib.png/60px-Order_suvorov1_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Order_suvorov1_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Suvorov" title="Order of Suvorov">Order of Suvorov</a>, 1st class, thrice (16 May 1944, 10 April 1945, 29 May 1945) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_suvorov2_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Order_suvorov2_rib.png/60px-Order_suvorov2_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Order_suvorov2_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td>Order of Suvorov, 2nd class (25 October 1943) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg/60px-POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg/90px-POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg/120px-POL_Order_Wojny_Ojczy%C5%BAnianej_1kl_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War" title="Order of the Patriotic War">Order of the Patriotic War</a>, 1st class (22 February 1943) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Defcaucasus_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Defcaucasus_rib.png/60px-Defcaucasus_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Defcaucasus_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Defence_of_the_Caucasus%22" title="Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"">Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"</a> (1 May 1944) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Capturekoenigsberg_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Capturekoenigsberg_rib.png/60px-Capturekoenigsberg_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Capturekoenigsberg_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Capture_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg%22" title="Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"">Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"</a> (9 June 1945) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_Glory_Ribbon_Bar.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Order_of_Glory_Ribbon_Bar.png/60px-Order_of_Glory_Ribbon_Bar.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Order_of_Glory_Ribbon_Bar.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Victory_over_Germany_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"">Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"</a> (1945) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20_years_of_victory_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/20_years_of_victory_rib.png/60px-20_years_of_victory_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/20_years_of_victory_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%22Twenty_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"">Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"</a> (7 May 1965) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:20_years_saf_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/20_years_saf_rib.png/60px-20_years_saf_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/20_years_saf_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%22XX_Years_of_the_Workers%27_and_Peasants%27_Red_Army%22" title="Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"">Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army"</a> (22 February 1938) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:30_years_saf_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/30_years_saf_rib.png/60px-30_years_saf_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/30_years_saf_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2230_Years_of_the_Soviet_Army_and_Navy%22" title="Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"">Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"</a> (22 February 1948) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:40_years_saf_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/40_years_saf_rib.png/60px-40_years_saf_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/14/40_years_saf_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2240_Years_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR%22" title="Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"">Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"</a> (18 December 1957) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:50_years_saf_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/50_years_saf_rib.png/60px-50_years_saf_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/50_years_saf_rib.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2250_Years_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR%22" title="Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"">Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"</a> (22 December 1967) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:800thMoscowRibbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/800thMoscowRibbon.png/60px-800thMoscowRibbon.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/800thMoscowRibbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="72" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22In_Commemoration_of_the_800th_Anniversary_of_Moscow%22" title="Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"">Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"</a> (20 September 1947) </td></tr> </tbody></table> <dl><dt>Foreign</dt></dl> <table> <tbody><tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png/60px-HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png/90px-HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png/120px-HUN_Order_the_Red_Banner_rib.png 2x" data-file-width="655" data-file-height="180" /></a></span> </td> <td>Order of the Red Banner (<a href="/wiki/Hungarian_People%27s_Republic" title="Hungarian People's Republic">Hungary</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:POL_Virtuti_Militari_Kawalerski_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/POL_Virtuti_Militari_Kawalerski_BAR.svg/60px-POL_Virtuti_Militari_Kawalerski_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="60" height="17" class="mw-file-element" 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