Gold Star

:Gold stars are also used by several militaries to denote multiple decorations of a single award. In the United States Navy and Marine Corps, gold stars are known as "award stars." Gold stars over blue stars were placed in the windows of families who lost a child during war, see Gold Star (memorial) .

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The Gold Star is the highest decoration of excellence in the Soviet Union and Russia. Titles that came with the decoration were formerly "Hero of the Soviet Union" (????? ?????????? ?????) and now "Hero of the Russian Federation" (????? ?????????? ?????????).

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The Gold Star was established by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on August 1, 1939 (it was called "Hero of the Soviet Union" until October 16, 1939). This medal is a gold star hanging from a ribbon of the colour(s) of the flag of the country that issued it, i.e. red for the USSR and white/blue/red for the Russian Federation. It is worn on the left side of the chest above other orders and medals.

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The medal is awarded for extraordinary achievements in either the military or the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD), often posthumously. Multiple medals can be awarded: Aleksandr Pokryshkin and Ivan Kozhedub (the top-scoring Allied air aces of World War II with 59 and 62 kills, respectively) were famous for earning three Gold Stars each. In the late Soviet years, it was mainly cosmonauts who received the award as Soviet cosmonauts all served in the Air Military Forces (VVS).

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The award lost some of its meaning when Soviet leaders after Iosif Stalin began giving themselves Gold Stars. Leonid Brezhnev was 'awarded' five over his lifetime. In recent years the two Chechen Wars (1994-1996 and 1999-) have created many Heroes of the Russian Federation, mainly among the militia and MVD servicemen.

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Award star: An award star is a decoration issued by the United States military to denote multiple military awards issued to personnel of the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, and United States Coast Guard. An award star is very similar to an oak leaf cluster, which serves the same purpose. Award s...

Gold Star (memorial): A Gold Star was placed over a Blue Star (placed in the window to encourage safe return from the war) in the windows of families who lost a child during war. This was especially common in the United States during World War II....

Soviet Union: The Soviet Union, also called The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (?????????? ?????; tr.: Sovetsky Soyuz or (????) ; tr.: Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik ), was an officially socialist state founded in 1922, centered on Russia, and dissolved in 1991. From 1945 until its d...

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