Ed_Haynes

These days, I have enough trouble maintaining: English (mother tongue) Hindi (used to be quite good, still OK) Urdu (used to be quite good, still OK) German (used to be quite good, now sub-rusty) Arabia (rudimentary+) Mongolian (trying to learn) Russian (wish I could learn) But, as you kill off brain cells, . . . But we are, I guess, badly

No, you are absolutely correct. Language is a problem, but we make it more of a problem than it needs to be. Thank you for reminding us of the need to reach across linguistic walls! Нет, Вы абсолютно правильны. Язык - проблема, но мы делаем это большим количеством проблемы, чем это должно быть. Спасибо за то, что напоминать нам о потребности достигать поперек лингвистических стен! I am using http://www.online-translator.com/ -- is there a better translator? Я использую http://www.online-translator.com/ - является там лучшим переводчиком?

Very interesting, I guess. Online translators are better for humor more than for understanding.

And . . . ?????

Thanks for this, Maxim! I have sent private message. Спасибо за это, Максим! Я послал частное сообщение. (How bad is that?!)

Looks like just a roll of Red Banner of Labor ribbon? Now a quiz: How many children are represented by the "mommy orders" spread out here? Half the poopulation of Darkhan?

You might get better answers on the awards to a Soviet over on the Soviet section of the forum?

Thanks, Maxim! Add me to the list of people interested (and I know that airmail postage to teh US will be a lot!).

Yep, not an option just now.

Is there any easy way to get the 2005 edition? The "usual suspects" do not seem to have it in stock.

Thanks for this, Bob. These data points have been excerpted into the relevant threads for ease of cross-reference. This also has the convenient by-product of "bumping" these useful threads, many of which were quite buried.

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Medal "Glory of the Virgin Land Cultivators" (A52): 1,187 24/10/1979 1,300 24/10/1979 3,074 16/12/1982

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here is the only known data point for the Udarnik Badge (A61): 2,203 31/10/1947

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here is the only known data point for the Title of Merit (A8): 607 26/06/1981

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Red Banner of Labor Valor (A27/A28): 621 17/11/1951 1,039 16/02/1956 1,423 24/12/1959 2,329 22/10/1960 2,845 01/02/1960 3,744 24/11/1973 3,809 28/04/1980 4,452 28/01/1975 4,835 22/12/1978 5,050 09/07/1981 5,826 00/00/1987 6,238 15/04/1993

Dream on and hope for 2007 . . .

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Order of Sukhbaatar (A20): 1 1941 24 1946 31 1949 158 24/10/1957 166 29/05/1957 340 1961 341 1961 342 1961 343 1961 344 1961 423 28/11/1962 470 13/12/1963 541 1966 542 1966 558 1966 586 1968 588 1968 589 1968 591 1968 612 10/11/1968 642 12/08/1969 684 15/10/1969 692 1969 803 05/07/1971 919 1971 922 1971 923 1971 924 1971 925 1971 927 1971 928 1971 931 1971 932 1971 933 1971 937 1971 989 1973 1,123 1975 1,255 14/12/1975 1,335 1978 1,404 22/10/1980 1,412 02/12/1980 1,462 08/06/1981 1,463 1981 1,465 1981 1,491 09/07/1981 1,530 1981 1,532 1981 1,548 1981 1,562 1981 1,715 1986

OK, let us try: Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Order of the Polar Star A31/A32): 185/1804 1936 88 06/07/1946 822 23/09/1946 1,162 17/10/1951 1,217 04/12/1955 1,225 6/09/1944 1,562 08/07/1947 1,956 29/11/1955 2,265 3/11/1945 2,506 30/12/1956 2,705 08/12/1948 2,946 08/07/1950 1,217 03/12/1955 3,079 16/01/1957 3,301 1956 3,553 08/07/1947 3,917 30/12/1956 4,832 06/11/1956 4,948 08/12/1948 5,901 20/07/1946 6,133 16/02/1956 6,335 24/05/1950 6,453 10/11/1956 8,143 15/11/1958 9,013 14/12/1957 9,138 14/07/1960 10,358 25/08/1961 11,340 18/05/1965 11,611 00/03/1966 13,376 01/12/1969 14,236 03/07/1971 14,292 03/06/1971 14,718 12/03/1973 15,860 03/07/1971 18,389 19/10/1976 19,735 01/12/1979 25,483 03/04/1980 26,734 19/11/1990 27,017 03/07/1991 28,321 18/04/1995 29,034 29/11/1998 29,893 6-xx-2000 31,529 21/11/2001 Potentially, much of interest here. Make of it what you will/can.

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Order of Mother Heroine, 2nd Class (A33.2, A34.2, A35.2, A36.2): 543 29/05/1958 9,195 25/06/1958 13,892 10/10/1958 15,709 10/11/1958 23,451 25/02/1960 25,633 02/03/1961 29,451 25/02/1962 36,905 11/02/1964 39,895 04/03/1964 61,823 08/02/1969 77,748 17/02/1972 77,962 17/02/1972 84,187 22/02/1973 116,403 00/00/1978 120,901 27/02/1980 130,167 24/02/1981 145,118 18/08/1985 145,718 1985 187,862 22/05/1995 191,632 00/5/1997 191,640 22/05/1997

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Order of Mother Heroine, 1st Class (A33.1, A34.1, A35.1, A36.1): 5,396 16/02/1965 8,128 01/03/1967 11,608 13/02/1970 16,062 21/02/1972 21,460 25/01/1975 24,179 20/02/1976 31,252 22/02/1978 33,062 17/02/1979 34,361 23/02/1980 43,883 00/03/1984 45,130 25/02/1981

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here is the only known data point for the Order of the Red Banner of Combay Valor (A23/A24): 5,348 09/08/1999

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Order of Combat Valor (A30): 1,049 01/10/1959 1,552 29/09/1964 2,146 00/06/1969 2,695 1972 2,777 1971 4,836 15/07/1985 5,138 03/04/1986 5,685 27/03/1987 6,300 09/07/1988 6,515 04/07/1991 6,854 29/08/1995 6,885 28/08/1995 6,972 29/08/1995 7,388 15/09/1995 8,068 09/08/1999 8,126 09/08/1999

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Medal "Friendship" (A44): 1,761 12/11/1968 4,086 1971

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here is the single known data point for the Medal for Unselfishness (A40): 1,046 29/04/1999

Excerpted from Bob's really useful master list of serial numbers and dates of award (see http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=9917 and THANKS, BOB! ), here are known data points for the Honorary Medal of Combat (A37): 854 26/09/1946 1,288 16/09/1947 3,813 08/07/1947 4,312 08/07/1947 4,521 11/09/1953 5,228 24/07/1954 5,514 20/08/1951 19,346 24/09/1984 20,151 19/07/1985