order_of_victory

Once again Dave you have showed a Fantastic Group Order of Victory

Just spotted these of ebay: 2 Soviet Russian medals - 25 year anniversary of the end of WW2, Victory over Fascist Germany. Medal on left is the military version (heavier and more substantially made), medal on the right is the civilian version. Valiant and Heroic Russian soldier has his foot on the swastika. Great symbolism. Now I have neve heared that there was Civilian Version?

Heres my latest order of Glory 3rd with doc, check out the batered ribbon, it just crying out to be researched No. 641096 The research is in for this and wil be posted shortly These are the sellars pic's

Order of Victory award book???? Order of Victory

The seller is selling one set of these a week Order of Victory

Thanks Christophe, I do have some more pics but they are to big to scan, and there does not seem to be any decent pics on the interenet at moment Hers a period post card of the Kirov memorial. Order of Victory

I cant remeber posting on this so my Order of Lenin is 202574 with Doc, when it comes back I post picks. ( if i have posted this before I appolgise) Iam looking for 356175 to go with my Hero of Soviet Labour. Fastic collections of Lenins people Order of Victory

Would like to find, the HSL is getting lonley, Order of Lenin 356175 Order of Victory

Here some close up pics of the Lenin and the case

Now I never noticed that it was, after reading about excalibursammler on Lounge part I thought I would I have look and found this, that may explain the German box?

Due to another thread on the Forum, I was looking through ebay and found this Order of Lenin can any one explain why the ribbon on the medal is not on suspention? Order of Victory

I had look in the cavalier book and he is mentioned, my Russian is not good but the date 07/06/1968 is mentioned, the photo though is different to the pic in the book..............may be the pic was added later buy a unscropulous seller? Personaly I think this set ok........if only I had the money......... Order of Victory

Dave, Count me in on autographed version , it sound like a fantastic idea Order of Victory

Heres a close up, By the well done to Wild Card who has now recovered from Sukarno , well over to you Wild Card, make the next question a good one Order of Victory P.S Were else is there main monument to Kirov?

This is from my book on Sabsai: Sabsai's greatest success - the acme of his skill - is the monument to S.M Kirov, the outstanding statesman who worked Azerbaijan in the 1920's. Sabsai executed the statue for Baku, in 1939, in collaberation with an architect L. Ilyin. The bronze sculpture of Kirov has been erected on the peak of the Hagorni park, with a hughe high-reaching red granite pedestal for its base. It looks out on the whole of the sea front, on the infinite panorama of Baku, and the vast turquoise Caspean Sea. Kirov is depicted as an ardent orator, at the moment engrosed ina fervid speech, life asserting, full of vigor. The silhoulettee of the figure when seen towering over the sea expanse, against the mirror-like Southern Sea, is clearly adged. The monuments imagery is accentuated by the decrative pedastle. The pedestalis meade up of three freezes; The Establishment of Soviet Power in Azerbaijan, Oil-industry workers and the Cotton Growers. The monument to Kirov in Baku has been included in the "Gold Fund" of the Soviet Sculpture: for executing the monument Sabsai was awrded the state prize of the Soviet Union. The Monumentis in perfect harmony with the gerneral view of the city and is incarnation of the ideological and artistic socialist principles. Heres a pic, pics on the monument are few and far bettween,sohere is one my terrible scans Order of Victory

Its acctully Peter, but I will forgive you that Well done Heres the Bio of Kirov, Sergey Mironovich Kirov (Russian: Серге́й Миро́нович Ки́ров) (March 15 O.S. = March 27 N.S., 1886?December 1, 1934) was a Russian revolutionary and high Bolshevik functionary. He was born Sergey Mironovich Kostrikov (Ко́стриков), later assuming the name "Kirov" as an alias. His 1934 assassination marked the beginning of Stalin's Great Purges, which removed almost all "Old Bolsheviks" from the Soviet government. Born to a poor family in Urzhum, Russia, Kirov lost his parents when he was young. His father, Miron Kostrikov, had left him at a tender age; his mother also died in the subsequent year. As a child, Sergey was brought up by his grandmother before being sent to an orphanage at seven years of age. Becoming a Marxist, he joined the Russian Social Democratic Labor Party (RSDLP) in 1904. Kirov took part in the Russian Revolution of 1905, and was arrested and later released. He joined the Bolsheviks soon after being released from prison. In 1906, Kirov was arrested once again, but this time jailed for over three years, charged with printing illegal literature. Soon after his release, he again took part in revolutionary activity. Once again being arrested for printing illegal literature, after a year of custody, Kostrikov moved to the Caucasus, where he stayed until the abdication of Nicholas II. By this time, Sergey Kostrikov had changed his name to Kirov. He had selected it as a pen name, just as other Russian revolutionary leaders. The name "Kir" reminded him of a Persian warrior king, and he was to become head of the Bolshevik military administration in Astrakhan. Following the Russian Revolution of 1917, he fought in the Russian Civil War until 1920. In 1921, he became head of the Azerbaijan party organisation. Kirov loyally supported Joseph Stalin, and in 1926 he was rewarded with the leadership of the Leningrad party. In the 1930s, Stalin became increasingly worried about Kirov's growing popularity. At the 1934 Party Congress where the vote for the new Central Committee was held, Kirov received only three negative votes, the fewest of any candidate, while Stalin received 292 negative votes, the highest of any candidate. Kirov was close friends with Sergo Ordzhonikidze, and together they formed a moderate bloc to Stalin in the Politburo. Later in 1934, Stalin asked Kirov to work for him in Moscow, most probably to keep a closer eye on him. Kirov refused, however, and in Stalin's eyes became a competitor. On December 1, 1934, Kirov was killed by Leonid Nikolaev in Leningrad. Stalin claimed that Nikolayev was part of a larger conspiracy led by Leon Trotsky against the Soviet government. This resulted in the arrest and execution of Lev Kamenev, Grigory Zinoviev, and fourteen others in 1936. It has been speculated that Stalin was the man who ordered the murder of Kirov, but this has never been proven. Due to Kirov's popularity, Stalin took his death as a real tragedy and buried him by the Kremlin Wall in a state funeral. Many cities, streets and factories took his name, including the cities of Kirov (formerly Vyatka) and Kirovograd (Kirovohrad in Ukrainian), the station Kirovskaya of the Moscow Metro (now Chistiye Prudy) and the massive Kirov industrial plant in Saint Petersburg (Kirovskiy Zavod). For many years, a huge statue of Kirov in granite and bronze dominated the panorama of the city of Baku. The monument was erected on a hill in 1939 and was dismantled in 1991, after Azerbaijan gained its independence

Well Done 2 out of three The statue to Kirov in Baku was the bigeest statue in the Soviet Union Wild Card are you going to have a guess at the sculptor ? Order of Victory

Kirov yes But wrong town and Soviet Republic Order of Victory

Ok, I next clue coming up, I thought the pics might give it a way but here we go, here is clue about who monument is to (By the way Iam disapointed there are no Soviet Art buffs on the forum ) : He was born in March 27 1886 was a Russian revolutionary and high Bolshevik functionary. His 1934 assassination marked the beginning of Stalin's Great Purges, which removed almost all "Old Bolsheviks" from the Soviet government. I have probally given it away now Order of Victory

Darell Heres the link http://www.historicalresearch.com/books.html I still need to order my copy...........pay day is coming Order of Victory

This quiet scary Part 2 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/SOVIET-ORDER-USSR-HE...1QQcmdZViewItem Another Hero Set Order of Victory

I agree Dave, why change a number on a common medal, but would it command a premium even if itwas Duplicate? I will endevour to get some better pics. Its a shame there does not seem to be a return policy or I would buy it just to have a closer look. Order of Victory

I have asked for scans and more details but they are not for coming, all I got response to last email asking were the "D" was all he said was it is on the medal The seller seems to have some juciy replicas for sale i.e Replica Order of Glory 1st Class $500 Geting back to the medal why is the seriel number stamped not engraved and why is t engraved in betwwen the rivets not on the line? It does not match up at all with PMD etc. As per the order book who knows, weres MONDVOR when you need him Order of Victory

Hmm...This seems to have stummped everyone The sculptor did do a prety nice monument to Lenin but not in Berlin......... Do you want another Clue?? Order of Victory

As a Soviet collector I buy anything related to Soviet Medals / Millitaria / Lifestyle so if I found a Mongolian Medal I liked and at the right price I would buy it. But with there being no real text book on the subject it makes it a bit more difficult for a novice to get involved . Just my thoughts......... Order of Victory