- Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR
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Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces 
Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces 1st classAwarded by the 
Soviet Union,Type 3 grade order Eligibility Soviet Army, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard and Interior Troops personnel Awarded for Exemplary service in the armed forces, both during a war and during peacetime Status No longer awarded Statistics Established October 28, 1974 First awarded July 30, 1976 Last awarded December 19, 1991 Total awarded 13 first class,
589 Second Class,
69,567 Third classRelated Order of Labor Glory (Civilian) 
Ribbon of the Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed ForcesThe Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR (Russian: Орден "За службу Родине в Вооружённых Силах СССР") also known as Order of Service to Motherland was a USSR military order created on 28 October 1974, making it the first military order created after the end of World War II.
According to its statute, the order was awarded for "exemplary service in the armed forces, both during a war and during peacetime". A recipient was first awarded a 3rd class order, then, if further deeds were made, the second and the first classes. Like the civilian order of Labor Glory upon which it is modelled, it gave a certain number of material benefits to their owners, such as pension raises or free travel in city transports.
As of 1989, the number of decorations awarded was:
- 13 for 1st class (making it the smallest number of awards ever in the Soviet Union)
- 589 for 2nd class
- 69576 for 3rd class
Medals and ribbons
First Class Second Class Third Class 
Ribbon 
References
- Great Soviet Encyclopedia, entry on "USSR Orders"
- Decision of the Praesidium of Supreme Soviet of the USSR, dated 28 October 1974, compiled in Collection of legistlative acts related to State Awards of the USSR", M. Izvestia, 1984.
External links
Hero Titles Hero of the Soviet Union • Hero of Socialist Labour • Mother Heroine
Civil and Military Orders Military Orders Order of Victory • Order of the Red Banner • Order of Suvorov • Order of Ushakov • Order of Kutuzov • Order of Nakhimov • Order of the Red Star • Order of the Patriotic War • Order of Alexander Nevsky • Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky • Order of Glory • Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces
Civil Orders Categories:- Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
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