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Order of Georgi Dimitrov


FieldValue
nameOrder of Georgi Dimitrov
imageОрден Георги Димитров.jpg
image_size190px
captionOrder of Georgi Dimitrov medal
presenterthe
State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
countryPeople's Republic of Bulgaria
typeOrder
eligibilityBulgarian and allied citizens
awarded_forOutstanding services to the defence and freedom of Bulgaria, or contributions to socialism
statusNo longer awarded
established17 June 1950
lastawarded1990
higherHero of Socialist Labour
Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Mother Heroine
sameOrder of Stara Planina
Order "13 Centuries of Bulgaria"
lowerOrder of the Red Banner of Labour
image2[[File:OrderOfGeorgiDimitrovRibbon.jpg]]
caption2Ribbon bar of the medal

State Council of the People's Republic of Bulgaria | post-nominals = Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria Mother Heroine Order "13 Centuries of Bulgaria" The Order of Georgi Dimitrov (or Order of Georgy Dimitrov, ) was the highest award of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. It was instituted on 17 June 1950 and awarded to Bulgarians and foreigners for outstanding services to the defence and freedom of Bulgaria, or for contributions to socialism. The award was the Bulgarian equivalent of the Order of Lenin, whose general design it imitated.

The award was named after Georgi Dimitrov, the pre-eminent Bulgarian communist of the inter-war and immediate post-war years.

About 4,500 awards were made. The order was automatically awarded to recipients of the Hero of the People's Republic of Bulgaria and Hero of Socialist Labour titles. The award was withdrawn on 5 April 1991.

The medal consisted of a portrait of Dimitrov, surrounded by wreaths of grain, above a label with Dimitrov's name and topped by a small five-pointed star. It was of gilt, apart from the immediate background to Dimitrov's likeness, star and the name label, which were coloured dark red. It was hung on a dark red ribbon with red edges. It was originally designed by K. Lazarov and modified by O. Odabashyan.

Recipients

  • Soekarno
  • Todor Zhivkov
  • Petur Tanchev
  • Georgi Atanasov
  • Grisha Filipov
  • Alexi Ivanov
  • Pando Vanchev
  • Haile Selassie
  • Angel Dimitrov
  • Krum Vassilev
  • Kim Il Sung (twice)
  • Leonid Brezhnev (thrice)
  • Yuri Gagarin
  • Valentina Tereshkova
  • Wojciech Jaruzelski
  • Phạm Hùng
  • Yusuf M. Dadoo
  • Lyubomir Pipkov

References

References

  1. (16 August 2011). "People's Republic of Bulgaria: Order of Georgy Dimitrov". Medals of the World.
  2. (9 May 2002). "Order of Georgi Dimitrov".
  3. {{Cite magazine. Головинченко. Дмитрий. (29 March 2010). link
  4. (1991). "Who's Who in Asian and Australasian Politics". Bowker-Saur.
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