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Orden Aleksandra Nevskogo

The Order was instituted on June 29th, 1942. It can be awarded to commanders of divisions, brigades, regiments, platoons and companies for personal and skillfull command in action.
The badge, type 1 is an oblong, five-pointed star with silver rays between the points. The points themselves are coloured red. Between the two upper points are two axes.
In the center, surrounded by a wreath of laurels is a portrait of Prince General Alexander Nevsky wearing a helmet. His name appears in Cyrillic on the elongated sides of the oblong. At the bottom is an image of a hammer and sickle on a shield of arms.
The badge is suspended from a rectangular hanger with a circular disc on the back. The ribbon is pale blue with a central red stripe.
This type comes in three versions, the diffence being the number of rivets and the absence of a stick pin in the 3rd version.
Type 2 differs from the previous in that it has a screwback and is constructed of three elements whereas type 3 is constructed of only two. The portrait on this type has a mirror image.

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Baranov, Ivan Yegorovich* March 15th, 1920
† April 21st, 1945

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Beda, Leonid Ignatyevich* August 16th, 1920
† December 26th, 1976

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Belousov, Vitaliy Fedorovich* January 25th, 1921
† April 30th, 1945

Beregovoi, Georgy Timofeyevich* April 15th, 1921
† June 30th, 1995
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Bershanskaya, Yevdokia* February 6th, 1913
† September 16th, 1982

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Boichuk, Yefim Vasilyevich* December 24th, 1918
† June 4th, 1991

Bordun, Anatoliy Zinovyevich* March 31st, 1921
† May 22nd, 2011

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Borovykh, Andrei Yegorovich* September 30th, 1921
† November 7th, 1989

Brandys, Anatoly Yakovlevich* August 12th, 1923
† March 23rd, 1988

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Bublikov, Fedor Borisovich* January 23rd, 1915
† March 20th, 1972

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Bulychev, Viktor Alekseyevich* 1913
† April 21st, 1945

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