the hero of the soviet union medal is almost laughably unimpressive 
https://twitter.com/_demoxx/status/1393342250793439239
the medal for a hero of socialist labour, which is meant to have equal status, looks more impressive
the order of the patriotic war, which every single person who fought got, and is therefore the most widely awarded military decoration in human history, looks a thousand times more impressive than either
the non-hero big ones are, roughly in descending order, the order of Lenin, the order of the red banner, and the order of the red star
these days they still make people heroes of the Russian federation - the only change is the double eagle on the medal and the tricolour ribbon. most recent one I remember was a lieutenant in Syria who called an airstrike on himself rather than be captured by IS
Alexander Prokhorenko
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