Honorary Officer of State Security (USSR)

Badge "Honorary Officer of State Security"
Badge "Honorary Officer of State Security"
	Badge "Honorary Officer of State Security" (1957)
Type	Departmental Award
Awarded for	Outstanding service in the field of state security
Description	Awarded to employees of state security agencies for outstanding service.
Presented by	Soviet Union
Eligibility	Employees of the Cheka, State Political Directorate, Joint State Political Directorate, NKVD, Ministry of Internal Affairs (Soviet Union), NKGB of the USSR, and KGB of the USSR
Status	Obsolete
Established	December 1957

"Honorary Officer of State Security" – the highest departmental award in the state security agencies of the USSR. The last awards with this badge were made in 1991. Over the period of the award's existence, 7,375 people were honored with it.^[1]

History

On March 13, 1954, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, the Committee for State Security under the Council of Ministers of the USSR was established. In December 1957, in connection with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Cheka-KGB, a new badge "Honorary Officer of State Security" was approved to encourage generals, officers, and sergeants of the KGB bodies under the Council of Ministers of the USSR who excellently performed operational tasks, demonstrated high vigilance, initiative in their work, and exemplarily observed military discipline. The order establishing the badge was signed by the Chairman of the KGB, General of the Army I. A. Serov. The regulations for the badge stated that it "is an award for particularly distinguished employees of state security agencies." The last awards with this badge were made in 1991.^[2]

References

^ "Badge "Honorary Officer of State Security" of the USSR, 1981 1990". meshok.net (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2025.
^ "History of Award and Anniversary Badges of the Cheka-OGPU-NKVD-KGB of the USSR (1917 – 1991)". meshok.net (in Russian). 5 Dec 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

[1] "Badge "Honorary Officer of State Security" of the USSR, 1981 1990". meshok.net (in Russian). Retrieved 16 May 2025.

[2] "History of Award and Anniversary Badges of the Cheka-OGPU-NKVD-KGB of the USSR (1917 – 1991)". meshok.net (in Russian). 5 Dec 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2025.

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