The following is a full list of awards and decorations of Leonid Brezhnev, Soviet General Secretary and statesman, sorted into two sections; foreign and domestic.

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Award or decoration		Date	Awarded for
	Hero of the Soviet Union	18 December 1966 18 December 1976 19 December 1978 18 December 1981	"Heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society." The medals were also awarded on his birthdays.
	Hero of Socialist Labour	17 June 1961	"Exceptional achievements in national economy and culture."
	Order of Lenin	2 December 1947 18 December 1956 17 June 1961 18 December 1966 2 October 1971 18 December 1976 19 December 1978 18 December 1981	Outstanding services rendered to the State.
	Order of the October Revolution	14 March 1979 18 December 1980	"Services furthering communism or the state, or in enhancing the defences of the Soviet Union"
	Order of the Red Banner	12 March 1942 29 May 1944	Heroism in combat or other extraordinary accomplishments of military valor during combat operations
	Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 2nd class		Exceptional duty in combat operations that led to the liberation of the Soviet territory
	Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class		Exceptional duty and courage in the battle for the Soviet Motherland, and soldiers whose actions contributed to the success of military operations
	Order of the Red Star		Exceptional service in the cause of the defence of the Soviet Union in both war and peace
	Medal for Combat Service
	Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
	Medal "For the Defence of Odessa"		For all the participants of the defence of Odessa
	Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"		For all the participants of the defence of Caucasus
	Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD.
	Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the liberation of Warsaw
	Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"		To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD who were directly involved in the siege of Vienna
	Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"		Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany.
	Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"	1979	Contribution to strengthening the military cooperation between various military branches
	Medal "For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South"		Workers, technicians and employees of industry and transport, farmers and agricultural experts, scientists, artists, authors, officials, party members, trade union members and members of other public organisations who contributed to the Soviet war effort against Germany.
	Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"		Collective farmers, workers on state farms, common labourers, Party and state officials, trade union members and Komsomol members for contributions they made during the Virgin Lands Campaign
	Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1958	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1968	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"	1978	Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"	1957	Awarded to civilians and armed forces personnel to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the city of Leningrad.
	Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev"	1982	"his contribution to the socio-cultural and economic development of the Ukrainian capital of Kiev."
	Lenin Prize for Literature	1979	for The Small Land, part of a series popularly referred to as Brezhnev's trilogy.
	Lenin Peace Prize	1973
	Order of Victory	20 February 1978 (revoked in 1989)

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Brezhnev's receipt of the Order of Victory was controversial; the award was restricted to commanding officers of high rank who successfully changed the course of the war in favor of the Red Army during World War II. Brezhnev was a young political officer during the war who did reach the rank of lieutenant general, but did not command responsibility close to the other recipients of the Order. He only received the decoration after he was Premier and thus able to essentially award the medal to himself. As a result of the controversy, the Order of Victory was revoked in 1989.^[1]