This is a list of awards and honorary titles received by Joseph Stalin, a Georgian revolutionary and Soviet political leader who served as both General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (1922–1952) and Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union (1941–1953).
USSR
| Award or decoration | Date | Awarded For | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marshal's Star | "Promotion to Marshal of the Soviet Armed Forces." | ||
| Hero of the Soviet Union | 26 June 1945 | "For leading the Red Army in the defense of Soviet Union and its capital Moscow, and for leading the fight against Hitler's Germany."[1] | |
| Hero of Socialist Labour | 20 December 1939 | "For exceptional services in organizing the Bolshevik Party, building a socialist society in the USSR and strengthening friendship between the peoples of USSR."[2] | |
| Order of Victory | 29 July 1944 26 June 1945 | "For exceptional services in organizing and conducting offensive operations of the Red Army, which led to the largest defeat of the German army and to a radical change in the situation on the front of the struggle against the German invaders in favor of the Red Army."[3] "For exceptional services in the organization of all the armed forces of the Soviet Union and their skillful leadership in the Great Patriotic War, which ended in complete victory over Nazi Germany." | |
| Order of Lenin | 20 December 1939 26 June 1945 20 December 1949 | "For exceptional services in organizing the Bolshevik Party, building a socialist society in the USSR and strengthening friendship between the peoples of USSR."[4] "For leading the Red Army in the defense of Soviet Union and its capital Moscow, and for leading the fight against Hitler's Germany." "In connection with his 70th birthday and taking into account his exceptional merits in strengthening and developing the USSR, building communism in the country, organizing the defeat of the German fascist invaders and Japanese imperialists, as well as in restoring the national economy in the post-war period." | |
| Order of the Red Banner | 27 November 1919 13 February 1930 30 November 1944 | "In commemoration of his services in the defense of Petrograd and selfless work on the Southern Front, during the Russian Civil War."[5] "For great services on the front of social construction." "For 20 years of service" | |
| Order of Suvorov, 1st class | 6 November 1943 | "For the correct leadership of the operations of Red Army in the Patriotic War against the German invaders and the successes achieved." | |
| Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" | 20 July 1944 | For all the participants of the defence of Moscow. | |
| Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | May 1945 | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD. | |
| Medal "For the Victory over Japan" | October 1945 | To all civilian and military personnel in the Soviet army, navy and the NKVD, who took part in the Soviet–Japanese War. | |
| Jubilee Medal "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army" | 1938 | Awarded to marshals, generals, admirals, officers and servicemen to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Soviet armed forces. | |
| Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" | September 1947 | Awarded to all citizens who participated in the restoration and reconstruction of Moscow. | |
| Award or decoration | Country | Date | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Order of the White Lion, 1st class | 1945[7] [8] [9] | ||
| Military Order of the White Lion, "For Victory", 1st class | 1945 | ||
| Czechoslovak War Cross | 1943 1945 | ||
| Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic | Mongolia | 17 December 1949 | |
| Order of Sukhbaatar | Mongolia | 1945 17 December 1949[10] | |
| Medal "For the Victory over Japan" | Mongolia | 1945 | |
| Medal "25 Years of the Mongolian People's Revolution" | Mongolia | 1946 | |
| Order of the Republic | Tuva | 1943 | |
| Title | Place | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Honorary Red Army soldier of the 1st Cavalry Army | USSR[11] | 1923 |
| Honorary Deputy of the City Council of Yuzovka | Ukrainian SSR | 9 March 1924[12] |
| Honorary Miner of Yuzovka | Ukrainian SSR | 9 March 1924 |
| Honorary Cadet of the Chirchiq Higher Tank Command and Engineering School | Uzbek SSR | 1925 |
| Honorary Rector of the Communist University of the Toilers of the East | Russian SFSR | |
| Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences of the Soviet Union | Russian SFSR | 1939 |
| Honorary Member of the VASKhNIL | Russian SFSR | 1939 |
| Title | Country | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honorary Citizen of Varna | Bulgaria | 1949[13] | |
| Honorary Citizen of České Budějovice | Czechoslovakia (present-day Czech Republic) | Title revoked on 15 May 2017[14] | |
| Honorary Citizen of Košice | Czechoslovakia (present-day Slovakia) | Title revoked on 2007[15] | |
| Honorary Citizen of Budapest | Hungary | 7 November 1947 | Title revoked on 29 April 2004[16] |
| Honorary Citizen of Szczecin | Poland | 1949[17] | |
| Honorary Citizen of Wrocław | Poland | 1949 | |
| Honorary Distinguished Chieftain of Mohawk nation | Kahnawake | 1942[18] | Chieftain's War bonnet was gifted to Stalin by native american tribes and it is now remains[19] on display in State museum of modern history of Russia (formerly "Museum of Revolution") |