Red Banner 2676916 200323113 2008-03-23T16:39:05Z Russavia 253448 General article cleanup , typos fixed: transfered → transferred using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] [[Image:Order of the Red Banner.jpg|thumb||Order of the Red Banner]] '''Red Banner''' ([[Russian language|Russian]]: Красное знамя) was a symbol of the [[USSR]] associated with the [[Flag of the Soviet Union|Soviet state flag]]. Military units, institutions and organizations (of the [[Soviet Army]], [[Soviet Navy]], [[MVD Internal Troops]], etc.) awarded with the [[Order of the Red Banner]] are referred to with the [[honorific]] title "of the Red Banner" (Краснознамённый (''krasnoznamyonny''), e.g. [[Baltic Fleet|The Red Banner Baltic Fleet]] or "[[Red Army Choir|The Twice Red Banner Alexandrov Soviet Army Choir]]"). Civilian establishments awarded the [[Order of the Red Banner of Labour]] are also sometimes addressed with the "Red-Banner" [[honorific]]. ==Transferable Red Banner== The '''Transferable Red Banner''' ({{lang-ru|переходящее Красное знамя}}) was an award for collectives, winners in [[socialist competition]]s at various Soviet work places. The term "transferable" means that for a given kind of competition at a given establishment (enterprise, school, institute, clinic, etc.) or category of establishments (e.g., type of [[industry]]) there was a single physical copy of the award which was transferred to the next winner in the competition (held annually or quarterly). There were several levels of the award, depending on the level of the socialist competition: all-Union, republican, [[oblast]]-wide, industry-wide, enterprise/institution-wide, etc. <ref name=bse>[http://slovari.yandex.ru/dict/bse/article/00038/60400.htm "Red banners, transferable"], from the ''[[Great Soviet Encyclopedia]]'' {{ru icon}}</ref> A similar award existed in a number of other [[communist state]]s. <ref name=bse/> ==Gallery== <gallery> Image:Red Banner Of Labor.jpg|Order of the Red Banner of Labour Image:ZabaikalPO.jpg|An anniversary medal for the Red Banner [[Transbaikal]] [[military district]] </gallery> ==See also== *[[Red flag]] ==Reference== {{reflist}} [[Category:Military of the Soviet Union]] [[Category:Honorifics]] [[Category:Soviet awards]] [[ru:Красное знамя]]