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2 unusual facts about Red Banner


10th Guards Uralsko-Lvovskaya Tank Division

Its complete formal designation is: "The 10th Guards Tank Ural-L'vov the Order of October Revolution Red Banner, the Order of Suvorov and the Order of Kutuzov Volunteer division in the name of Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky".

Red Banner

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. The Red Banner Baltic Fleet or "The Twice Red Banner Alexandrov Soviet Army Choir").



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Jungle Movement of Gilan

The flag of the Jangal movement was a red banner with the name Kaveh (a heroic figure in the Shahnama) written upon it.

Seyran Ohanyan

In June 1988, he was transferred to the Red Banner Transcaucasian BO and was appointed commander of the infantry company commander of the 366th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment stationed in Stepanakert.

Stefan Aleksander Okrzeja

During the famous demonstration on Grzybowski Square on 13 November 1904 he was the one who carried the red banner.

Valdemar II of Denmark

The red banner with a white cross (Dannebrog) has been the national flag of the Danes since 1219.