22 Feb 1938
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Russia
- Boris Shaposhnikov was awarded his second Order of the Red Star. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Semyon Timoshenko was awarded the Order of Lenin for the first time. ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of Lenin for the second time and received the medal commemorating "XX Years of the Workers' and Peasants' Red Army". ww2dbase [Main Article | CPC]
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