Gold Star medal

medal awarded since 1939 together with the honorary title “Hero of the Soviet Union” (established in 1934); last award in 1991
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The Gold Star medal is a visual artwork originating from the Soviet Union . It was established on August 1, 1939 .

Gold Star medal

Summary

Gold Star medal is a medallion[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (medallion category, ranking #49 of 180).[2]

Key Facts

  • Gold Star medal is in the country of Soviet Union[3].
  • Gold Star medal's image is recorded as Hero of the USSR Gold Star.png[4].
  • Gold Star medal's instance of is recorded as medallion[5].
  • Gold Star medal's Commons category is recorded as Medal «Golden Star» (USSR)[6].
  • +1939-08-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Gold Star medal[7].
  • Gold Star medal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04x8x0[8].
  • Gold Star medal's quantity is recorded as {'amount': '+12776'}[9].
  • Gold Star medal's facet of is recorded as Hero of the Soviet Union[10].
  • Gold Star medal's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Медаль «Золотая Звезда»'}[11].
  • Gold Star medal's category for recipients of this award is recorded as Category:Heroes of the Soviet Union[12].
  • Gold Star medal's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bc59b1my[13].
  • Gold Star medal's icon is recorded as Золотая Звезда Героя Советского Союза.svg[14].
  • Gold Star medal's Quora topic ID is recorded as Gold-Star-6[15].
  • Gold Star medal's next lower rank is recorded as "Hammer and Sickle" gold medal[16].
  • Gold Star medal's next higher rank is recorded as Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation[17].

Why It Matters

Gold Star medal draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (medallion category, ranking #49 of 180).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . TracesOfWar. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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