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Soviet generals were never particularly modest about wearing military medals at special occasions, including famed Second World War Marshal Georgi Zhukov, whose chest was practically buried behind glittering metal. And rightly so, at least he earned his medals. During the Cold War, Russians liked to joke about Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev, whose parade uniform groaned […]
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