A vintage Russian Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples with a certificate. The information in the certificate, Orders Book, indicates that it was issued on June 10, 1986 to Viktor Nikiforovich Prishvintsev. Order number 55822. The Order of Friendship of Peoples is one of the state awards of the USSR. It was established on December 17, 1972 by the decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the formation of the USSR. The author of the design of the order is the artist Alexander Borisovich Zhuk. It ceased to exist with the collapse of the USSR in 1991, from 1992 to1994 it existed as the Order of Friendship of Peoples of the Russian Federation. Russian Awards, Badges, and Medals For Collectors.