For Enforcing Peace
For Enforcing Peace (Russian: За принуждение к миру) is a non-governmental medal established for the participants of the Russo-Georgian War, an operation officially known in Russia as "peace-keeping operations of forcing Georgia to peace and liquidation of the humanitarian catastrophe in South Ossetia".[1][2] The medal was established on 14 August 2008.[2] The medal is awarded to the military personnel of Russian Army who directly participated in the operations, military personnel of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, civilians who actively helped conducting those operations.[1]
The medal is a golden circle of 32 mm in diameter. The
References
- ^ a b c В России учреждена медаль «За принуждение к миру»
- ^ a b c РЕШЕНИЕ Комиссии по награждению общественными наградами и памятными знаками Academy of Russian Symbolic Mars
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