Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"
Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" | |
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Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Participation in the capture of Budapest |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | 9 June 1945 |
Total | 362,050 |
The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" (
Medal statute
The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and capture of Budapest as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city.[1]
Award of the medal was made on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of documents attesting to actual participation in the capture of Budapest. Serving military personnel received the medal from their unit commander, retirees from military service received the medal from a regional, municipal or district military commissioner in the recipient's community.[1]
The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other awards of the USSR, was located immediately after the
Medal description
The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was a 32mm in diameter circular
The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Capture of Budapest".
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Nikolai Vasilyevich Ogarkov
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Vasily Ivanovich Petrov
- Colonel General Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin
- Sapper Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov
- World War 2 veteran, painter Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev
- War Correspondent Pyotr Andreyevich Pavlenko
- Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Ladyga
- Army General Semion Pavlovich Ivanov
- Lieutenant General Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy
- Military photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei
- Lieutenant General Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko
- Actor Georgi Aleksandrovich Yumatov
- Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin
- Lieutenant Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov
- Lieutenant General Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov
- Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Illarionovna Mikhailova-Demina
- Soldier Pavel Filimonovichi Tuhari
See also
- Siege of Budapest
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
References
- ^ a b c d e "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1945-06-09. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ a b "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 18, 1980 № 2523-X" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1980-07-18. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-07.