Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"
Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" | |
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Type | Campaign medal |
Awarded for | Participation in the capture of Königsberg |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | June 9, 1945 |
Total | ~760,000 |
The Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg" (
Medal statute
The medal was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the assault and capture of Königsberg as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city.[1]
The medal was awarded 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 Königsberg. 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 was worn on the left side of the chest, immediately after the
Medal description
It is a circular brass medal, 32 mm in diameter. The
The medal is secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk
Recipients
Up to 1987, about 760,000 awards of the medal were made.[4]
Those awarded the medal include:
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan
- Major General Anatoly Ivanovich Bankuzov (ru)
- Major General Viktor Petrovich Beltiukov (ru)
- Lieutenant Colonel Stepan Nikolayevich Borozenets
- Colonel Anatoly Vasilievich Dorofeev (ru)
- Army General Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky
- Captain Nikolai Ivanovich Fomin (ru)
- Army General Kuzma Nikitovich Galitsky
- Guards Private Mikhail Ivanovich Gavrilov (ru)
- Chief Marshal of Aviation Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov
- Military photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei
- Colonel Pavel Sergeevich Korchmaryuk (ru)
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Pyotr Kirillovich Koshevoi
- Lieutenant General Alexander Sergeevich Ksenofontov (ru)
- Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina
- Lieutenant General Alexander Ignatyevich Molodchy
- Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin
- Colonel Stepan Yakovlevich Nehaenko (ru)
- Sergeant Shabsa Mashkautsan[5]
- Senior Lieutenant Ilya Mikhailovich Pankov (ru)
- Major General Georgy Borisovich Peters (ru)
- Major General Vladimir Konstantinovich Polupanov (ru)
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Ksawerowicz Rokossovsky
- Major Avraham Isaakovich Shifrin
- Major Ivan Pavlovich Shitikov (ru)
- Painter Mikhail Evdokimovich Tkachev
- Admiral Vladimir Filippovich Tributs
- Captain 3rd grade Michael Petrovich Tsiselsky
- Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky
- People's Artist of the USSR Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik
See also
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
- Battle of Königsberg
- Königsberg
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" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-03-07.
- OCLC 43083118.
- ^ "Shabsa Mashkautsan". Герои страны ("Heroes of the Country") (in Russian).