Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" | |
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Type | Civilian medal |
Awarded for | Development of virgin and fallow lands in Kazakhstan, Siberia, the Ural, the Volga and the North Caucasus. |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Soviet citizens |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | October 26, 1956 |
Total | 1,345,520 |
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" (
Medal statute
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was awarded to farmers, workers of state farms,
Names of potential recipients of the Medal "For Development of Virgin Lands" were submitted in alphabetical lists by the chairmen of collective farms, heads of enterprises, institutions and organizations, as well as secretaries of Party organizations or of the chairmen of trade union organizations and sent to the executive committees of district Soviets who selected recipients and forwarded the lists to the Presidium of the Supreme Soviets of Autonomous Republics and the executive committees of territorial and regional councils of deputies workers for final approval.[1]
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was awarded on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR by chairmen, deputy chairmen and members of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviets of Autonomous Republics and the executive committees of regional, provincial, district and city Soviets in the communities of the award recipients.[1]
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was worn on the left side of the chest and the presence of other orders and medals of the USSR, immediately after the Medal "For Restoration of the Donbass Coal Mines".
Medal description
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was a 32 mm in diameter circular medal, on its
The Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by an overlapping 24 mm dark green silk
Each medal came with an attestation of award, this attestation came in the form of a small 8 cm by 11 cm cardboard booklet bearing the award's name, the recipient's particulars and an official stamp and signature on the inside.[1]
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands".
- Nikolay Ivanovich Merkushkin
- Lyudmila Alekseevna Lyadova
- Pyotr Mironovich Masherov
- Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky
- Viktor Vasilyevich Gorbatko
- Gennadi Vasiliyevich Sarafanov
- Leonid Denisovich Kizim
- Boris Borisovich Yegorov
- Pavel Romanovich Popovich
- Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov
- Vladimir Aleksandrovich Shatalov
- Vitaly Mikhaylovich Zholobov
- Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev
- Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev
- Valery Fyodorovich Bykovsky
- Georgy Mikhaylovich Grechko
- Lev Stepanovich Dyomin
- Konstantin Petrovich Feoktistov
- Vladimir Mikhaylovich Komarov
See also
- Virgin Lands Campaign
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of October 26, 1956" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1956-10-26. Retrieved 2012-04-20.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-04-20.