Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev"
| Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" | |
|---|---|
 Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" (obverse) | |
| Type | Commemorative medal |
| Awarded for | Wartime and peacetime service to the city of Kiev |
| Presented by |  Soviet Union |
| Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Established | May 10, 1982 |
| First awarded | May 26, 1982 |
| Total | 780,180 |
 Ribbon of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" | |
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" (
Medal Statute
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" was awarded to workers, to specialists of the national economy, to workers of science and culture, of government agencies and community organizations, to military personnel, to retirees and other individuals who contributed to the economic, social and cultural development of the city, if residents of Kiev or its suburbs for at least 10 years; to participants in the defence of Kiev during the Great Patriotic War (the name for World War II in 1941–45 in Russia), to veterans awarded the medal "For Defence of Kiev", to partisans and fighters of the underground who fought in Kiev and its vicinity, for participation in the liberation of the city as part of the Soviet Armed Forces, regardless of where they might now live.[1]
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" was awarded by the executive committee of the Kiev City Council on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.[1]
The medal was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the Soviet Union, was located immediately after the Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad".[1] If worn in the presence of medals and Orders of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.[2]
Medal description
The Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal. The obverse bears the relief image of deployed banners and divergent beams as a background to the Kiev
The medal is secured to a standard Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the medal suspension loop. The mount is covered by a 24mm wide green silk
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals listed below were recipients of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev".
- Alexander Ivanovich Pokryshkin
- Ivan Khristoforovich Bagramyan
- Georgy Filippovich Baydukov
- Boris Evseyevich Chertok
- Boris Alexandrovich Rybakov
- Leonid Ilyich Brezhnev
- Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev
- Ilya Grigoryevich Starinov
- Ivan Fedorovich Ladyga
- Iosif Davydovich Kobzon
- Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 10, 1982" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1982-05-10. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
- ^ Forgotten Soviet Plans For Kyiv, Kyiv Post (28 July 2011)
See also
- Battle of Kiev (1941)
- Battle of Kiev (1943)
- City of Kiev
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
