Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "Veteran of Labour" | |
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Type | Civilian long service medal |
Awarded for | A long and distinguished career |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | January 18, 1974 |
Total | 39,197,100 |
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" (
Medal statute
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" was awarded to workers for many years of hard work in the national economy, sciences, culture, education, healthcare, government agencies and public organizations.[1] The medal was awarded to workers, farmers and employees in recognition of their lifelong labour on reaching the seniority required for a long-service pension or retirement age.[4] Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR number 5822-IX of June 8, 1977[3] added the rank and file and the officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs as potential recipients under the same award criteria as the labourers mentioned in the August 12, 1983 decree.[4]
Recommendations for award were made jointly by administrators of Party and trade union organizations, enterprises, institutions and organizations based on nominations from working groups or workforce councils. The list of potential recipients was then forwarded to municipal, district, or Party and government bodies for final approval.[5] In the case of members of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the list of nominations was forwarded to the Minister of Internal Affairs for final approval.[3]
Award ceremonies of the Medal "Veteran of Labour" usually took place in the work place of the recipients and were made on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Union or of Autonomous Republics, the executive committees of regional and provincial Soviets, Moscow Soviet, Leningrad Soviet, or of the city Soviets of People's Deputies of the capitals of Soviet republics.[1]
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other medals of the USSR, immediately after the
Medal description
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" was designed by artist SA Pomansky. It was a 34 mm in diameter circular medal struck from
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide overlapping silk
Apparently, there is a variation of the medal, being struck in silver as opposed to tombac, but this has not yet been verified.[7]
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "Veteran of Labour".
- Test pilot Yury Garrievich Abramovich
- Poet and bard Evgeny Danilovich Agranovich
- Sculptor Zair Isaakovich Azgur
- Painter and architect Valery Vladimirovich Androsov
- Engineer Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev
- Economist Sopubek Begaliev
- Aero engine engineer Vyacheslav Aleksandrovich Boguslayev
- Actress Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya
- Stage and a film actor Yevgeny Yakovlevich Vesnik
- Rocket engine designer Valentin Petrovich Glushko
- Rocket scientist Peter Dmitrievich Grushin
- Mezzo-soprano singer Zara Aleksandrova Dolukhanova
- Actor and writer Georgiy Stepanovich Zhzhonov
- Theatre and cinema actor Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin
- Former Prime Minister of Russia Viktor Alekseyevich Zubkov
- Folk singer Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina
- Singer Iosif Davydovich Kobzon
- People's Artist of the USSR composer Quddus Khodzham'iarovich Kuzhamiyarov
- Director of civil aviation Nikolai Alexeyevich Kuznetsov
- Gymnast and Olympic medalist Larisa Semyonovna Latynina
- Ballerina Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya
- Actress Nina Evgen'evna Menshikova
- Historian Georg Vasilievich Myasnikov
- Professor of Neurology Taisiya Sergeevna Osintseva
- Film and television actor Viktor Pavlovich Pavlov
- Scientist and optics engineer Vladimir Nikolayevich Polukhin
- Twice Hero of the Soviet Union fighter pilot Vitaly Ivanovich Popkov
- Soviet Russian lawyer, criminologist Vladimir Vasilevich Pankratov
- Physicist Alexander Mikhaylovich Prokhorov
- Comic actor Mikhail Ivanovich Pugovkin
- Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Valeriy Pustovoitenko
- Actor Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoilov
- Football player Nikita Pavlovic Simonyan
- Museum director Lyudmila Andreevna Sorokina
- Master builder Zukhra Valeeva
- Historian Valentin Lavrentievich Yanin
- Composer and pianist Yakhin Rustem Mukhamet-Khazeyevich
- Markiel Yagudayevich Gavrielov
- Civil engineer Elena Andreevna Rykoun
See also
- Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
- Badges and Decorations of the Soviet Union
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of January 18, 1974" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1974-01-18. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ a b c "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of May 20, 1974 No. 5999-VIII" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1974-05-20. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ a b c "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 8, 1977 No. 5822-IX" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1977-06-08. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ a b c "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of August 12, 1983" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1983-08-12. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ a b "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 28, 1987" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1987-12-28. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-04-21.
- ^ "The Soviet Military Awards Page. Medals, History and Russia!".