People's Doctor of the USSR
People's Doctor of the USSR (Russian: Народный врач СССР) was an honorary title granted to doctors of the Soviet Union; it was established on 25 October 1977 by Leonid Brezhnev and its creation was officialized on the n°44/1977 issue of Supreme Soviet's official journal. Its regulation was later modified and completed by the Supreme Soviet's decree of 22 August 1988.
It was conferred by the Supreme Soviet's presidency on behalf of the
preventive medicine
centres. The awarded people or structures were selected for their worthwhile contributions to public health improvement, for their peculiar skills and expertise and for having proved abnegation and high moral qualities in their duties fulfilment.
Following the
Meritorious Doctor of the Russian Federation
.
Design
The medal was made of
bay laurel branch. Symbols and inscriptions were embossed, with convex letters. The medal was suspended to a single red silk fringe (18 mm x 21 mm) to whom it was attached by a metallic buckle bearing the hammer and sickle
symbol.
References
See also
- Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
- People's Artist of the USSR
- People's Architect of the USSR
- People's Teacher of the USSR
- List of medicine awards