Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

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Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (obverse)
Awarded by Flag of Russia.svg  Russian Federation
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Type State Commemorative Medal
Eligibility Citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign nationals [1]
Awarded for World War 2 service [1]
Status No longer awarded [2]
Statistics
Established March 4, 2009 [3]
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Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" 65 ann WW2 reverse.jpg
Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

The Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Russian : Юбилейная медаль «65 лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») is a state commemorative medal of the Russian Federation. It was established on March 4, 2009 by Presidential Decree № 238 [3] to denote the 65th anniversary of the 1945 victory over Nazi Germany.

Russian language East Slavic language

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Decree of the President of Russia

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Nazi Germany The German state from 1933 to 1945, under the dictatorship of Adolf Hitler

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Medal statute

The Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" is awarded to soldiers and civilian employees of the Armed Forces of the USSR for participation in hostilities in the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945, guerrillas and members of underground organisations operating in occupied territories of the USSR, persons who were awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany" or "For Victory over Japan", persons awarded for their selfless work the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" or "For Labour Merit" or any of the "Defence" medals of the cities or regions of the USSR; to persons who worked in the period from 22 June 1941 to May 9, 1945 for no less than six months, excluding the period of work in the temporarily occupied territories; former under-age prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of detention established by the Nazis and their allies; foreign nationals from outside the Commonwealth of Independent States who fought in the national military forces in the USSR, as part of guerilla units, underground groups, and other anti-fascist groups who have made significant contribution to victory in the Patriotic War and who were awarded state awards of the USSR or Russian Federation. [1]

Resistance movements during World War II occurred in every occupied country by a variety of means, ranging from non-cooperation, disinformation and propaganda, to hiding crashed pilots and even to outright warfare and the recapturing of towns. In many countries, resistance movements were sometimes also referred to as The Underground.

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Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Soviet campaign medal to contributors for the victory over Nazi Germany

The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established on May 9, 1945, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to denote military participation in the victory of the Soviet armed forces over Nazi Germany in the Great Patriotic War.

Presidential Decree 1099 of September 7, 2010 [2] removed the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" from the list of state awards of the Russian Federation. It is no longer awarded.

Medal description

The Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" is a 32mm in diameter red brass circular medal. Its obverse bears the relief image of the Order of Glory, between the two lower rays of the star, the numbers "1945 – 2010." On the reverse, the relief inscription in seven lines "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941 – 1945." (Russian : "65 лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941 – 1945 гг."). [1]

Order of Glory military decoration of the Soviet Union

The Order of Glory was a military decoration of the Soviet Union established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 8, 1943. It was awarded to soldiers and non-commissioned officers of the Red Army as well as to aviation junior lieutenants, for bravery in the face of the enemy.

The medal is suspended by a ring through the award's suspension loop to a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered with an overlapping 24mm wide silk moiré Ribbon of Saint George with 6mm wide red edge stripes. [1]

Ribbon of Saint George

The ribbon of Saint George is a Russian military symbol consisting of a black and orange bicolour pattern, with three black and two orange stripes. It appears as a component of many high military decorations awarded by the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union and the current Russian Federation.

Notable recipients (partial list)

Recipient of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov Sergey Sokolov.jpg
Recipient of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov

The individuals below were all recipients of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". [4]

A selection of photos of the first award ceremony held at the Kremlin on December 4, 2009 where selected veterans of the Great Patriotic War were presented with the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Statute of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. 1 2 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
  3. 1 2 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 4, 2009 No 238" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2012-02-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. 1 2 "List of recipients of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" compiled from the site of the President of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Kremlin. December 4, 2009. Retrieved 2012-05-09.[ permanent dead link ]
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