Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"

The medal "For the 250th anniversary of Leningrad " (Russian Медаль « В память 250 - летия Ленинграда ") was an award from the former Soviet Union, which on May 16, 1957 the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of Leningrad was donated.

Award conditions

The medal was able to be awarded to two groups of people. For one of the defenders of Leningrad in 1942, regardless of the place of residence and to workers, employees, civil servants, housewives, disabled veterans and retirees of all branches with a minimum length of residence of five years in the city of Leningrad, or one of its suburbs. The latter group of people had to have made ​​a valuable economic or cultural contribution to the city during this time. The design of the award conditions was generous, so that 1.4459 million people received the medal.

Stylish look and manner

The medal is made of brass, a golden shimmer and has a diameter of 32 mm. It shows on their obverse the portrait of Lenin monument under a bright red star in front of the Neva River and the outlines of the skyline of the city of Leningrad in the background. The symbolism is enclosed by the above semicircular inscription: В память 250 - летия Ленинграда ( to the 250th anniversary of Leningrad). The reverse of the coin shows, however, at the upper edge of the medal religious character of the Order of Lenin and the Rotbannerordens, both resting on a structure of braided ears of corn and oak leaves. Among them is the two-line inscription: ГОРОДУ - ГЕРОЮ СЛАВА! To read ( Glorious City of Heroes ). This includes the building of the Smolny Institute is seen as well as the underlying anniversary number 250

Was driven medal at the upper left side of the chest Beliehenen on a blue pentagonal clip with a 3 mm wide white hem. In the middle of the belt, an 8 mm wide, red vertical center strip is woven. This in turn is passed through two 0.5 mm wide yellow filaments, of which the internal 1 mm away from the outer.

• Orders and Decorations (Soviet Union)