Medal "In Commemoration of the 1500th Anniversary of Kiev"

The medal " For 1500jährigen anniversary of Kiev " (Russian Медаль « В память 1500 летия Киева ") was an award from the former Soviet Union, which on 10 May 1982 by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the occasion of the 1500th anniversary of the founding of Kiev was donated.

Award conditions

The medal was able to be awarded to two groups of people. For one of the participants in the defense of the city in 1941 and its liberation in 1943, regardless of the place of residence and to workers, employees and civil servants with a minimum residence period of 10 years in the city of Kiev 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 780 180 people received the medal.

Stylish look and manner

The medal is made of brass, bronze shimmer and has a diameter of 32 mm. It shows on their obverse the portrait of Lenin monument in front of a bright background. Front of the monument, the representatives of the city of Kiev can be seen ( from left to right ) in the form of a sailor, a tank driver, a soldier and a guerrilla fighter. This symbolism is enclosed by the above semicircular inscription: В память 1500 летия Киева (For 1500jährigen anniversary of Kiev ). The reverse of the coin shows, however, at the upper edge of the medal religious character of the Hero of the Soviet Union and the subsequent two-line inscription below: ГОРОДУ - ГЕРОЮ СЛАВА! ( Glorious City of Heroes ). The conclusion is the appearance of the building of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR with banner and flag in Kiev and Saint Sophia Cathedral.

Was driven medal at the upper left side of the chest Beliehenen on a green pentagonal clasp, whose left 2 mm wide trim is red and the right, also 2 mm wide, light blue. 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)
Obverse and reverse
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