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The Medal "For the
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with a flag waving from its rooftop mast. Against the background of the building, the relief images of a red soldier, a red sailor, a worker and a woman, all
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facing left with rifles at the ready. Along the upper circumference of the medal, the relief inscription "FOR THE DEFENSE OF KYIV" (
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The Medal "For the
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The Medal "For the
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The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the
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ribbon with two central stripes, a 2 mm blue stripe and a 4 mm red stripe.
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For the
Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South
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Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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Military awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
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Artillery specialist Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Ladyga
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building of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR
317:Marshal of the Soviet Union Konstantin Rokossovsky
940:For the Tapping of the Subsoil of Western Siberia
748:For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order
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1021:100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Lenin
193:established on June 21, 1961 by decree of the
169:Reverse of the Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"
915:For the Restoration of the Donbass Coal Mines
874:For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War
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129:Ribbon of the Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"
743:For Distinction in Guarding the State Border
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930:For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway
195:Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
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344:Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union
438:(in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07
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327:Colonel General Aleksandr Ilich Rodimtsev
237:who fought against the enemy near Kyiv.
197:to be awarded to the participants of the
44:Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv" (obverse)
18:Medal "For the Defence of Kiev"
201:during the 1941 invasion of the USSR by
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768:Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR
322:Army General Ivan Ivanovich Fedyuninsky
158:Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
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758:For Strengthening Military Cooperation
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175:Medal "For the Defence of Kiev"
33:Medal "For the Defence of Kyiv"
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1006:250th Anniversary of Leningrad
682:Order of Friendship of Peoples
256:, the latter have precedence.
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859:For the Victory over Germany
844:For the Liberation of Prague
784:For the Defence of Leningrad
707:Order "For Personal Courage"
687:Order of the Badge of Honour
503:Highest grade of distinction
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662:Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky
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290:«ЗА НАШУ СОВЕТСКУЮ РОДИНУ»
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622:Order of the Red Banner
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551:Honoured Test Pilot
369:Soviet Union portal
814:Soviet Transarctic
586:People's Architect
566:Honoured Navigator
282:«ЗА ОБОРОНУ КИЕВА»
254:Russian Federation
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738:Medal of Nakhimov
642:Order of Nakhimov
571:Honoured Inventor
260:Medal Description
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98:No longer awarded
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191:Soviet Union
187:World War II
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69:Presented by
243:Kyiv Oblast
231:underground
103:Established
87:Eligibility
58:Awarded for
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834:Königsberg
799:Stalingrad
794:Sevastopol
442:2012-03-05
421:2012-03-05
390:References
274:guerrillas
139:Precedence
354:Hero City
235:partisans
221:- Soviet
215:Hero-City
205:Germany.
854:Belgrade
829:Budapest
809:Caucasus
338:See also
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278:Russian
266:obverse
179:Russian
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