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authority. Serving military personnel received the medal from their unit commander, retirees from military service received the medal from a regional, municipal or district military commissioner in the recipient's community, members of the civilian population, participants in the defence of
Leningrad received their medal from regional or city Councils of People's Deputies. The medal came with by an award certificate.
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soldier (nearest), a sailor (middle) and a worker (farthest), all three with rifles at the ready. In the background of the entire obverse, the relief outline of the
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civilian and military defenders of Leningrad during the 872-day
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov
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People's Artist of the USSR Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya
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People's Artist of the USSR Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin
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Marshal of the Soviet Union Petr Kirillovich Koshevoi
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Veteran artilleryman Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky
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Orders, decorations, and medals of the Soviet Union
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Reverse of the Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
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441:Champion figure skater Maya Petrovna Belenkaya
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401:Admiral of the Fleet Hovhannes Stepani Isakov
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169:Wartime Leningrad radio broadcaster
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283:Leningrad Admiralty building
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