Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (obverse)
Awarded by Russian Federation
Type	State Commemorative Medal
Eligibility	World War 2 veterans and citizens of the Russian Federation^[1]
Awarded for	War service and significant contributions to the development of Moscow^[1]
Status	No longer awarded^[2]
Statistics
Established	February 26, 1997^[1]
Ribbon of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Recipient of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Theatre and cinema actor Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin.

Recipient of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" Olympic triple gold medalist Irina Rodnina.

The Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (Russian: Медаль «В память 850-летия Москвы») is a state commemorative medal of the Russian Federation created to denote the 850th anniversary of the city of Moscow. It was established on February 26, 1997 by Presidential Decree № 132.^[1] Its statute was defined on March 21, 1997 by Presidential Decree 223.^[3]

Medal statute

The Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" is awarded to participants in the defence of Moscow who were awarded a medal for the defence of Moscow, wartime workers who worked in Moscow during the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945, persons who were awarded the Soviet Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"; citizens who have made a significant contribution to the development of the city of Moscow.^[3]

Presidential Decree 1099 of September 7, 2010^[2] removed the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" from the list of state awards of the Russian Federation. It is no longer awarded.

Medal description

The Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" is a 32 mm in diameter circular brass medal. Its obverse bears the image of Saint George on horseback spearing a dragon. On the left side of the obverse, following the medal circumference, the relief inscription "Moscow 850" (Russian: Москва 850). On the reverse, a laurel wreath over the entire circumference save the very top, in its center the inscription in relief "1147" over the inscription "1997".^[3]

The medal is suspended by a ring through the award's suspension loop to a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered with a 24 mm wide overlapping red silk moiré ribbon with 2 mm wide white, blue and red stripes on the right edge.^[3]

Notable recipients (partial list)

The individuals below were recipients of the Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow".

Rustem Devletovich Zhantiev, scientist
Azary Abramovich Lapidus, Doctor of Science
Major GeneralIgor Sergun
Alexander Prokhorov, physicist
Igor Ivanov, politician
Colonel Vladimir Zhirinovsky, politician
Mikhail Fradkov, politician
Ramzan Kadyrov, President of Chechnya
Irina Rodnina figure skater and Olympic gold medalist
Yury Luzhkov, politician, former mayor of Moscow
Nikolay Fyodorov, former Justice Minister of Russia and former President of the Chuvash Republic
General Anatoly Kvashnin
Boris Lagutin, boxer
Elina Bystritskaya, actress
Viktor Gerashchenko, chairman of the Russian Central Bank
General Yuri Baluyevsky
Viktor Pugachyov, test pilot
Alexander Dzasokhov, former head of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania
Fleet Admiral Vladimir Kuroyedov
Alexander Alexeyevich Chekalin, First Deputy Minister of the Interior
Viktor Sadovnichiy, mathematician
General Nikolay Bordyuzha, politician
Vladimir Zeldin, actor
Aleksey Aleksandrov, lawyer, businessman and politician
Georgy Boos, businessman, politician and former governor of the Kaliningrad Oblast
Irina Muravyova actress
Valery Shumakov, surgeon
Mikhail Kharit, architect

References

1 2 3 4 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of February 26, 1997 No 132" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
1 2 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-17.
1 2 3 4 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 21, 1997 No 223" (in Russian). Legal Russia (Правовая Россия). 2001-06-27. Retrieved 2012-02-17.

External links

Official site of the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on State Awards In Russian
The Russian Gazette In Russian

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