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Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" worn on the left side of the chest and, in the presence of other medals of the USSR, is located after the medal "For the Liberation of Prague"medal "For the Liberation of Prague".

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSRUSSR of February 5, 1951, it was established that the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” and a certificate to it in the event of the death of the awarded are left in his family for storage as a memory. Before the appearance of this Decree, the medal itself and the certificate to it were returned to the state after the death of the recipient.

Established a month after the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic WarGreat Patriotic War of 1941-1945." intended for home front workers. The pattern on the front side of both medals was identical, only the reverse and the color of the ribbon on the block differed. Later, the poet said about these two medals: “A medal for a battle, a medal for labor is poured from one metal.” Unfortunately, this is not entirely true, since the metal of the medals “For the Victory over Germany” and “For Valiant Labor” also differed. The first was made of brass, and the second was made of copper.

The task was to prepare a draft medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” was given by the head of the Main Directorate of Logistics of the Red ArmyRed Army, General of the Army Khrulev A.V. May 21, 1945. The sample was approved by the USSR government on June 4, 1945.

Established a month after the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." intended for home front workers. The pattern on the front side of both medals was identical, only the reverse and the color of the ribbon on the block differed. Later, the poet said about these two medals: “A medal for a battle, a medal for labor is poured from one metal.” Unfortunately, this is not entirely true, since the metal of the medals “For the Victory over Germany” and “For Valiant Labor” also differed. The first was made of brass, and the second was made of copper.

In 1946, medals “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” a group of representatives of the clergy who made a significant contribution to the victory over Germany and collected large sums of money to help the Motherland and the families of the dead soldiers were awarded. So, for example, on October 11, 1946, medals were awarded to eight representatives of the Chernivtsi diocese. On behalf of the Government of the USSR, Chairman of the Chernivtsi Regional Executive Committee A.L. Kolikov presented awards to His Grace Theodosius (Bishop of Chernivtsi and Bukovina), Archpriest Kasyan Bogotyrets (rector of the Vvedensky Women's Monastery), Hegumen Mikhail Menzak (rector of the Khreshchatyk Monastery), Rector of the Church of the village of Luzhany, Kitsminsky District, Grigory Nikolaev, Dean of the Securansky District, Nikolai Nikitsky, Dean of the Novoseletsky District Vasily Kraevsky, priest of the village of Veliky Kucherov Yuri Belius, priest of the village of Memaevtsy Iulian Gulin. On October 15, 1946, another medal was awarded to the rector of the cathedral of the city of Khotyn, mitred archpriest Fr. Simeon Vasiliev.

By a decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 5, 1951, it was established that the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” and a certificate to it in the event of the death of the awarded are left in his family for storage as a memory. Before the appearance of this Decree, the medal itself and the certificate to it were returned to the state after the death of the recipient.

History of the medal

The task was to prepare a draft medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945.” was given by the head of the Main Directorate of Logistics of the Red Army, General of the Army Khrulev A.V. May 21, 1945. The sample was approved by the USSR government on June 4, 1945.

The authors of the drawing of the medal are artists Andrianov I.K. and Romanov E.M.

In 1951-1954 he served as an actor at the Bolshoi TheaterBolshoi Theater named after M. Gorky, where he was remembered for the role of the sailor Shvandi in the play Love Yarovaya, which was filmed and shown in cinemas.