Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"

Medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" are awarded:

• workers, engineering and technical personnel and employees of industry and transport;
• collective farmers and agricultural specialists;
• workers of science, technology, art and literature;
• workers of the Soviet, party, trade union and other public organizations - who ensured the victory of the Soviet Union over Germany in the Great Patriotic War with their valiant and selfless work.

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".

As of January 1, 1987, the medal "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." about 16,100,000 people awarded.

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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.

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.