Anniversary medal 50 years. Jubilee medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"

Medal "50th Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"- State award of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus, established by the Law of the Russian Federation No. 5336-1 of July 7, 1993 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 (Decree of the President of the Russian Federation No. 296 of 03/22/1995 "On awarding the jubilee medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"", as well as recognized as the jubilee medal of Ukraine by the Decree of the Verkhovna Rada No. 3527-XII of 10/19/1993 (Decree of the President of Ukraine No. 1995), the Republic of Kazakhstan on the basis of the Decree of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan No. 2485-XII of October 26, 1993 and the jubilee medal of the Republic of Belarus on the basis of the Decree of the President of the Republic of Belarus No. 102 of March 14, 1995.

REGULATIONS ON THE MEDAL

Awarding the jubilee medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" are subject to:

Servicemen and civilians who took part in the military operations on the fronts of the Great Patriotic War in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR, partisans and members of underground organizations operating during the Great Patriotic War in the temporarily occupied territories of the USSR, military personnel and civilians who served during the Great Patriotic War Patriotic War in the Armed Forces of the USSR, persons awarded medals "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For the Victory over Japan", as well as persons with a certificate for the medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War war of 1941-1945" or certificate of a participant in the war;

Home front workers awarded for selfless work during the Great Patriotic War with orders of the USSR, medals "For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945", "For Labor Valor", "For Labor Distinction", "For the Defense of Leningrad", " For the defense of Moscow”, “For the defense of Odessa”, “For the defense of Sevastopol”, “For the defense of Stalingrad”, “For the defense of Kiev”, “For the defense of the Caucasus”, “For the defense of the Soviet Arctic”, as well as persons with the sign “Resident besieged Leningrad”, or a certificate for the medal “For Valiant Labor in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945”;

Persons who worked in the period from June 22, 1941 to May 9, 1945 for at least six months, excluding the period of work in the territories temporarily occupied by the enemy;

Former minor prisoners of concentration camps, ghettos and other places of detention created by the Nazis and their allies during the Second World War.

Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" worn on the left side of the chest and placed after the jubilee medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945".

DESCRIPTION

medals "50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945"

The medal is made of tombac in the form of a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm. On the front side of the medal are images of the Kremlin wall with the Spasskaya Tower, the Cathedral of the Intercession on the Moat and a festive fireworks display. At the bottom of the medal is an image of the Order of the Patriotic War and the numbers "1945-1995", along the circumference there are laurel branches. On the reverse side of the medal in the center is the inscription "50 years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945." Below, along the circumference, is a half-laurel wreath. The edges of the medal are bordered with a rim. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex.

The medal is connected to a pentagonal block, covered with a red silk moiré ribbon 24 mm wide, by means of an eyelet and a ring. There are five stripes on the left edge of the ribbon: three black and two orange. Band width 2 mm. The extreme black stripes are bordered by orange stripes 1 mm wide.

Sketch of the medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" was designed by the chief artist of the St. Petersburg Mint of the GOZNAK association, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation A.V. Baklanov.

AWARDS

Presentation of the jubilee medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945" made on behalf of the President of the Russian Federation:

Persons who have retired from the Armed Forces of the USSR and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation - by military commissariats at the place of residence;

Persons who have retired from the troops and internal affairs bodies of the USSR and the Russian Federation, troops and state security bodies of the USSR and the Russian Federation - by the military commissariats at the place of residence or the relevant ministries and departments;

Home front workers, former partisans and members of the underground - the local administration.

The medal was established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 26, 1967 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the USSR.

Order of the medal.

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" is awarded to:

• marshals, generals, admirals, officers, as well as foremen, sergeants, soldiers and sailors of extended service, who by February 23, 1968 in the cadres of the Soviet Army, Navy, troops of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR, troops and bodies of the KGB under the Council of Ministers THE USSR;
• students and cadets of military educational institutions of the Soviet Army, Navy, troops of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR, troops and bodies of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR;
• marshals, generals, admirals, officers and long-term servicemen who have been retired from active military service and have served in the Soviet Army, Navy, troops of the Ministry of Public Order of the USSR, troops and bodies of the KGB under the Council of Ministers of the USSR 20 or more calendar years;
• Heroes of the Soviet Union and persons awarded the Order of Glory of three degrees.

Anniversary medal awards are common:

• on former Red Guards, military personnel who took part in the hostilities for the defense of the Soviet Motherland in the ranks of the Armed Forces of the USSR, as well as on persons awarded orders of the USSR or medals "For Courage", Ushakov, "For Military Merit" during the period of active military service, Nakhimov, "For distinction in the protection of the state border of the USSR", "For labor valor", "For labor distinction" (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of February 22, 1968);
• on the partisans of the civil war and the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. (Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 19, 1969).

The commemorative medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" is presented on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR:

• military personnel - commanders of military units, formations and heads of institutions, institutions;

• persons who have retired from the Armed Forces of the USSR - republican, regional, regional, district, city and district military commissars at the place of residence of the awarded.

Jubilee medal "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" awarded on the basis of:

a) lists of military personnel announced by orders of commanders of military units, formations and heads of institutions, establishments;

b) lists of persons who left the Armed Forces of the USSR, compiled and approved by the republican, regional, regional, district, city and district military commissars at the place of residence of the awarded.

Lists of persons (except military personnel) awarded the commemorative medal are compiled on the basis of documents confirming their 20-year calendar length of service in the Armed Forces of the USSR, a book of a Hero of the Soviet Union or an order book.

A protocol is drawn up on the awarding of commemorative medals to the awarded, indicating the surname, name and patronymic of the awarded (for military personnel, in addition, military rank).

The Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" is worn on the left side of the chest and, in the presence of other medals of the USSR, is located after the Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR".

Description of the medal.

The jubilee medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" is made of brass, golden in color, has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 37 mm.

On the front side of the medal there is a five-pointed red enamel star. The star is located against the background of five beams of rays coming out from under the obtuse angles of the star. In the middle part of the star there is a circle with a diameter of 19 mm, on a matte background of which there is a bust profile image of two soldiers of the Soviet Army in Budyonovka and a helmet. Along the edges of the circle are anniversaries: "1918" and "1968". A wreath is depicted around the star: the left branch of the wreath is made of laurel leaves, the right branch is made of oak.

On the reverse side of the medal in the upper part there is a five-pointed star, in the middle part of which there is an image of a hammer and a plow against a matte background. Below the asterisk is the inscription: "FIFTY YEARS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE USSR".

The edges of the medal are bordered with a rim. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex.

The medal, with the help of an eyelet and a ring, is connected to a pentagonal block covered with a turquoise-colored silk moire ribbon 24 mm wide. In the middle of the tape there is a longitudinal white strip 2 mm wide, to the right and left of which there are red and white stripes. The width of the red strip is 2 mm, white - 0.5 mm

History of the medal.

Despite the fact that the statute of the medal provided for a single presentation, cases of repeated awarding are known. So, for example, two medals "50 years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" were awarded to Baranov Ivan Terentyevich. Certificates for the medal were issued on April 15 and November 25, 1969 and have the seal of the Karymsky District Military Commissariat. Such incidents happened most often due to an error in the lists submitted for the award, when the same person was listed twice in the lists.

As of January 1, 1995, the commemorative medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR" was awarded to approximately 9,527,270 people.

You can find out about the features and varieties of medals on the website of the USSR Medals

Estimated value of the medal.

According to the current legislation of the Russian Federation, the purchase and / or sale of medals, orders, documents of the USSR and Russia is prohibited, this is all described in Article 324. Acquisition or sale of official documents and state awards. You can read about this in more detail in which the law is disclosed in more detail, as well as those medals, orders and documents that do not apply to this ban are described.

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922 - The date of official adoption by the Bulgar Khanate as the state religion of Islam.

1619 - A Russian mission of 11 people headed by the first Russian ambassador to China, the Siberian Cossack Ivan Petlin, returned to Tomsk from Beijing, having gone there a year earlier.

1648 - The victory of Bogdan Khmelnitsky over the troops of the Commonwealth near Korsun.

1744 - By decree of Queen Elizabeth Petrovna, the death penalty was abolished in the Russian Empire.

1768 - Empress Catherine II issued a decree on the construction of a monument to Peter I - the future "Bronze Horseman".

1815 - Accession on the rights of a personal union of the Duchy of Warsaw to the Russian Empire under the name of the Kingdom of Poland.

1863 - Start of construction of the Odessa railway.

1866 - The solemn opening of the Nikolsky Edinoverie Monastery in Moscow took place.

1867 - The Red Cross Society was founded in Russia, although the first community of sisters of mercy operated during the Crimean War (1853-1856).

1867 - In Russia, a law on schismatics-Old Believers has been adopted.

1896 - In St. Petersburg, in the Aquarium Garden, the first film show in Russia took place.

1908 - In the Russian Empire, a law on compulsory primary education was adopted with a phased introduction into force over a period of 10 years.

1924 - The first issue of the Murzilka magazine was published in the USSR.

1930 - In the USSR, retariffing has been carried out in all branches of industry: production rates have been increased, prices have been lowered. As a result, wages were reduced by one and a half to two times.

1931 - The First All-Union Conference on Aerodynamics opened.

1934 - A warrant was issued for the first "arrest-search" of the poet O.E. Mandelstam.

1935 - The signing of the Soviet-Czechoslovak treaty of mutual assistance.

1935 - The Bureau of the Sochi City Committee of the All-Union Communist Party of Bolsheviks visited the apartment of the sick writer N.A. Ostrovsky and heard a report on his creative activity.

1943 - The uprising in the Warsaw ghetto was brutally suppressed.

1943 - German troops launched Operation "Gypsy Baron" to destroy Soviet partisans in Belarus and Ukraine.

1945 - In Prague, Soviet state security agencies arrested 59-year-old A.L. Bem, literary critic and critic, who gained fame even before the revolution.

1947 - A film by N.N. was released on the screens of the USSR. Kosheverova "Cinderella".

1950 - A resolution of the Council of Ministers of the USSR was issued on the construction of a complex of marine nuclear power plants V-10 at the IPPE site in the village of Obninsk (now the city of Obninsk).

1957 - Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the establishment of the medal "In memory of the 250th anniversary of Leningrad."

1959 - A film by V.S. was released on the screens of the USSR. Ordynsky "Peers". First appeared in a movie (in a tiny episode) V.S. Vysotsky.

1960 - In the USSR, from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute of Communications. M.A. Bonch-Bruevich, the first experimental color television broadcast was held.

1967 - In Leningrad at the plant. N.G. Kozitsky made the first batch of color TV sets "Rainbow".

1969 - The Soviet interplanetary spacecraft "Venera-5" reached Venus.

1972 - Russian poet I.A. Brodsky was ordered to leave the USSR.

1972 - A plane crash in Svetlogorsk - a military transport plane fell on the building of a kindergarten.

1985 - The Decree of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the Council of Ministers of the USSR "On measures to overcome drunkenness and alcoholism and eradicate moonshine" was adopted, which was published the next day in all newspapers of the Soviet Union.

1990 - Beginning of the I Congress of People's Deputies of the RSFSR.

2004 - I place at the 49th international music contest "Eurovision" was taken by Ukrainian singer Ruslana.

2007 - The first synagogue in the last 63 years was opened in Estonia, the city of Tallinn.

2009 - The Eurovision Song Contest 2009 in Moscow has ended.

The anniversary of the Armed Forces of the country is a significant date. In honor of this event, commemorative events are held, anniversary awards are established. One of these awards was the jubilee medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR". It appeared on December 26, 1967 in accordance with the Decree of the Presidium of the Armed Forces, and timed to coincide with the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union.

To whom is intended

Anniversary award could be presented to:

• Officers of the Armed Forces, including admirals and marshals. In addition, it was received by the junior staff of long-term service, if they served in the army, navy or internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs or the State Security Committee on the date the medal was founded.
• Students of military universities of the country of different types of troops.
• To officers of all ranks who were retired at the time of the award's establishment and have at least 20 years of service.
• Persons who previously became the owners of the highest awards of the country - the Golden Star of the Hero and Orders of Glory of all 3 degrees.
• People who took part in the Civil War in the ranks of the Red Guard.
• The military, with weapons in their hands, defending the country in the ranks of the Armed Forces from enemies.
• Partisans of the Civil War and WWII.
• The military, who during the service were awarded some Soviet awards.

It is customary to wear the medal "50 Years of the USSR Armed Forces" on the left. The senior award is "40 years of the USSR Armed Forces". It is known that at the beginning of 1995 the award was issued to over 9.5 million people.

Sign design

The sketch of the appearance of the sign was made by the artist A. B. Zhuk. The medal is brass with a yellowish tinge. It has enamel elements. The sign is 3.7 cm in diameter.

Almost the entire obverse is occupied by a large 5-pointed star, the tips of which are covered with red enamel. Behind her, between the ends, 5 beams of rays. In the centers of the star is a medallion, the diameter of which is 1.9 cm. Its background is matte. On it are the profiles of two SA soldiers. Ha the head of one of them is wearing a Budyonovka, the other - a helmet. The date of foundation of the Armed Forces is engraved on the left - "1918", on the right - "1968". There are wreaths along the edge of the obverse. Laurel on the right, oak on the left.

In the upper part of the turnover there is a matte 5-pointed star, inside of which there is a plow and a hammer. Under the star in 3 lines is the name of the sign: "Fifty Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR." Both sides are provided with a collar.

The medallion is suspended from a 5-coal block. On the back of the block there is a pin clip, through which the badge is pinned to clothing. On the front side there is a turquoise ribbon, in the middle of which there is a 2 mm white stripe. On either side of it are 2mm red and 0.5mm white stripes.

After the revolution

The army of Imperial Russia ceased to exist after the Bolsheviks came to power. The new government headed for the elimination of all former institutions of power. The founders of Marxism called for the abolition of the army after the socialist revolution. Instead, there should be a common armament of the people.

This happened immediately after the February Revolution. The Red Guard began to form. It was a voluntary armed detachment. They were formed by party bodies directly in the field. The Red Guards became the main force of the Bolsheviks in preparing and carrying out an armed coup in the fall of 1917, as well as in the first period of the Civil War.

The Red Guard had no centralized command. Their creation and disbandment was carried out in accordance with the decisions of local party and Soviet bodies. The Red Guards took part in the suppression of a large number of armed conflicts, including the uprising of the junkers, the Czechoslovak corps, etc.

However, due to the fact that the young state was surrounded by enemies, it was necessary to create a new regular army. In the autumn of 1917, there were approximately 200 thousand people in the ranks of the Red Guard. 30 thousand were in Moscow and Petrograd. At the beginning of 1918, by decision of the Council of People's Commissars, the Red Army was created and the Red Guard detachments gradually began to join it. This process was different in different regions. In the last autumn of 1919, Turkestan Red Guards entered the spacecraft.

The emergence of the Red Army

When the civil war engulfed almost the entire country, the new government faced the task of forming the Armed Forces. The then existing Red Guard could not wage war for several reasons. Therefore, on January 15, according to the old style, the Red Army was created, and on the 29th, the RKKF. In the spring of 1918, Vseobuch appeared, dealing with the military training of workers.

The first divisions of the spacecraft were created by local councils. As a result, different types of detachments were formed, which included the most diverse segments of the population. Naturally, the combat readiness of the volunteer spacecraft was low, the commanders were chosen. Despite this, parts of the spacecraft managed to achieve some success.

In April, the election of commanders was canceled, they began to be appointed. Since there were not enough competent specialists, officers of the imperial army had to be invited. But, since their political views were dubious, military commissars soon appeared, who supervised the activities of military specialists, educated personnel in the spirit of communism, etc.

Attempts to create KA only on a voluntary basis failed. In the units, there was weak discipline, disgusting fighting efficiency. Declassed elements often joined the ranks of the KA, the purpose of which was exclusively profit. In addition, there were not as many volunteers as required.

In July, a law on compulsory military service was adopted, as a result, the number of the Armed Forces has increased significantly. Trotsky introduced unity of command in the army, a common dress code. The death penalty was introduced. In early autumn, the Revolutionary Military Council was formed, which led the Armed Forces. L. Trotsky was appointed head of the new structure. Very drastic measures were taken. There was nothing of the kind in either the tsarist or the white armies.

Red Army in WWII

06/22/1941 is a sad date for our country. Early in the morning, the Nazis invaded Soviet territory. During the first months, the spacecraft was forced to retreat and lost hundreds of thousands of servicemen. It is believed that this was caused by the unpreparedness for the attack of the Nazis. Already in the first days, general mobilization was announced. At first, our army retreated, losing people and territories.

The first success was achieved by the spacecraft in the battle of Moscow. But it was not possible to build on the success, our army continued to retreat. Measures were taken to stop the retreat. Soldiers fleeing in panic were shot. This measure was called "not a step back." Commissars received a new name - political officers. In 1943, the ranks returned by analogy with the pre-revolutionary ones.

The real turning point occurred at the end of 1942, when the spacecraft managed to encircle and block the Nazi group in Stalingrad. It was finally destroyed on 02/02/1943. Success was consolidated as a result of a successful operation on the Kursk Bulge. After that, the KA launched a counteroffensive. One after another, new territories were liberated.

By the summer of 1944, our Armed Forces were on the state border. The position of Nazi Germany was constantly deteriorating. Its allies left the coalition one by one, refusing to fight. In addition, at the beginning of the summer of 1944, England and the USA opened a 2nd front. The USSR liberated one country after another and in April 1945 approached Berlin. The assault on this city ended with the surrender of the Wehrmacht troops. It was signed on the night of May 9, 1945.

During the years of the Second World War, more than 29.5 million people were called up to the spacecraft. Prior to that, its number was over 4.8 million. The Poles also fought on the side of the Soviet Union. In 1943, we created the Polish infantry division named after. T. Kosciuszko. By the spring of 1945, the number of Polish troops reached 200,000 servicemen.

At the beginning of the Second World War, the spacecraft was not well equipped. There were few vehicles. The Soviet Air Force at first was significantly inferior to the Luftwaffe. In addition, most of them were destroyed almost immediately. In addition, a huge part of the country's military industry was located in the territories occupied by the enemy. But the people who worked in the rear did everything to increase military production, and soon the situation changed. A new, advanced technique was created, for example, the famous Katyusha. This mortar has become very popular.

After the end of the Second World War, demobilization was announced. Of the 11 million people, 8 million went to the reserve. Many veterans were subsequently awarded the medal "50 Years of the USSR Armed Forces."