Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

• Name — Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" • Presenter — Russia Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan • Type — State commemorative medal • Eligibility — Citizens of the Russian Federation and foreign nationals • Awarded For — Service during the Second World War • Status — No longer awarded • Established — March 4, 2009 • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" • Illustration — Reverse of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

• Illustration — Marshal of the Soviet Union Sergei Leonidovich Sokolov, recipient of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The following individuals were recipients of the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945": • Boris Tadić – President of Serbia • Elina Bystritskaya – Actress • Yevgeny Ukhnalyov – Former labor camp inmate, founding member of the Russian Guild of Heraldic Artists • Vladimir Dolgikh – Politician and veteran of the Defence of Moscow • Ivan Ladyga – Artillery officer, Colonel • Vasily Ivanovich Petrov – Marshal of the Soviet Union • Sergei Sokolov – Marshal of the Soviet Union • Dmitry Yazov – Marshal of the Soviet Union • Marina Salye – Geologist and politician, former deputy of the Legislative Assembly of Leningrad • Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina – World War II combat medic, Chief Petty Officer in the Soviet Marines • Timofey Manaenkov – Captain 1st rank, veteran of the capture of Vienna • Alexei Elagin – Major General, veteran of the defence of Sevastopol • Ivan Sluhay – Major General, veteran of the Battle of Kursk • Vasily Reshetnikov – Colonel General, veteran of the capture of Königsberg • Vasilio Gorlanova – Veteran of the defence of Smolensk • Nikolay Gorbachev – Veteran of the liberation of Leningrad and participant in the 1945 Moscow Victory Parade • Nadezhda Popova – Veteran of the defence of the Caucasus

The Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" was awarded to a broad range of individuals in recognition of their contributions during the Second World War, specifically within the context of the Eastern Front, referred to in the former Soviet Union as the Great Patriotic War. Recipients included: • Soldiers and civilian personnel of the Armed Forces of the USSR who participated in hostilities from 1941 to 1945; • Partisans and members of underground resistance movements operating in the German-occupied territories of the USSR; • Individuals previously awarded the Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" or the Medal "For the Victory over Japan"; • Civilians awarded for their wartime labor, including recipients of the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", the Medal "For Labour Merit," or any of the medals for the defense of Soviet cities and regions; • Civilians who worked for no less than six months between 22 June 1941 and 9 May 1945, excluding time spent in territories temporarily occupied by enemy forces; • Former underage prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, ghettos, and other places of detention established by Nazi Germany and its allies; • Foreign nationals from outside the Commonwealth of Independent States who served in national military forces aligned with the USSR, or participated in partisan units, underground groups, or other anti-fascist formations, and who had been awarded state honors by the USSR or the Russian Federation. The medal was removed from the list of state awards of the Russian Federation by Presidential Decree No. 1099, issued on September 7, 2010. It is no longer awarded.

A selection of photographs from the first award ceremony held at the Kremlin on December 4, 2009, during which selected veterans of the Great Patriotic War were presented with the Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945". • Illustration — Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina • Illustration — Major General Alexei Elagin • Illustration — Major General Ivan Sluhay • Illustration — Captain 1st grade Timofey Manaenkov • Illustration — Colonel General Vasily Reshetnikov