Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union to reward the participants of the battles for the capture of the city of Vienna from the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
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- Name
- Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
- Period
- 1945
- Region
- Soviet Union
- Related practice
- brass
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The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy the petition of the People's Commissariat for Defense of the Soviet Union to reward the participants of the battles for the capture of the city of Vienna from the armed forces of Nazi Germany. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.
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• Name — Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" • Presenter — USSR • Type — Campaign medal • Eligibility — Citizens of the Soviet Union • Awarded For — Participation in the capture of Vienna • Status — No longer awarded • Established — June 9, 1945 • Total Awarded — 277,380 • Caption2 — Ribbon of the Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" • Illustration — Reverse of the Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" • Illustration — Wartime Marines medic Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina, a recipient of the Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
Recipients (partial list)
Recipients (partial list)
The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" • Marines Chief Petty Officer Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina • Chief Marshal of Artillery Mitrofan Ivanovich Nedelin • Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky • Marshal of the Soviet Union Fyodor Ivanovich Tolbukhin • Colonel General Nikolai Petrovich Kamanin • World War 2 veteran physicist Vladimir Aleksandrovich Teplyakov • Sapper Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov • World War 2 veteran, painter Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev • War correspondent Pyotr Andreyevich Pavlenko • Colonel Ivan Fedorovich Ladyga • Army General Semion Pavlovich Ivanov • Lieutenant General Georgy Timofeyevich Beregovoy • Lieutenant Grigory Yakovlevich Baklanov • Lieutenant General Kuzma Nikolayevich Derevyanko • Military photographer Yevgeny Anan'evich Khaldei • World War II veteran, film director and screenwriter Grigori Naumovich Chukhrai • Sailor Georgi Aleksandrovich Yumatov • Guards Captain Nikolai Semenovich Alferov • Lieutenant Colonel Sergei Aleksandrovich Andryushchenko • Major General Ilya Vasilevich Baldynov • Colonel Alexander Nikitovich Belkin • Lieutenant General Aleksandr Grigorevich Kapitohin • Colonel General Andrei Grigorevich Kravchenko • Captain Nikolai Petrovich Belousov • Private Nikolai Savvich Stepanov • Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Savelievich Bulaenko • Major General Benjamin Vasilevich Volkov • Colonel General Vasily Vasilevich Glagolev • Lieutenant Colonel Ivan Illarionovich Dolgov • Guards Warrant Officer Gennady Petrovich Zharkov • Captain Pavel Khrisanfovich Maksimov • Captain Roman, Eduard Arvidovich • Army General Vasily Filippovich Margelov • Petty Officer Nikolai Timofeevich Nevpryaga • Lieutenant General Karp Sviridov • Major General Grigory Flegontovich Sivkov • Lieutenant Colonel Aleksandr Sergeyevich Trynin • Warrant Officer Vladimir Ivanovich Fedorov
Identity
Identity
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" is associated with Soviet Union. Recorded as made of brass. Recorded from 1945.
Медаль «За взятие Вены». Музей военной техники УГМК, Верхняя Пышма, Россия.
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1945
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" first recorded.
1945
Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" is recorded from 1945.
Medal Description
The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on the obverse. On its pebbled obverse at the top, a relief five pointed star. Below the star, the relief inscription in bold letters on three rows "FOR THE CAPTURE OF VIENNA". At the bottom, the relief image of a laurel branch going up the left circumference of the medal up to the second row of the inscription. On the reverse at the top, a relief plain five pointed star, below the star, the relief date in three rows "13 APRIL 1945". The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré light blue ribbon with an 8mm wide central dark blue stripe.
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- “Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q853881: Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
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- arXiv, Cornell University, preprints naming “Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"”
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Medal Statute
The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was awarded to soldiers of the Red Army, Navy, and troops of the NKVD, direct participants of the heroic assault and capture of Vienna as well as to the organizers and leaders of combat operations in the capture of this city. Award of the medal was made on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of documents attesting to actual participation in the capture of Vienna. Serving military personnel received the medal from their unit commander, retirees from military service received the medal from a regional, municipal or district military commissioner in the recipient's community. The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" was worn on the left side of the chest and in the presence of other awards of the USSR, was located immediately after the Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg". If worn in the presence of Orders or medals of the Russian Federation, the latter have precedence.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Legal Library of the USSR. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of June 9, 1945. 1945-06-09.
- 2.Legal Library of the USSR. Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of July 18, 1980 № 2523-X. 1980-07-18.
- 3.Russian Gazette. Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099. 2010-09-07.
- 4.English Wikipedia. List of recipients of the Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" compiled from en.Wikipedia.
- 5.:ru:Категория:Награждённые медалью «За взятие Вены», Retrieved 2012-04-28
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arXiv, Cornell University, preprints naming “Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"”arXiv (Cornell University)
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