Medal for the Defence of Leningrad

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Soviet medal campaign medal military decoration

The Medal for the Defence of Leningrad was a Soviet World War II campaign medal awarded to military personnel and civilians who participated in the defense and siege endurance of Leningrad.

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Soviet medal → campaign medal → military decoration →
awardedFor	endurance of the siege of Leningrad → participation in the defence of Leningrad →
awardedTo	Soviet civilians → Soviet military personnel → participants in the defence of Leningrad → participants in the siege of Leningrad →
awardingAuthority	Soviet Armed Forces →
campaign	Siege of Leningrad →
conflict	Great Patriotic War → Second World War →
countryOfOrigin	Soviet Union →
eligibility	NKVD troops → Red Army personnel → Soviet Navy personnel → Soviet civilians → partisans →
establishedOn	1942-12-22 →
languageOfInscription	Russian →
locationOfServiceRequired	Kronstadt → Leningrad → Leningrad Front → nearby fortified areas →
material	brass →
namedAfter	Leningrad →
obverseDepicts	Kremlin tower with a flag → armed soldiers and sailors advancing →
obverseInscription	"ЗА ОБОРОНУ ЛЕНИНГРАДА" →
partOf	Soviet campaign medal system →
presentedBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
relatedTo	Medal for the Defence of Moscow → Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad → Medal for the Defence of the Caucasus → Medal for the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic →
reverseInscription	"ЗА НАШУ СОВЕТСКУЮ РОДИНУ" →
ribbonColor	olive green →
ribbonStripeColor	green → red →
shape	circular →
status	no longer awarded →
timePeriod	1941–1944 →
typeOfAward	campaign and service medal →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Medal for the Defence of Moscow → Medal for the Defence of Stalingrad →	relatedAward
Soviet system of orders, medals and titles →	includesMedal