Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus"

The medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" should be awarded to all participants in the defense of the Caucasus - military personnel of the Red Army, Navy and NKVD, as well as civilians, direct participants in the defense.

Awarding of awards is carried out on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of data certifying the actual participation in the defense of the Caucasus.

Handing over is made:

• to persons located in the military units of the Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops, as commanders of military units, and to persons who have withdrawn from the army and navy, by regional, city and district military commissars at the place of residence of the awarded;
• persons from the civilian population — participants in the defense of the Caucasus — the Stavropol and Krasnodar Territory Councils of Workers' Deputies, the Presidiums of the Supreme Councils of the Georgian SSR, Azerbaijan SSR, the North Ossetian ASSR and the Kabardin ASSR.

The Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" for military personnel and civilian personnel of units, formations and institutions of the Red Army, Navy and NKVD troops was awarded only to those who actually participated in the defense of the Caucasus for at least three months from July 1942 to October 1943.

The “For the Defense of the Caucasus” medal was awarded only to those individuals from the civilian population who participated in the defense of the Caucasus from July 1942 to October 1943, as well as those who took an active part in the construction of defensive lines and fortifications since the fall of 1941.

To the participants of the defense of the Caucasus, both from among the military personnel and from the civilian population, who received injuries or were awarded orders or medals of the USSR for the defense of the Caucasus during the defense, the medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" was awarded regardless of the duration of participation in the defense.

The “For the Defense of the Caucasus” medal is made of brass and has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm.

The front side of the coin depicts Elbrus . At the bottom of the mountain, there are oil rigs and a group of moving tanks. Above the mountain peaks you can see the silhouettes of aircraft. The inscription “FOR THE DEFENSE OF THE CAUCASUS” is in the upper part of the coin around the circumference. The front side of the medal is bordered by a curly rim, which depicts clusters of grapes and flowers. At the top of the rim is a five-pointed asterisk. At the bottom of the rim there is a ribbon with the letters "USSR" and an image of a sickle and a hammer between them.

On the back of the coin is the inscription "FOR OUR SOVIET HOMELAND." Above the inscription is an image of a sickle and a hammer.

All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex.

The medal is connected with an eye and a ring to a pentagonal block, covered with a silk moire ribbon of olive color, 24 mm wide. In the middle of the ribbon are two white strips 2 mm wide, separated by an olive strip of the same width. On the edges of the tape are blue strips 2.5 mm wide each.

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  Reverse of the medal

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  Award certificate

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  Post March of the USSR

• Category: Awarded the Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus"

• Volodin A.N., Merlai N.M. Medals of the USSR. - SPb. : Printing House, 1997 .-- pp. 86–87. - ISBN 5-7062-0111-0 .
• Kolesnikov G.A., Rozhkov A.M. Orders and medals of the USSR. - Mn. : People's Asveta, 1986. - S. 80-81.

• Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" - ww2awards.info
• Medal "For the Defense of the Caucasus" (Neopr.) . Orders and medals of the USSR . Date of treatment January 4, 2008. Archived February 18, 2012.