The sign “To the inhabitant of besieged Leningrad” was established by the decision of the Executive Committee of the Leningrad City Council of January 23, 1989 No. 5 “On the establishment of the sign“ To the inhabitant of the besieged Leningrad ”. In January 2018, 81 thousand residents of besieged Leningrad lived in St. Petersburg [1] .
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Delivery Criteria
According to the Provision on the sign “To the resident of besieged Leningrad”, this sign is awarded to those who did not spend at least four months in Leningrad during the blockade (from September 8, 1941 to January 27, 1944), not awarded the medal “For the Defense of Leningrad” .
Description
Round brass medal with a diameter of 27 mm; on the obverse - an image of a broken ring against the background of the Main Admiralty, a tongue of flame, a laurel branch and the inscription “900 days - 900 nights”; on the backside there is a hammer and sickle and the inscription “To the inhabitant of besieged Leningrad”.
A rectangular metal block, enameled in the color of the ribbon of the medal "For the Defense of Leningrad" .
Benefits awarded
In accordance with the federal law "On Veterans," persons who were awarded the sign "To the Resident of besieged Leningrad," belong to the veterans of the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945 [2] .
Federal Law "On Veterans".
Article 2. Veterans of the Great Patriotic War:
... 3) persons awarded with the sign "Resident of besieged Leningrad"; ...
(as amended by the Federal Law of 04.05.2000 No. 57-FZ)
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Currently, Russians with disabilities who have been awarded the sign “To the inhabitant of besieged Leningrad” receive two pensions simultaneously - in old age and as disabled war veterans. The relevant law was signed by the President of the Russian Federation in 2006. By the time of this signing, 217 thousand people lived in Russia, holders of the sign “To the inhabitant of besieged Leningrad”, of which 65% were disabled . Thus, the law signed by the president gave an opportunity to improve the financial situation of about 141 thousand people.
These persons are subject to absolute service without a queue (with the exception of the service of recording and ticketing with places for departing vehicles).
Discussion of delivery criteria
The legislative bodies of the Russian Federation and St. Petersburg were considered for consideration, but the following bills were not adopted, which were designed to change the criteria for awarding the mark and expand the categories awarded by eliminating the time limit for 4 months in the city, and extend the right to receive the mark for children born into the blockade by mothers who survived the entire blockade.
- In 2000, the draft law was rejected [3] by the governor of St. Petersburg due to the fact that, in his opinion, it contradicted federal legislation and provoked a protest from the leadership of public organizations of veterans and blockaders [4] .
- In 2004, the eponymous bill was again rejected [5] by the governor of St. Petersburg for the same reasons. [6] .
- In 2009, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg initiated a draft federal law on this issue. The project was rejected by the State Duma in 2012 [7] .
- In 2013, the Legislative Assembly of St. Petersburg introduced a new bill that would extend the right to sign only to children born before January 28, 1944 by mothers who were in the territory of Leningrad throughout the blockade [8] .
In 2004, the Governor of St. Petersburg , V.I. Matvienko, noted that the leaders of public blockade organizations of St. Petersburg - St. Petersburg public organization “Residents of Blockade Leningrad”, the International Association of Public Organizations of Blockaders of the Hero City of Leningrad, and Regional Public organizations of the Society of veterans with disabilities "Blockade days labor reserves", the regional public organization "Young members of the defense of Leningrad", the regional public organization the graduation of pupils of orphanages of besieged Leningrad, the regional public organization “Leningrad Union“ Children of the Blockade - 900 ”, expressing their categorical disagreement with the adoption of the law and asking not to sign it [9] .
This topic is again raised in the media [10] [11] [12] [13] , and an open vote is also conducted on the Russian Public Initiative [14] and “change.org” [15] websites. In addition, it became known that the candidate in the presidential election, Ksenia Sobchak, promised [16] assistance in eliminating unjustified discrimination of some residents of besieged Leningrad.
Notes
- ↑ St. Petersburg statements. - 2018. - 26 jan.
- ↑ Clause 3 of Article 2 of the Federal Law "On Veterans"
- ↑ Veto of Governor Yakovlev of April 19, 2000
- Draft Law of St. Petersburg “On awarding a sign to“ A resident of besieged Leningrad ”” (1999)
- ↑ Governor Matvienko’s veto on October 7, 2004
- ↑ Draft Law of St. Petersburg “On awarding a sign to the“ Resident of besieged Leningrad ”” (2003)
- ↑ Bill No. 187643-5 “On Amendments to the Federal Law" On Veterans "and the Federal Law" On State Pension Provision in the Russian Federation "" (2009)
- ↑ Materials to the draft law of St. Petersburg “On the award of a sign to the“ Resident of besieged Leningrad ”” (2013)
- ↑ Letter of the Governor of St. Petersburg dated October 7, 2004 No. 07-104 / 10522
- ↑ Unrecognized blockade cannot achieve justice for more than a quarter of a century.
- ↑ blockade or not
- Without the right to the past. Blockaders have to fight for the privileges (plot on the channel "78", 01/14/2018)
- ↑ Those born in blockade Leningrad are not recognized as blockade. Instead, establish monuments.
- ↑ Initiative 78R36736 on the website of the Russian public initiative
- ↑ Petition on the global platform change.org
- ↑ Answer of Ksenia Sobchak during a meeting with voters in St. Petersburg on February 3, 2018 on the question of unrecognized blockade