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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Commemorative medal of the Soviet Union / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (Russian: Юбилейная медаль «Сорок лет Победы в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established on April 12, 1985, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to denote the fortieth anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | |
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![]() Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (obverse) | |
Type | Jubilee medal |
Awarded for | Participation in World War 2 |
Presented by | ![]() |
Eligibility | Citizens of the Soviet Union |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | April 12, 1985 |
Total | 11,268,980 |
![]() Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" | |
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