Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway"
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The Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" (Russian: Медаль «За строительство Байкало-Амурской магистрали») was a civilian award of the Soviet Union established on October 8, 1976, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to recognise active participation in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway, a huge multi year project under the leadership of then Soviet general secretary Leonid Brezhnev. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR No. 2523-X.[2]
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Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" | |
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Type | Civilian medal |
Awarded for | Three years of dedicated work in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Soviet citizens |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | October 8, 1976 |
Total | 170,030 |
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