Medal "For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South"
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The Medal "For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South" (Russian: Медаль «За восстановление предприятий чёрной металлургии юга») was a civilian state award of the Soviet Union established on May 18, 1948 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to recognise personal achievements in the restoration of the Black Metallurgic Enterprises of the Soviet Union which were destroyed during the Great Patriotic War. Thirteen blast furnaces, forty-nine open hearth furnaces, twenty-nine finishing mills and sixty-eight coke-oven batteries were restored to effective or outstanding production rates. The medal's statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR № 2523-X.[2]
Medal "For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South" | |
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Type | Civilian medal |
Awarded for | Outstanding work the restoration of the black metallurgy enterprises of the South |
Presented by | Soviet Union |
Eligibility | Soviet citizens |
Status | No longer awarded |
Established | May 18, 1948 |
Total | 68,710 |