Medal "For the Victory over Japan"

The Medal "For the Victory over Japan" was awarded to all military personnel and members of the civilian staff of the units and formations of the Red Army, Navy and troops of the NKVD, who took a direct part in hostilities against the Japanese imperialists in the Far East as part of the 1st or 2nd Far Eastern or Transbaikal Fronts, the Pacific Fleet or Amur River Flotilla; to military personnel of the central offices of the People's Commissariat for Defense, the People's Commissariat of the Navy of the USSR and the NKVD, who took part in planning the operations of Soviet troops in the Far East. == Medal description ==

The Medal "For the Victory over Japan" was a 32mm in diameter circular brass medal with a raised rim on both sides. On its pebbled obverse, the left facing bust of Joseph Stalin surrounded on the sides and top by the relief inscription along the medal's circumference "FOR THE VICTORY OVER JAPAN" (). On the reverse, at the top, a plain five-pointed star, under the star, the inscription on three rows "3 SEPTEMBER 1945" (). The Medal "For the Victory over Japan" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré ribbon composed of a central 6mm red stripe bordered by 3.5mm white stripes, 2mm red stripes, 1mm white stripe, then 2.5mm yellow edge stripes. == Recipients (partial list) ==

The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Victory over Japan". • Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov • Major Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev • Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov • Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky • Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky • Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov • Colonel General Nikolay Nilovich Burdenko • Admiral of the Fleet Ivan Stepanovich Isakov • Marshal of Aviation Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov • Lieutenant colonel Philipp Mishelevich Tseitlyn • Lieutenant German Alexeevich Tatarinov • Army General Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko • Army General Semion Pavlovich Ivanov • Scientist and engineer Mikhail Borisovich Golant • Honored Artist of the RSFSR Boris Sergeevich Ugarov • Kim Il-Sung • Zhou Baozhong • Chŏng Sangjin • Yakov Novichenko == See also ==