Order "For Personal Courage"
| Order "For Personal Courage" | |
|---|---|
| File:Орден "За личное мужество".jpg Badge of the Order "For Personal Courage" | |
| Type | Single-grade order |
| Awarded for | showing outstanding courage and bravery during life-saving, keeping of public order and safeguard of State property |
| Presented by | the File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia |
| Eligibility | Soviet citizens |
| Status | No longer awarded |
| Established | December 28, 1988 |
| First award | February 3, 1989 |
| Final award | 1994 |
| Total | 529[1] |
| File:SU Order For Personal Courage ribbon.svg Ribbon of the Order "For Personal Courage" | |
The Order "For Personal Courage" was established by Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 28, 1988.
This decoration could be awarded to any USSR citizen showing outstanding courage and bravery during life-saving, keeping of public order and safeguard of state property, as well as for fighting crime, environmental catastrophes, and other exceptional events.
The award was designed by Alexander Zhuk and represents a silver gilded silver star with the words "For Personal Courage" and "USSR" written on it.
The order was first awarded on February 3, 1989, to a teacher of school No. 42 in the city of Ordzhonikidze (now Vladikavkaz) Natalia Vladimirovna Efimova. Her class was taken hostage and later freed in a police operation. The order was awarded 529 times in total. Many more medals were made, but remained unissued.
It was replaced in Russia by the Order of Courage in 1994, which has a different design.
References
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- This article incorporates material from Russian Wikipedia
- A. N. Volodin and N. M. Merlay, Medals of the USSR, Saint-Petersburg, Pechatnyi dvor, 1997
