The Medal “For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South” was a civilian state award of the Soviet Union established on May 18, 1948 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 “For the Restoration of the Black Metallurgy Enterprises of the South” was awarded to workers, clerks, engineering and business professionals for their outstanding work, high production performance and achievements in the restoration of the black metallurgy industry in the south.
