The Medal “For Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR” was a civilian award of the Soviet Union established on September 30, 1977 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise three years of dedicated work in developing Soviet agriculture in the non-black earth regions of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. The medal’s statute was amended on July 18, 1980 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR.
The Medal “For Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR” was awarded to workers, farmers and employees who made an impact on the work of implementation of the long-term program for the development for agriculture of the non-black earth zone of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, and who worked as a rule, for not less than three years in this field and that were located on state or collective farms, or worked in businesses, organizations or institutions whose activities were directly related to the transformation of the non-black earth.
