USSR. Medal for the Defense of Kiev.

The Medal “For the Defence of Kiev” was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 21, 1961 to be awarded to the participants of the defence of the city of Kyiv during the 1941 invasion of the USSR by Nazi Germany.  The Medal “For the Defence of Kyiv” was awarded to all participants in the defence of the Hero-City of Kyiv – Soviet Army soldiers and troops of the former NKVD, as well as all the workers who participated in the defence of Kyiv in the ranks of the militia, in the construction of fortifications, who worked in factories serving the needs of the front, members of the Kyiv underground and partisans who fought against the enemy near Kyiv.