Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"

Award

Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
First Class Civilian Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
Type	Two grade medal in civil and military divisions
Awarded for	Outstanding contributions to the state
Presented by	Russian Federation
Eligibility	Russian citizens
Status	Active
Established	2 March 1994^[1]

Ribbon of the medal 1st class Ribbon of the medal 2nd class

Order of Wear
Next (higher)	Cross of St. George^[2]
Next (lower)	Medal "For Courage"^[2]
Related	Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"

The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (Russian: Медаль ордена «За заслуги перед Отечеством») is a Russian medal. It was established on 2 March 1994 by Presidential Decree No.442.^[1] Its award criteria were modified on 6 January 1999 by Presidential Decree 19^[3] and again on 7 September 2010 by Presidential Decree 1099.^[4] The medal of the Order is divided into two classes, the first and the second, it is further divided into a civilian and a military division, the medal of the military division is awarded "with swords" and its criteria differ from those of the civilian division.^[5]

Statute of the medal

Civilian Division first and second class. Awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in various fields of industry, construction, science, education, health, culture, transport and other areas of work.^[5]
Military Division first and second class. Awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation for great contribution to the defence of the Motherland, for success in maintaining the high combat readiness of the central organs of military administration, of military units and organizations, for strengthening the rule of law and order, for ensuring public safety.^[5]

Award description

The Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" is 32mm in diameter and made of silver, the medal first class is gold plated. The obverse bears a likeness of the Order, a crowned double headed eagle over a red-enamel cross pattée. On the reverse, the motto of the Order: "BENEFIT, HONOUR AND GLORY" (Russian: "ПОЛЬЗА, ЧЕСТЬ И СЛАВА"). At the bottom, laurel leaves, the year of establishment "1994" and the award serial number. In the case of the military division, the sword device is added between the medal suspension ring and the pentagonal mount. The medal hangs from a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered by an overlapping scarlet ribbon.^[5]

Medal I class
Civilian Division
Medal II class
Civilian Division
Medal I class
Military Division
Medal II class
Military Division

Notable recipients

Sergey Tetyukhin
Aleksey Aleksandrov
Nikolay Baskov
Alexander Alexeyevich Chekalin
Vladimir Dementyev
Andrey Filatov
Vladimir Grachev
Roman Miroshnichenko
Alexey Gordeyev
Ilona Korstin
Mikhail Pletnev
Svetlana Vanyo
Anatoli Boukreev
Vyacheslav Borisov
Alexandra Trusova
Vladimir Kostitsyn
Irik Zhdanov
Alfred Grishin
Magomed Tushayev
Sergey Karjakin

References

^ ^a ^b "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 1994 No. 442" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. December 15, 1999. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Presidential Decree of 16.12.2011 N 1631 "On Amendments to Certain Acts of the President of RF"" (in Russian). President of the Russian Federation. p. 4. Archived from the original on March 31, 2013. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 6, 1999 No. 19" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. December 15, 1999. Archived from the original on February 5, 2012. Retrieved February 11, 2012.
^ "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. September 7, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Statute of the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. September 7, 2010. Retrieved February 11, 2012.