Junior Sergeant B. Mazurov, left, of the Tula Guards 106th Airborne Division, who distinguished himself in Afghanistan, being awarded the Order for Personal Courage
This decoration could be awarded to any USSR citizen showing outstanding courage and bravery during life-saving, keeping of public order and safeguard of stateproperty, 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. It was replaced in Russia by the Order of Courage in 1994, which has different look. The Russian version was only awarded at least 100 times, while the previous version was awarded 529 times. Many medals were made, but were mostly unissued.
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.
order, personal, courage, established, presidium, supreme, soviet, ussr, december, 1988, badge, typesingle, grade, orderawarded, forshowing, outstanding, courage, bravery, during, life, saving, keeping, public, order, safeguard, state, propertypresented, bythe. The Order For Personal Courage was established by Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on December 28 1988 Order For Personal Courage Badge of the Order For Personal Courage TypeSingle grade orderAwarded forshowing outstanding courage and bravery during life saving keeping of public order and safeguard of State propertyPresented bythe Soviet Union RussiaEligibilitySoviet citizensStatusNo longer awardedEstablishedDecember 28 1988First awardedFebruary 3 1989Last awarded1994Total629 1 Ribbon of the Order For Personal Courage Junior Sergeant B Mazurov left of the Tula Guards 106th Airborne Division who distinguished himself in Afghanistan being awarded the Order for Personal CourageThis 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 It was replaced in Russia by the Order of Courage in 1994 which has different look The Russian version was only awarded at least 100 times while the previous version was awarded 529 times Many medals were made but were mostly unissued 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 References edit Orden ZA LIChNOE MUZhESTVO This article incorporates material from Russian Wikipedia A N Volodin and N M Merlay Medals of the USSR Saint Petersburg Pechatnyi dvor 1997 nbsp This Soviet Union related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This article related to orders decorations and medals is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Order 22For Personal Courage 22 amp oldid 1107198706, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
