Russia - Soviet: Medal for the Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railroad, along with accompanying award certificate to the recipient
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This medal was a civilian award of the Soviet Union established on October 8, 1976 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise active participation in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railroad, a huge multi year project under the leadership of then Soviet premier Leonid Brezhnev. Awarded to active participants in the construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway, on the rail section Bam-Tynda-Berkakit, on the second rail section Taishet-Lena, in the production facilities, in the building of housing for the civilian workers, for good work in construction, for high-quality designs and survey work, for honest work at enterprises, institutions and organizations directly supporting the construction efforts and the workers. The medal was usually awarded to workers, engineering-technical workers and employees who worked on the project in its construction, design or for its maintenance for at least three years. Recommendations for award of the Medal "For construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" were made by the Party administration, trade union and Komsomol organizations, enterprises, institutions and organizations, and sent to the Ministry of Transport Construction of the USSR for review. The names of the recipients was then forwarded to the executive committees of the Amur-Oblast, Irkutsk Oblast, Chita Oblast, Khabarovsk Regional Council of People's Deputies and to the Supreme Soviet Presidium of the Buryat and Yakut Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republics, which, after final consideration, awarded the medal on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR in the communities of the recipients. Approximately 170,030 awards were made.
