The Army General Margelov Medal (russian: Медаль Генерал Армии Маргелов) is an award of the

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of the

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established by Order No. 182 of the Minister of Defence of the Russian Federation of 6 May 2005. It is named after the renowned past commander of

Soviet Airborne Troops The Soviet Airborne Forces or VDV (from ''Vozdushno- desantnye voyska SSSR'', Russian: Воздушно-десантные войска СССР, ВДВ; Air-landing Forces) was a separate troops branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. First formed be ...

Army General

Vasily Margelov Vasily Filippovich Margelov ( Russian: Василий Филиппович Маргелов; be, Васі́ль Пілі́павіч Марге́лаў; – 4 March 1990) was a Red Army General who was the commander of the Soviet Airborne Force ...

. The medal is awarded to military and civilian personnel of the

Russian Airborne Troops The Russian Airborne Forces (russian: Воздушно-десантные войска России, ВДВ, Vozdushno-desantnye voyska Rossii, VDV) are the airborne forces branch of the Russian Armed Forces. It was formed in 1992 from units ...

for good service.

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The Army General Margelov Medal is awarded to Russian military personnel serving in the Airborne Troops (VDV) for good service of 15 years or more if previously awarded the Decoration "For Merit" of Airborne Troops. It is also awarded to civilian personnel of the VDV for good service of more than 20 years. The medal can be awarded to veterans of the VDV who are in the reserve or retired, and those who have served for more than 25 years. The medal can also be awarded to military and civilian personnel of the

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for contributions to the development of the VDV. The Russian Federation Order of Precedence dictates that the medal is worn immediately after the Army General Khrulev Medal.

Award description

The

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Margelov Medal is a 32 mm in diameter circular medal made of gilt metal. Its obverse bears a portrait of Vasily Margelov, with tanks and aircraft dropping paratroopers above the general. At the top, there is a relief inscription on two lines "Army General Margelov" (

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: "''Генерал армии МАРГЕЛОВ") .'' Under the inscription, there is a relief of three howitzers and three BMD infantry fighting vehicles. The reverse of the medal bears the emblem of the Airborne Troops in the centre, with the embossed inscription "Ministry of Defence" at the top of the medal. The text "Russian Federation" is inscribed at the bottom of the medal. The medal is suspended from a Russian pentagonal mount by a ring through the metal suspension loop. The mount is covered by an overlapping 24 mm wide silk moiré ribbon with the distinctive left half of Russian Defence Ministry awards consisting of a 2 mm black edge stripe and yellow to the centre, the right half is blue.

Notable recipients

This is a partial list. *

Vladislav Achalov Vladislav Alekseyevich Achalov (russian: Владисла́в Алексе́евич Ача́лов; 19 November 1945 – 23 June 2011) was a Soviet general, politician and public figure. Achalov served as the 12th commander of the Soviet Air ...

– Commander of the VDV *

Gennady Anashkin Gennady ( rus, Геннадий, p=ɡʲɪˈnadʲɪj), also spelled Gennadi or Gennadiy, is a Russian male name. They are derived from the Greek given name Gennadius. People * Gennady Gladkov, Soviet and Russian composer *Gennady Golovkin, Kazakh ...

–

Hero of the Russian Federation Hero of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Российской Федерации, Geroy Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also unofficially Hero of Russia (russian: link=no, Герой России, Geroy Rossii), is the highest honorary title ...

, deputy commander of the 58th Army *

Vyacheslav Bocharov Vyacheslav, also transliterated Viacheslav or Viatcheslav (russian: Вячеслав, Vjačeslav ; uk, В'ячеслав, V"jačeslav ), is a Russian and Ukrainian masculine given name. It is the equivalent of Belarusian Вячаслаў/Вацла ...

– Hero of the Russian Federation, disabled in the

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* Vladimir Chirkin *

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Oleg Gazmanov Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "bles ...

– Russian singer *

Oleg Kukhta Oleg Valeryevich Kukhta (russian: link=no, Олег Валерьевич Кухта, born 27 December 1970) is a Russian singer-songwriter, actor, former Spetsnaz GRU officer, and military intelligence man. He was titled an Honored Artist of ...

–

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officer *

Viktor Sheiman Viktor Vladimirovich Sheiman ( be, Віктар Уладзіміравіч Шэйман, translit=Viktar Uladzimiravich Sheyman, russian: Виктор Владимирович Шейман, translit=Viktor Vladimirovich Sheyman; born 26 May 195 ...

Georgy Shpak Georgy Ivanovich Shpak (russian: Георгий Иванович Шпак) was the governor of Ryazan Oblast, Russia from 2004 to 2008. He was the commander of Russian Airborne Troops from 1996 to 2003. Biography Early life Born September 8, ...

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– commander of the VDVImage of Yevtukhovich wearing his ribbons on

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