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Established at the request of the People's Commissariat by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on June 21, 1961 (Gazette of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, 1961, No. 26).
 
 
According to its regulation, it was to be granted to all defenders of the city - servicemen of the Red Army, Navy, NKVD and civilians - always with the confirmation of their actual participation, through the lists of military divisions, hospitals...etc.
 
 
The defense of Kiev lasted from July 7, 1941 to September 26, 1941, it was one of the largest defensive operations on the eastern front, on July 11, 1941 the Southern Army Group (40 divisions, among them 10 armored divisions) reached the Irpen river, about 20 kilometers from the city of Kiev, during the summer of 1941, the river would be its main defensive line, more than 200,000 people were enlisted in the army. 000 people enlisted in the Red Army for the defense of the city, although in the face of enemy superiority in numbers and means, the Red Army withdrew from the city on September 20, 1941.
 
 
It was the last decoration to be established due to the combats of the Patriotic War (1941-1945), it was only possible after the death of Stalin that did not consist in its creation at the time, during the government of Nikita Khrushchev.
 
 
The medal for the defense of Kiev was awarded to approximately more than 100,000 people.
 
 
Collecting the medal:
 
 
There is a variant, which has the ring manufactured in one piece with the medal, there is also a variation, which was a factory error with the date April 13, 1945 on the reverse (the reverse of the Vienna capture medal).
 
 
1st Variant
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The award documents:
 
 
There is only on type of award document:
 
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