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Decoration "For Impeccable Service"
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Decorations "For Impeccable Service" for 25 and 30 years
Awarded by Flag of Russia Russian Federation
Type State Decoration
Eligibility Citizens of the Russian Federation
Awarded for For impeccable service to the state
Status Active
Statistics
Established March 2, 1994[1]
Precedence
Next (higher) Honorary Titles of the Russian Federation[2]
Next (lower) Honorary Titles of the Soviet Union[2]

The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" (Russian: Знак Отличия «За Безупречную Службу») is a state decoration of the Russian Federation aimed at recognising impeccable civilian or military service to the state beyond the scope of normal long service medals.

Award History[]

The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" was established by presidential decree №442 on March 2, 1994.[1] Its statute was further amended by presidential decree 1099 of September 7, 2010.[3]

Award Statute[]

The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" is divided into a civilian and a military division with different award criteria. Both are awarded for service of between 15 and 50 years.

  • Civilian Division: the civilian decoration is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation, elected or appointed to a position in accordance with the Constitution of the Russian Federation and federal laws, as well as to civil servants, for concrete contributions to the development of Russian statehood, strengthening the rule of law and order, and impeccable service of more than 15 years, as well as for other productive activities which brought substantial benefits to the Fatherland.[4]
  • Military Division: the military decoration is awarded to members of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with impeccable service of not less than 15 consecutive years, and who were awarded the Order or Medal for Courage displayed in the performance of military duties, or two or more awards of federal ministries or governmental agencies.[4]

The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" is worn on the right side of the chest after the insignia to an honorary title of the Russian Federation, and if worn in the presence of state awards of the USSR, above them.[2][3]

Award Description[]

The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" is a 29mm high by 32mm wide rectangular strip of medal ribbon upon which a gilt silver device composed of roman numerals denoting years of service, surrounded by a wreath of laurel branches for civilian recipients or of oak branches for military recipients, is affixed. The red ribbon of the Order For Merit to the Fatherland is used for civilian recipients, the Ribbon of Saint George is used for military recipients.[4]

Award Recipients (partial list)[]

The individuals below were awarded the Decoration "For Impeccable Service" with roman numeral "L" for 50 years of impeccable service to the state:[5]

  • Alexander Stradymov Lukic, chief specialist of the Office of Human Resources of the Federal Service of Russian TV and Radio (May 1999);
  • Vyacheslavov Vasily Konstantinovich, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation (September 2002);
  • Tikhomirov Zinaida Ivanovna, an expert accountant on the budget of the Department of Finance Administration of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District (April 2003);
  • Zajkina Lyudmila, chairman of Pervomaisky district court in Murmansk (August 2006);
  • Vladimir I. Resin, State Duma, Moscow (December 2011).

The individuals below were awarded the Decoration "For Impeccable Service" with roman numeral "XL" for 40 years of impeccable service to the state:[5]

  • Krasnosel'skikh Anatoliy, consultant in the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards (April 1996);
  • Zajkina Lyudmila, chairman of the Pervomaisky district court in Murmansk (June 1997);
  • Vladimir Sokolov, a senior inspector of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (December 1999);
  • Anatoly Tishchenko Fedoseevich, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (May 2000);
  • Revizorova Lyudmila, a senior inspector of the Department of Labour Conditions and Protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation (Februsry 2002);
  • Yakovlev Lidia Ivanovna, a leading specialist of the Department of Defense Industry and High Technologies (April 2006);
  • Kurtasova Galina, Deputy Director, Department of Intergovernmental Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation (December 2008);
  • Polyankin Valery, Expert of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Belarus (Octobre 2009);
  • Boris I. Fesenko, Deputy Director of Information of the Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation (January 2011).

See also[]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of March 2, 1994 №442" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. http://award.adm.gov.ru/doc/u442.htm. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of December 16, 2011 No 1631" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2011-12-16. http://graph.document.kremlin.ru/page.aspx?1593594. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of September 7, 2010 No 1099" (in Russian). Russian Gazette. 2010-09-07. http://www.rg.ru/2010/09/15/nagrady-dok.html. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Statute of the Decoration "For Impeccable Service"" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 2010-12-07. http://award.gov.ru/otl_serv.html. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 
  5. 5.0 5.1 "Compiled from the site of the President of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Kremlin News. http://state.kremlin.ru/commission/22/news. Retrieved 2012-02-19. 

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