page_title: Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
hierarchical_section_title: Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
caption_attribution_description: Igor Dmitriyevich Sergeyev (Игорь Дмитриевич Сергеев), Defense Minister of the Russian Federation
context_page_description: The Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" was a long service award of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union established on May 20, 1976 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and awarded for twenty-five years of impeccable service to troops of the army, navy, of internal forces and of border troops. Its statute was twice amended by further decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, first on July 18, 1980 and lastly on January 10, 1984.
context_section_description: The Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR" (Russian: Медаль «Ветеран Вооружённых Сил СССР») was a long service award of the Armed Forces of the Soviet Union established on May 20, 1976 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR and awarded for twenty-five years of impeccable service to troops of the army, navy, of internal forces and of border troops. Its statute was twice amended by further decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, first on July 18, 1980 and lastly on January 10, 1984.
caption: Marshal of the Russian Federation Igor Sergeyev, a recipient of the Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
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