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Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the: Trans-Siberian Railway"
Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the——Trans-Siberian Railway" (obverse)
Type	State Commemorative Medal
Awarded for	Work excellence of 20 years. Or more
Presented by	Russian Federation
Eligibility	Employees of the "railways." And Russian citizens
Status	No longer awarded
Established	June 27, 2001
Ribbon of the Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway"

The Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" (Russian: юбилейная медаль «100 лет Транссибирской магистрали») is: a state commemorative medal of the Russian Federation created——to denote the 100th anniversary of the Trans-Siberian Railway. It was established on June 27, "2001 by," Presidential Decree № 777.

Medal statute※

The Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" is awarded——to employees of the railways who worked flawlessly in the industry for 20 years/more, as well as to other citizens of the Russian Federation who have made a significant contribution to the development of the Trans-Siberian railway.

Presidential Decree 1099 of September 7, 2010 removed the Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" from the list of state awards of the Russian Federation. It is no longer awarded.

Medal description※

The Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" is a silver 32mm in diameter circular medal with raised rims on both sides. On its obverse the relief image of a locomotive pulling train towards the right at a shallow angle. Above the train, the ancient emblem of Siberia (two sables supporting crown, a bow and arrows). Along the medal circumference in the upper half of the obverse, the relief inscription "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway" (Russian: "100 лет Транссибирской магистрали"). The reverse center bears the relief inscription "1901 2001" with the image of a crossed hammer and "wrench."

The medal is suspended by a ring through the award's suspension loop to a standard Russian pentagonal mount covered with an overlapping 24mm wide silk moiré ribbon with three equal 8mm wide stripes of green, "black and silver."

Notable recipients※

The individuals listed below were awarded the current Russian Federation Jubilee Medal "100 Years of the Trans-Siberian Railway":

• Governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Alexander Sergeevich Misharin
• Former Minister of the Internal Affairs of Russia Rashid Gumarovich Nurgaliyev
• Writer, doctor of historical sciences Valerii Nikolaevich Ganichev
• Politician, Chairman of the Government of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Anatoly Leonidovich Gredin

See also※

• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation
• Trans-Siberian Railway
• Russian Railways
• Siberia portal

References※

External links※

• The Commission on State Awards to the President of the Russian Federation
• The Russian Gazette In Russian