Decoration For Impeccable Service
The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" 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 No. 442 on March 2, 1994. Its statute was further amended by presidential decree 1099 of September 7, 2010.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.
- 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.
Award Description
The Decoration "For Impeccable Service" is a 29 mm high by 32 mm 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.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:- Alexander Stradymov Lukic, chief specialist of the Office of Human Resources of the Federal Service of Russian TV and Radio ;
- Vasily Konstantinovich Vyacheslavov, a judge of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation ;
- Zinaida Ivanovna Tikhomirova an expert accountant on the budget of the Department of Finance Administration of the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District ;
- Lyudmila Zajkina, chairman of Pervomaisky district court in Murmansk ;
- Vladimir Resin, State Duma, Moscow.
- Anatoliy Krasnoselskikh, consultant in the Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards ;
- Lyudmila Zajkina, chairman of the Pervomaisky district court in Murmansk ;
- Vladimir Sokolov, a senior inspector of the Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ;
- Anatoly Fedoseevich Tishchenko, Deputy Director of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation ;
- Lyudmila Revizorova, a senior inspector of the Department of Labour Conditions and Protection of the Ministry of Labour and Social Development of the Russian Federation ;
- Lidia Ivanovna Yakovleva, a leading specialist of the Department of Defense Industry and High Technologies ;
- Galina Kurtasova, Deputy Director, Department of Intergovernmental Relations of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation ;
- Valery Polyankin, Expert of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Belarus ;
- Boris I. Fesenko, Deputy Director of Information of the Press Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.