The Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" was a World War II Soviet paramilitary award established in two classes on February 2, 1943, by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR
Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" 1st class (obverse)
A village priest being awarded the Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War" 2nd class in Ukraine
Reverse of the Soviet Medal Partisan of the Patriotic War 1st class
Semyon Rudnev
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Semyon Vasilyevich Rudniev was one of the leaders of Soviet partisan movement during World War II and People's Commissar in the partisan group operating in Ukraine and led by Sydir Kovpak.
Medal "To a Partisan of the Patriotic War"
…Ilya Starinov Semyon Rudniev, posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union Pyotr Masherov, Hero of the Soviet Union…
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1967 Postage stamp honoring Rudniev