Medal "Veteran of Labour"
The Medal "Veteran of Labour" was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on January 18, 1974, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to honour workers for many years of hard work in the national economy, sciences, culture, education, healthcare, government agencies and public organizations. Although it only had a relatively short eighteen years of existence, it was awarded nearly forty million times. Its regulations were detailed and approved by decree number 5999-VIII of May 20, 1974. Its statute was amended by multiple successive decrees of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, first on June 8, 1977, then on August 12, 1983 and lastly on December 28, 1987. The medal ceased to be awarded following the December 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Medal "Veteran of Labour" (obverse)
Reverse of the Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Poet and bard Evgeny Agranovich, a recipient of the Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Sergey Afanasyev (politician)
Sergey Aleksandrovich Afanasyev was a Russian engineer and later politician who was the leading figure in the Soviet Union's missile and space program. He was the Minister of General Machine Building (1965–1983).
Afanasyev in 1998