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    Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Transpolar Region


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    Gentlemen, these pictures are much too small. Please post large, clear photos of the obverse and reverse at a straight angle (no need to show the suspension). I think it's a good one though.

    P.S. Why have people come up with words like "Transarctic" and "Transpolar" to translate the name of this medal? It's just "Arctic" or "Polar Region". I know the "Za" particle can be confusing, but this medal has nothing to do with extending across or crossing the North Pole. Transarctic isn't even a real noun.

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    Gentlemen, these pictures are much too small. Please post large, clear photos of the obverse and reverse at a straight angle (no need to show the suspension). I think it's a good one though.

    P.S. Why have people come up with words like "Transarctic" and "Transpolar" to translate the name of this medal? It's just "Arctic" or "Polar Region". I know the "Za" particle can be confusing, but this medal has nothing to do with extending across or crossing the North Pole. Transarctic isn't even a real noun.

    Because some people don't know English, let alone Russian so the translation gets destroyed lol (this is meant to be a joke, don't go all crazy on me people lol :D)

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    P.S. Why have people come up with words like "Transarctic" and "Transpolar" to translate the name of this medal? It's just "Arctic" or "Polar Region". I know the "Za" particle can be confusing, but this medal has nothing to do with extending across or crossing the North Pole. Transarctic isn't even a real noun.

    They are simply using dictionary ;)

    Заполярный - a) polar b) trans-polar

    Both variants are possible since

    Заполярье — область от полярного круга до полюса в Северном и Южном полушариях.

    Trans-polar - extending across or crossing either of the Polar Regions.

    I am afraid that linguistic purist could choose trans-polar variant :whistle:

    P.S. The medal looks like original piece. War vintage.

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    Transarctic variant of course is the worst one ...

    Maybe they are using it because of this wiki article? ;)

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Defence_of_the_Soviet_Transarctic%22

    And again online dictionary :whistle:

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/transarctic

    Although many English-Russian dictionaries will give us simple translation

    Transarctical = трансарктический

    Another variant of translation is also possible (and some online translators will agree)

    Transarctical = заполярный since russian dictionaries define трансарктический as прил., по знач. связанное с сообщением через арктическую или вообще полярную область.

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    Gentlemen, I show you my Medal for the Defense of the Soviet Polar Region with the document of assignment
    «За оборону Советского Заполярья»
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    Assigned to:
    Куничкин ...... Kunichkin
    Виктор ...... Victor
    Ефримович ...... Efrimovich
    Given by:
    Владивостокский Городской военкомат ...... Recruitment Office City of Vladivostok
    Подполковник Чеков ...... Lieutenant Colonel Chekov

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    I don't have any myself, but the third document from the bottom on this page is the city of Murmansk variation:

    http://mondvor.narod.ru/MObZapl.html

    It's easily recognizable by the dual signatures at the bottom (by the Chairman and Secretary). There's also a variation for the Murmansk Oblast instead of the city of Murmansk, which is the second document from the bottom. Both variations were awarded to civilians who took part in the defense of the polar region.

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