Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"

[SovPha]

A new addition to my Soviet civilian development/restoration campaign medals. The medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" was instituted on October 20th, 1956, and awarded to 1345520 Soviet workers who helped to cultivate 36000000 hectares of previously uncultivated lands in Kazakhstan, Siberia, The Urals, the Volga area and the northern Caucasus for two solid years from 1954 - 1956.

[Eric Gaumann]

Nice.  Just watched the video for that.  I coulda sworn I had a doc for my medal but I can't find it.

 

Here's my Virgin Lands medal in a display I made with some farming and related awards.

[SovPha]

Love it))) Nice set up. 

[chechaco1]

On 12.08.2020 at 19:08, SovPha said:

Новое дополнение к моим советским медалям кампании развития / восстановления. Медаль «За освоение целинных земель» была учреждена 20 октября 1956 г. и награждена 1345520 советских рабочих, которые помогли обработать 36000000 га ранее не обрабатываемых земель в Казахстане, Сибири, Урале, Поволжье и Северном Кавказе за два твердых года с 1954 по 1956 год.

The first type is a flat ear.