Prize of the USSR in 1951and the Prize in 1968. He was awarded seven Orders of Lenin, two Orders of the Red Banner, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class, two Orders of the , the Order of the Badge of Honor, various medals as well as several awards from foreign countries.

Commemorative Decoration Colonel General Pikalov

The Commemorative Decoration Colonel General Pikalov (Figure 19) was established on August 6, 2006 by Order 310 of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. It is awarded to military and civilian Figure 20: Emblem of the Federal Agency for the Storing personnel of the armed forces as well as to other citizens and Destruction of Chemical Weapons. of the Russian Federation for providing assistance in solving the tasks entrusted to the Federal Agency for inscription: FOR CHEMICAL DISARMAMENT with a the Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons. plain area reserved for the award number. The Federal Agency for the Safe Storage and Destruction of Chemical Weapons was a sub-department of the Suspension: The award is always bestowed as displayed Defense Ministry until it was transferred to the Ministry here, mounted on the small square mount and is worn of Industry in 2004. The award remains unchanged and above the right breast pocket. The left half of the ribbon can still be earned by military and civilian members of is yellow (10mm) with two narrow (2mm) black edge the MDRF attached to the agency. stripes indicating a MDRF ministerial commemorative decoration. The right half of the ribbon has three equal (4mm) red, green and yellow stripes.

Figure 19: Obverse (left) and reverse of the Commemorative Decoration Colonel General Pikalov. Figure 21: Colonel General Vladimir Pikalov. Obverse: The bust of Colonel General Pikalov in front of a chemical plant and the emblem of the Federal Agency Vladimir Karpovich Pikalov (Figure 21) was born on for the Storing and Destruction of Chemical Weapons September 15, 1924 in the town of Armavir, Krasnodar (Figure 20) with the inscription COLONEL GENERAL region. In 1941, while still in the Rostov Artillery School, PIKALOV. he took part in the battles to the approaches of Rostov. Sent to the front upon graduation, he fought on the West, Reverse: The circular inscription: MINISTRY OF Don, Stalingrad, Steppes, and Byelorussian Fronts, taking DEFENSE RUSSIAN FEDERATION. The center part in the battles of , Voronezh, Stalingrad and Kursk. He was wounded several times, including a serious

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After the war he was transferred to the Chemical Forces. In 1969 he was appointed Chief of Chemical Troops of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. In over 19 years of service in that post he proved to be a proactive and decisive leader, especially in the design, testing and procurement of new equipment and weapons. He was promoted to Lieutenant-General in 1970 and to Colonel- General in 1975. One of the first on the scene of the , he personally began checking for radiation in an extensive area enabling the first chemical troops on the scene to begin their work immediately. He remained on scene until mid-May, by then half blind from radiation exposure, earning him the title of of the and the . In early 1989 he was appointed to the Group of the Inspector General of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. After retirement Figure 22: Obverse (left) and reverse of the Medal in 1992, he participated actively in the work of chemical Colonel General Dutov. troops, patriotic events and veterans’ activities until his DEFENSE RUSSIAN FEDERATION.The center death on March 29, 2003. Colonel General Pikalov was inscription: FOR CONTRIBUTION TO THE awarded the title of , two Orders DEVELOPMENT OF THE MILITARY ECONOMY of Lenin, the Order of the , two Orders AND FINANCES. of the Red Star, the Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class, two Orders of the Red Banner, two Orders of the Red Suspension: The award is always bestowed as displayed Banner of Labor, and multiple medals and foreign awards. here on the pentagonal mount and is worn on the left breast with other medals in the prescribed order of Medal Colonel General Dutov precedence. The left half of the ribbon is yellow (10mm) with a narrow (2mm) black edge stripe indicating a The Medal Colonel General Dutov (Figure 22) was MDRF ministerial medal. The right half of the ribbon is established on November 7, 2006 by Order number 450 crimson with a narrow (2mm) central stripe. of the Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation. It is awarded to military and civilian personnel of financial and economic bodies of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation who have served in these bodies for 10 years or more, and to citizens of the Russian Federation, retired from military service after 20 years or more who served in the financial and economic bodies of the armed forces for 10 years or more, for outstanding personal contribution to the development and improvement of the financial and economic capabilities of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, and for improving the social protection of the armed forces while demonstrating the highest professional and business qualities. It can also be awarded to other citizens who provide assistance in addressing the financial and economic challenges facing the armed forces.

Obverse: The bust of Colonel General Dutov, with the inscription COLONEL GENERAL DUTOV.

Reverse: The circular inscription: MINISTRY OF Figure 23: Colonel General Vladimir Dutov.

36 JOMSA Vladimir Nikolaevich Dutov (Figure 23) was born to a peasant family in the village of Pukasovka Podolia, Letychivsky district, Vinnytsia region. He entered military service in 1929 and was appointed to a position in the financial service of the army in 1934 quickly moving up the ranks to the post of treasurer of the divisional headquarters. During the entire Great Patriotic War, he served as chief of the financial department of many fronts: the Northwestern, Southwestern, Stalingrad, Don, Central and 1st Byelorussian. He emerged as a natural and outstanding manager and leader who was able to provide funding for troops in the most difficult Figure 24: Emblem of the Defense Ministry of the of combat situations and in all conditions. Post-war, his Russian Federation. Financial Services Group served the Soviet occupation troops in Germany. Dutov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, the Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, three Orders of the Red Star, the His experience, high professionalism, and incredible Order of the Patriotic War 1st Class, five Orders of the Red ability to take correct decisions allowed him to be retained Banner, the of Labor, the Order as head of the Central Financial Department of the For Service to the Motherland in the Armed Forces 3rd Ministry of Defense of the USSR under five consecutive Class, as well as numerous medals and foreign awards. Ministers of Defense from June 1955 to July 1986. His In 1982, for great personal contributions to the armed outstanding financial management was instrumental in forces and for enhancing the combat readiness of the allowing for the reorganization and modernization of Soviet Army and Navy, he was awarded the honorary title the Armed Forces of the USSR. Dutov’s basic tenets of Hero of Socialist Labor. General Dutov died March formed the basis for a universal mechanism of funding 10, 1991 and is buried at the Novodevichy cemetery in for troops through field institutions like the Central Bank Moscow. who still helps the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation to meet the challenges of funding troops and Award Attestation to successfully operate today. Each award comes with a corresponding award During his career of more than 57 years, Colonel General certification document in the form of a small cardboard

Figure 25: Award document cover.

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