The Medal of Zhukov is a medal "which is awarded to military and civilian personnel of the Red Army

Red Army

The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...

, the Russian Navy, the NKVD

NKVD

The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the public and secret police organization of the Soviet Union that directly executed the rule of power of the Soviets, including political repression, during the era of Joseph Stalin....

, the Partisans

Partisan (military)

A partisan is a member of an irregular military force formed to oppose control of an area by a foreign power or by an army of occupation by some kind of insurgent activity...

, and members of the underground, for their bravery, perseverance, and courage demonstrated in battle operations against Nazi invaders, Japanese militarists, and in celebration of Georgy Zhukov

Georgy Zhukov

Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov , was a Russian career officer in the Red Army who, in the course of World War II, played a pivotal role in leading the Red Army through much of Eastern Europe to liberate the Soviet Union and other nations from the Axis Powers' occupation...

's 100th birthday".

In the Russian Federation

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

, the Medal of Zhukov is also "awarded to military personnel of the Ministry of Defence, and other ministries and agencies, in which military service provided by the Russian law, for courage and bravery demonstrated in battle operations in defense of the Fatherland and in the public interests of the Russian Federation".

The Medal of Zhukov was founded in Russia, but was later established in all of the CIS

Commonwealth of Independent States

The Commonwealth of Independent States is a regional organization whose participating countries are former Soviet Republics, formed during the breakup of the Soviet Union....

, as a decision of the Council of Heads of State on May 26, 1995.