- Time Period: Post-WW2
- Year of Institution: 30 December 1977
- Country: Russia & USSR
The People’s Teacher of the USSR Medal (or Народный учитель СССР, Narodnyj učitel’ SSSR in Russian) was established on 30 December 1977 and awarded for worthwhile contributions to the national education system and, mainly, in teaching communism to children and young people.
The title was conferred to teachers of Soviet secondary or vocational schools and also to civil servants employed by educational institutions, for worthwhile contributions to the national education system and mainly in teaching communism to children and young people. It was bestowed owing proposals addressed by the USSR Education Department or by the National Education Committee; together with the medal, a diploma of the Supreme Soviet’s presidency was given to the awarded people.
Following the Dissolution of the Soviet Union (1990) the title was modified in National Teacher of the Russian Federation.
The People’s Teacher of the USSR Medal Design
The medal is circular in shape and measures 30 mm in diameter.
The central part of the front side is occupied by an open book and a torch encircled by the inscription “Народный учитель СССР” (People’s Teacher of the USSR) and, above, two bay laurel branches and the hammer and sickle symbol. On the obverse is the inscription Народный учитель СССР — гордость советского общества (National Teacher of the USSR – Pride of sovietic society). Symbols and inscriptions are embossed, with convex letters.
The medal was suspended to a single red silk fringe measuring 18 mm by 21 mm and attached to the suit by a needle.
