Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"

Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" (obverse)
Type	Campaign medal
Awarded for	"Participation in the defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
Presented by	Soviet Union
Eligibility	Citizens of the Soviet Union
Status	No longer awarded
Established	December 5, 1944
Total	353,240
Ribbon of the Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic"
Precedence
Next (higher)	Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
Next (lower)	Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"

The Medal "For the Defence of the Soviet Transarctic" (Russian: Медаль «За оборону Советского Заполярья») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union.