Medal - City of Heroes - Okhtyrka

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Against a smooth background is a stylized composition that stands for the present as seen through the prism of the novel “Tiger Trappers” written by an author who was born in Okhtyrka; the novel praises courage and the ability to win: a Ukrainian soldier is a modern trapper of predators; above the solder is a shining sun; there are the following legends: СМІЛИВІ (courageous people), (vertical, to the left), ЗАВЖДИ (always) (above) МАЮТЬ (have) (to the right) ЩАСТЯ (happiness) (beneath).

Script: Cyrillic

Lettering:
СМІЛИВІ
ЗАВЖДИ
МАЮТЬ
ЩАСТЯ

Translation:
Brave
always
have
happiness

Engraver: Yurii Lukianov

Designer: Maryna Kuts

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Comment

This medal celebrates a city that bore the brunt of the attack and was surrounded by russian troops from the first days of the full-scale invasion. Despite suffering numerous airstrikes and missile attacks, the city put up such fierce and heroic resistance that the enemy failed to capture it. Okhtyrka withstood assault and became an impregnable outpost against the further advance of the enemy army into Sloboda Ukraine (northeast Ukraine), and deeper into the country. Despite intense pressure from the enemy and the destruction of 80% of the city’s infrastructure, people without heat, water and electricity found the strength again and again to clear the city of the debris from bombings and bring its liberation closer.

Release date: 28.02.2023

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