the star, the inscription on three rows "3 SEPTEMBER 1945" (). The Medal "For the Victory over Japan" was secured by a ring through the medal suspension loop to a standard Soviet pentagonal mount covered by a 24mm wide silk moiré ribbon composed of a central 6mm red stripe bordered by 3.5mm white stripes, 2mm red stripes, 1mm white stripe, then 2.5mm yellow edge stripes. Recipients (partial list) The individuals below were all recipients of the Medal "For the Victory over Japan". Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov Major Pavel Ivanovich Belyayev Marshal of the Soviet Union Dmitriy Feodorovich Ustinov Marshal of the Soviet Union Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Vasilevsky Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Yakovlevich Malinovsky Marshal of the Soviet Union Kirill Afanasievich Meretskov Colonel General Nikolay Nilovich Burdenko Admiral of the Fleet Ivan Stepanovich Isakov Marshal of Aviation Sergei Alexandrovich Khudyakov Lieutenant colonel Philipp Mishelevich Tseitlyn Lieutenant German Alexeevich Tatarinov Army General Sergei Matveevich Shtemenko Army General Semion Pavlovich Ivanov Scientist and engineer Mikhail Borisovich Golant Honored Artist of the RSFSR Boris Sergeevich Ugarov Kim Il-Sung Zhou Baozhong See also Pacific War Soviet–Japanese War Japanese Instrument of Surrender Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union References External links Legal Library of the USSR 1945 establishments in the Soviet Union Awards established in 1945 Cultural depictions of Joseph Stalin Japan–Soviet Union relations Soviet campaign medals