Russia Medal 1961. The medal “For the Defense of Kiev” is made of brass and has the shape of a regular circle with a diameter of 32 mm. On the front side of the coin is the silhouette of the building of the Supreme Council of the Ukrainian SSR with a waving flag. Against the background of the building is an image of a soldier sailor worker and partisan with rifles at the ready. In the upper part of the medal around the inscription “FOR KIEV DEFENSE”. In the lower part around the circle there is a laurel wreath at the lower ends of the branches there is a ribbon with a five-pointed star. The front side of the coin is bordered by a convex side. On the back of the coin is the inscription “FOR OUR SOVIET HOMELAND”. Above the inscription is an image of a sickle and a hammer. All inscriptions and images on the medal are convex. The medal with the help of an eye and a ring is connected to a pentagonal block covered with a silk moire ribbon of olive color 24 mm wide. In the center of the tape are two longitudinal strips: red - 4 mm wide and blue - 2 mm wide.