13 blast furnaces, 49 open furnaces, 29 finishing mills and 68 coke-oven batteries were restored to effective or outstanding production rates.[30][60] 68,710 Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands" Медаль «За освоение целинных земель» Medal «Za osvoenie tselinnyh zemel» 20 October 1956 Awarded to all Soviet workers who helped cultivate 36,000,000 hectares of previously uncultivated lands in Kazakhstan, Siberia, the Urals, the Volga area and the northern Caucasus for two solid years from 1954–56.[61] 1,345,520 Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway" Медаль «За строительство Байкало-Амурской магистрали» Medal «Za stroitel'stvo Bajkalo-Amurskoj magistrali» 8 October 1976 Awarded to workers on the Baikul-Amur Railway (BAM) for 2 years outstanding service between 1974 and 1984.[30][62] 171,030 Medal "For Transforming the Non-Black Earth of the RSFSR" Медаль «За преобразование Нечерноземья РСФСР» Medal «Za preobrazovanie Тechernozem'ja RSFSR» 30 September 1977 Awarded for 3 years outstanding service in developing Soviet agriculture.[30][63] c.