The Medal "For the Defence of Kiev" (Russian: Медаль «За оборону Киева») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 21, 1961 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR[1] to be awarded to the participants of the defence of the city of Kiev during the 1941 invasion of the USSR by Nazi Germany.

[1] Award of the medal was made on behalf of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR on the basis of documents attesting to actual participation in the defence of Kiev.

For the defenders who died in battle or prior to the establishment of the medal, it was awarded posthumously to the family.

On its obverse, the relief image of the building of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR with a flag waving from its rooftop mast.

Along the upper circumference of the medal, the relief inscription "FOR THE DEFENSE OF KIEV" (Russian: «ЗА ОБОРОНУ КИЕВА») bisected by the waving flag.