The Order of St Catherine the Great Martyr has been awarded to Lyudmila Ilyina (Abbess Nikolaya), mother superior of St Nicholas Chernoostrovsky Convent in Maloyaroslavets (Kaluga Region), and Nina Perekhozhikh, a regional hospital doctor (Lipetsk Region), for their contribution to charity and public activities.
The distinction For a Good Deed has been awarded to Sonya Golechkova, deputy head of the military history society the Red Army Club (Czech Republic), Natalia Kunitsyna, director of the Generation health centre (Belgorod) and Anna Federmesser, president of Vera hospice charity fund.