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Ceremony presenting state decorations in the Kremlin

Vladimir Putin presented medals, orders and certificates conferring honorary titles to outstanding Russian citizens.

February 22, 2013
14:30
The Kremlin, Moscow
Ceremony presenting state decorations.
Ceremony presenting state decorations.
Ceremony presenting state decorations.
Ceremony presenting state decorations.
Vladimir Putin opened the ceremony by presenting Mayor of Khabarovsk Alexander Sokolov with the document conferring the title of City of Military Glory on Khabarovsk for courage, fortitude and mass heroism of the city’s defenders in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the Fatherland.
CEO of Interfax news agency Mikhail Komissar was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland, III degree.
Artist and member of the Russian Academy of the Arts Pyotr Ossovsky was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland, III degree.
Colonel Valery Asapov, commander of an army motorised rifle brigade was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland, IV degree.
First Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma Committee on Regional Policy and the Far North and Far East Valentina Pivnenko was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland, IV degree.
Natalya Sarganova, who raised 35 foster children, was awarded the Order of the Holy Martyr Catherine.
Pavel Bulgakov, 1st rank captain and submarine commander, was awarded the Order of Courage.
Major Oleg Kogutnitsky, commander of a helicopter unit, was awarded the Order of Courage.
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Defence Committee Frantz Klintsevich was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
CEO of Research and Production Group Special Materials Corporation Mikhail Silnikov was awarded the Order for Military Services.
Alexei Grigoryev, CEO of JSC Techsnabexport (TENEX), was awarded the Order of Honour.
Anatoly Zapalov, a metalworker at GAZ car plant, was awarded the Order of Honour.
Tractor driver and engineer Vladimir Raikhenborg was awarded the Order of Honour.
Agricultural machine operator Alexander Timchenko was awarded the Order of Honour.
Director of the Rhythmic Gymnastics Olympic Reserve Training Centre Vera Shtelbaums was awarded the Order of Honour.
Director of the Moscow Academic Theatre of Satire Mamedali Agayev was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Leonid Bazuyev, a metalworker at Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Nikolai Kotikov, an electrical gas welder at Gazprom Transgaz Yekaterinburg, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Konstantin Titov (Kornily), Metropolitan of Moscow and All Russia of the Old-Rite Orthodox Church, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Mikhail Sidorov, a metalworker at TsSKB-Progress, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Director of the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Astronomy Institute Boris Shustov was awarded the Order of Friendship.
CEO of Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg Oleg Andreyev was awarded the medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland, I degree.
CEO and Artistic Director of the Lvov Krushelnitskaya National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet Tadey Eder was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Sergei Kivalov, a member of Ukraine’s national parliament, was awarded the Pushkin Medal.
Singer Bedros Kirkorov was awarded the honorary title People’s Artist of Russia.
Iosif Akopyan, general designer at JSC AGAT Moscow Research Institute, was awarded the honorary title Merited Scientist of the Russian Federation.
Viktor Dmitriyev, an assembly line adjuster at the Sinarsk Pipe Plant, was awarded the honorary title Merited Metalworker of the Russian Federation.
Crane engineer Yury Budanov was awarded the honorary title Merited Oil and Gas Industry Worker of the Russian Federation.
Electrical welder Nikolai Moiseyev was awarded the honorary title Merited Oil and Gas Industry Worker of the Russian Federation.
Galina Kalashnikova, a worker at the Magnitogorsk Bread Cmplex, was awarded the honorary title Merited Foodstuffs Industry Worker of the Russian Federation.
Valery Gritsoun, an electrical fitter at the Nikolayevsk Mine in Primorye Territory, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
Director of the Academy of Professional Development and Professional Retraining for Education Sector Employees Valentina Abaturova was awarded the honorary title Merited Teacher of the Russian Federation.
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Vladimir Putin opened the ceremony by presenting Mayor of Khabarovsk Alexander Sokolov with the document conferring the title of City of Military Glory on Khabarovsk for courage, fortitude and mass heroism of the city’s defenders in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the Fatherland.

See also

Khabarovsk awarded the title of City of Military Glory
November 5, 2012

Vladimir Putin opened the ceremony by presenting Mayor of Khabarovsk Alexander Sokolov with the document conferring the title of City of Military Glory Background information City of Military Glory on Khabarovsk for courage, fortitude and mass heroism of the city’s defenders in the struggle for the freedom and independence of the Fatherland.

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Speech at a ceremony presenting state decorations

President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, friends,

I welcome you to the Kremlin and congratulate on the upcoming Defenders of the Fatherland Day.

On the eve of this national holiday I want to present state decorations awarded for bravery, labour, creative achievements, and loyal service to Russia.

I want to start by addressing a few words to all residents of Khabarovsk, which has just received the high title of City of Military Glory. I congratulate everyone in Khabarovsk on this big event.

Khabarovsk was founded in the mid-nineteenth century and became Russia’s real stronghold in the Amur area. Its military and home front efforts during World War II are particularly memorable pages in the city’s history.

Soldiers from the Far East defended Moscow, fought at Leningrad and Stalingrad and stormed Berlin. In Khabarovsk itself people worked at armaments factories and hospitals and were ready at all times to answer the Motherland’s call to take up arms.

The Far East had its own lines to defend too. It was on the Far East borders that the Japanese troops were defeated in Manchuria, Sakhalin, and the Kuril Islands, bringing World War II to a victorious end. Khabarovsk deserves its place among Russia’s cities of military glory.

”Our entire history and great heritage teach us to honour the courage and achievements of our forefathers, love our Motherland and our people, and know the meaning of true patriotism and not its hollow imitation.“

I take this opportunity to thank everyone who studied the archives and documents and pieced back together the names of our heroes and glorious pages in the history of our cities that are worthy of the honorary title of city of military glory. This is an important and very useful undertaking. Its civic and patriotic value cannot be overestimated, after all pride in our country and the deeds of our forebears begins with knowing the history of our own families and native towns, villages and regions.

I am sure that in strengthening our historic, spiritual, cultural and family traditions we are shaping our future and drawing a surer road for Russia’s national development. Our entire history and great heritage teach us to honour the courage and achievements of our forefathers, love our Motherland and our people, and know the meaning of true patriotism and not its hollow imitation. These are the lessons handed down from one generation to the next, and I am sure that this will always continue.

Those present today have an example before their eyes, no doubt already familiar to them from the media. Here with us today is Zalina Arsanova. She was born and grew up in Malgobek, which also has the title of City of Military Glory. Malgobek’s people heroically defended their region during World War II, and I am sure they would be proud of this young girl. Last August, she protected her six-year-old brother from bandits’ bullets by shielding him with her own body. She was only 12 at the time. For her selfless and brave act she has been awarded the Medal for Courage.

Friends, those receiving awards today include army and navy officers, scientists and clergymen, teachers and workers, and outstanding cultural figures and sportspeople.

I bow low before Natalya Sarganova, who over the last 30 years has raised 35 foster children as well as her own two children, who have followed in their mother’s footsteps and are now raising 9 children who were without families of their own.

Workers from the industrial and agriculture sectors and leading Russian companies are also receiving deserved recognition today, including employees of Gazprom, famous throughout the world, which celebrated its 20th anniversary yesterday.

Here today are people from different professions and generations, some of them already famous, others just at the start of their careers. What you all share is that your achievements and efforts were made in Russia’s name, for Russia’s sake. You put your labour and talent into the service of others and show that only a generous spirit, care for one’s fellows, and involvement in our people’s destiny and our country’s future can fill the lives of each of us with true meaning and help us to resolve even the most difficult tasks and surmount even the greatest challenges.

”Your achievements and efforts were made in Russia’s name, for Russia’s sake. You put your labour and talent into the service of others and show that only a generous spirit, care for one’s fellows, and involvement in our people’s destiny and our country’s future can fill the lives of each of us with true meaning.“

Once more, I congratulate you on the upcoming holiday and on your deserved awards and titles. I wish all the very best.

Thank you very much.

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Friends,

In concluding today’s ceremony, allow me to once again congratulate Khabarovsk and its people on receiving the honorary title of City of Military Glory. I know how much has been done by war veterans and young people, who engaged in work in the archives, to immortalise the memory of what was achieved by earlier generations. I want to once again thank them for doing this.

Naturally, I would like to address special words of gratitude to all the award recipients: for your work, for your successes, for the results of your efforts. I cannot even list all the sectors in which you are working and which you represent so worthily. I want to express my sincerest gratitude to you and wish you success.

It is a particular pleasure for me to see representatives here from the brotherly nation of Ukraine. I would like to use exactly those words – brotherly Ukraine – because with our endless disputes concerning gas, we sometimes forget what is most important, that we truly are brotherly peoples.

Here in Russia, we do not make any distinction between Russians and Ukrainians. We love the distinctive Ukrainian culture, we love the Ukrainian language and its songs, we love everything related to Ukraine. Of course, it was a pleasure today to hear similarly kind words regarding the Russian language in Ukraine and such concern for Russian-speaking people. We, too, always think about this. But I would like to say that we have no less respect toward the Ukrainian language; we have no intention of getting involved in Ukraine’s domestic policy polemics and we expect common sense to prevail. We are equally respectful of members of various political parties and movements in Ukraine. We count on just one thing: that this common sense will push us to work together for the good of our nations and our peoples.

In conclusion, I would like to once again focus on the award recipients. Naturally, each of you has had help from work collectives, from years of work with colleagues who helped you in one way or another and supported you, but without a doubt, today’s events, today’s awards, represent the Russia’s focus on your personal achievements.

Thank you very much for your work and your efforts!

I sincerely congratulate you on the upcoming holiday – Defender of the Fatherland Day – and wish you success.

Thank you very much.

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Publication date: February 22, 2013, 14:30

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/17565

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