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Presentation of state decorations

In a ceremony at the Kremlin, close to thirty outstanding Russian citizens were awarded state decorations for their services in the fields of science, industry, culture, healthcare, and sport.

May 24, 2017
15:20
The Kremlin, Moscow
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  • Presentation of state decorations.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Mikhail Belyayev, deputy head of the test-flight centre, head of the flight service and senior test pilot at Russian Aircraft Manufacturing Corporation MiG was awarded the title of Hero of Russia.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Yury Grigorivich, choreographer at the Bolshoi Theatre, was awarded the Order of St Andrew the Apostle.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Gennady Rozhdestvensky, professor at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland I degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Valentina Tereshkova, the world’s first woman cosmonaut, deputy chairperson of the State Duma Committee on federal organisation and local government, was awarded Order for Services to the Fatherland I degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Vladimir Menshov, film director at Mosfilm Cinema Concern, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland II degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Vladislav Tretyak, State Duma deputy and President of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland II degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Academician Alexander Chubaryan, research director at the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of World History, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland II degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Oleg Kononenko, instructor and test cosmonaut at the Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland III degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Yevgeny Mironov, artistic director of the State Theatre of Nations, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland IV degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Tatyana Tarasova, senior coach of Russia’s national figure skating team, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland IV degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Yury Shevchenko, President of the Pirogov National Medical and Surgical Centre, was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland IV degree.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Valery Salygin, research director at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations (MGIMO) International Institute for Energy Policy and Diplomacy, was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Sergei Tsikalyuk, Chairman of the board of directors of insurance company VSK, was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Galina Bortsova, a milker at Kolos collective farm, Rostov Region, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Mikhail Turetsky, artistic director of the Choir of Soloists, was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Irina Antonova, President of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, was awarded the decoration For Good Works.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Olga Pogodina, actress and general director of film company ODA Film, was awarded the honorary title National Artist of the Russian Federation.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Denis Maidanov, author, performer and composer, was awarded the honorary title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Tatyana Goloshchapova, deputy chief doctor at Chelyabinsk city clinical hospital No. 6, was awarded the honorary title Merited Doctor of the Russian Federation.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Natalya Nefedova, electrical and radio worker at the Research Institute for Polymer Materials in Perm Territory, was awarded the honorary title Merited Machinery Builder of the Russian Federation.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations.
  • At a ceremony presenting state decorations. Drinking tea with Special Operations Force officers decorated for their services in fighting terrorists in Syria. Also attending were Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Chief of Armed Forces General Staff and First Deputy Defence Minister Valery Gerasimov.

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Publication date: May 24, 2017, 15:20

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/54557

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