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Dmitry Medvedev presented state decorations to space industry employees and veterans

The ceremony, timed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first manned space flight, was attended by Yury Gagarin’s widow Valentina Gagarina and his two daughters, as well as the first Soviet cosmonauts and space engineers, who were at the forefront of Russia’s space industry.

April 12, 2011
15:00
The Kremlin, Moscow
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  • Speech at the ceremony for presenting state decorations.
  • Test cosmonaut Alexander Skvortsov was awarded the title of the Hero of the Russian Federation and the honorary title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.
  • Member of the first squad of cosmonauts Boris Volynov was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • Fitter of radio-electronic equipment at the Progress State Research and Production Space Centre Tatyana Zhurkina was awarded the Order of Merit.
  • Member of the first squad of cosmonauts Valentina Tereshkova was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • Member of the first squad of cosmonauts Alexei Leonov was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • Member of the first squad of cosmonauts Vladimir Shatalov was awarded the Order of Friendship.
  • Senior foreman at the Izhevsk Radio Plant Nina Borisova was awarded the title Honoured Worker of the Space Industry of the Russian Federation.
  • French astronaut Claudie Haignere was awarded the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration.
  • Bulgarian cosmonaut and researcher Alexander Alexandrov was awarded the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration.
  • Romanian cosmonaut and researcher Dumitru Prunariu was awarded the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration.
  • US astronaut Thomas Stafford was awarded the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration.
  • US astronaut Scott Kelly was awarded the Medal for Merits in Space Exploration.

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Publication date: April 12, 2011, 15:00

Direct link: en.kremlin.ru/d/10914

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