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Presidential Executive Office2026
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Ceremony to present state decorations

The President presented the Russian Federation state decorations in a ceremony in the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

May 21, 2026
17:00
The Kremlin, Moscow
63 photos
  • Ceremony to present state decorations.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) was awarded to Defence Ministry Lieutenant Vasily Marzoyev. The award was presented to his parents, Arkady and Margarita Marzoyev. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation (posthumously) was awarded to Defence Ministry Captain Alexander Rezanov. The award was presented to his widow, Albina Rezanova. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Defence Ministry Lieutenant-Colonel Ivan Berestovsky. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Defence Ministry Lieutenant-Colonel Ivan Berestovsky. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Colonel (Rtd.) Ilya Yemelyanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Colonel (Rtd.) Ilya Yemelyanov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Donetsk People’s Republic. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Fyodor Buldyzhov, Director General of the Khutorok agricultural enterprise, Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Fyodor Buldyzhov, Director General of the Khutorok agricultural enterprise, Krasnodar Territory. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Tatyana Kozhevnikova, milking machine operator, Lenin Collective Farm, Stavropol Territory. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Tatyana Kozhevnikova, milking machine operator, Lenin Collective Farm, Stavropol Territory. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Igor Vilnit, Director General of the Rubin Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of the Russian Federation and the honorary title of Pilot Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation was awarded to Alexander Gorbunov, test cosmonaut of the cosmonaut group of the Yuri Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Vitaly Ignatenko, Director General of the Public Television of Russia (OTR). Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Georgy Svid, Director General of Avangard Ltd, Ryazan Region.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation was awarded to Georgy Svid, Director General of Avangard Ltd, Ryazan Region.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Mother Heroine was awarded to Olga Lobova, mother of many children. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Mother Heroine was awarded to Olga Lobova, mother of many children. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of St Andrew the Apostle the First-Called was awarded to Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation Ivan Dedov, President of the National Medical Research Centre of Endocrinology. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 1st Degree, was awarded to People’s Artist of Russia, singer and composer Yury Antonov. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 1st Degree, was awarded to People’s Artist of Russia, singer and composer Yury Antonov. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 1st Degree, was awarded to People’s Artist of Russia, Artistic Director – Director of the Russkaya Pesnya (Russian Song) Moscow State Academic Theatre Nadezhda Babkina. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 1st Degree, was awarded to Fanil Ziyatdinov, Director General of the Kupol Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 1st Degree, was awarded to Fanil Ziyatdinov, Director General of the Kupol Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Degree, was awarded to Amiran Revishvili, Director General of the Vishnevsky National Medical Research Centre of Surgery. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Degree, was awarded to Amiran Revishvili, Director General of the Vishnevsky National Medical Research Centre of Surgery. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd Degree, was awarded to Vladimir Starodubov, Academic Secretary of the Medical Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 3rd Degree, was awarded to Hero of Russia Alexei Ovchinin, test cosmonaut instructor of the cosmonaut group of the Yuri Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 3rd Degree, was awarded to Hero of Russia Alexei Ovchinin, test cosmonaut instructor of the cosmonaut group of the Yuri Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 3rd Degree, was awarded to Rinat Khalikov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Airports of Regions Holding Company, Director General of the ComplexProm financial consulting and investment company. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Hero of Russia Ivan Vagner, test cosmonaut – head of the cosmonaut group of the Yuri Gagarin Research and Test Cosmonaut Training Centre. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Askold Zapashny, People’s Artist of Russia, Artistic Director of the Great Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Askold Zapashny, People’s Artist of Russia, Artistic Director of the Great Moscow State Circus on Vernadsky Avenue. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Vladimir Neroyev, Director of the Helmholtz National Medical Research Centre of Eye Diseases. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Grigory Trubnikov, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Services to the Fatherland, 4th Degree, was awarded to Grigory Trubnikov, Director of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Alexei Bolbas, machine operator at the Belovskaya Mine, Kemerovo Region – Kuzbass. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Sergei Khazov, coke and sintering production foreman at the Severstal plant in the Vologda Region. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Sergei Khazov, coke and sintering production foreman at the Severstal plant in the Vologda Region. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Sergei Khazov, coke and sintering production foreman at the Severstal plant in the Vologda Region. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Konstantin Ernst, Director General of Channel One. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order for Valiant Labour was awarded to Konstantin Ernst, Director General of Channel One. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Honour was awarded to Yevgeny Molchanov, train operator at the electric train depot of the West Siberian Branch of Russian Railways. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Leonid Bortsov, a fitter at the Russian Federal Nuclear Centre – Zababakhin All-Russia Research Institute of Technical Physics. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Pyotr Glios, farm equipment operator at the Partner farm, Altai Territory. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Anatoly Gorbunov, a fitter at the Obninsk Engineering Centre of NIKIMT. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Igor Zhukov, a mechanical fitter at the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Igor Zhukov, a mechanical fitter at the Shipunov Instrument Design Bureau. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Nina Sviridova, a volunteer of the Volunteers of Victory public movement. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Friendship was awarded to Vitaly Tukov, a gas and electric welder at the Donbassteploenergo company, Donetsk People’s Republic. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Pirogov was awarded to Fyodor Losev, Director of the Central Research Institute of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of Pirogov was awarded to Fyodor Losev, Director of the Central Research Institute of Stomatology and Maxillofacial Surgery. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of Distinction for Mentoring was awarded to Mikhail Rakhlin, President of the St Petersburg Regional Judo Federation. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of Distinction for Mentoring was awarded to Mikhail Rakhlin, President of the St Petersburg Regional Judo Federation. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of the Order of St George – Cross of St George, 1st Degree was awarded to Sergeant Nikolai Kumenov.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of the Order of St George – Cross of St George, 1st Degree was awarded to Senior Sergeant Yevgeny Rochev.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of the Order of St George – Cross of St George, 1st Degree was awarded to Senior Sergeant Yevgeny Rochev.
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • At the ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Stanislav Krasilnikov, RIA Novosti

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Publication date: May 21, 2026, 17:00

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