Russian President Vladimir Putin presented the highest state awards to outstanding citizens of Russia, the Kremlin website reported on May 30.
In the Catherine Hall of the Kremlin, Putin presented the highest state awards of the Russian Federation to people who contributed to the development of Russia and brought glory to the Fatherland. They include military personnel, astronauts, cultural figures, athletes, mothers of many children, government officials, healthcare and industry workers.
Putin presented the Stars of Heroes to the soldiers who participated in the Northern Military District. Among the heroes of the Russian Federation: DPR Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Evdoty, Junior Sergeant Albert Zainullin, Senior Lieutenant Chalym Chuldum-Ool, Junior Lieutenant Anatoly Ivanov and Captain Nikolai Sokolov.
The title “Hero of Russia” was awarded to the Dagestan centenary veteran Ibrahim-Pasha Sadykov, who as a young man volunteered to go to the front, went through the entire war and did a lot to preserve the memory of the people’s feat Soviet.
The governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, was awarded the Order of Courage. This award was also presented to Lieutenant Colonel of the Federal Service of the National Guard of the Russian Federation, Viktor Dmitriev, head of the Lugansk Republican Clinical Hospital, Valentina Makaruk.
The title of Hero of the Russian Federation and the honorary title of pilot-cosmonaut of the Russian Federation were awarded to test cosmonauts Anna Kikina, Sergei Korsakov, Denis Matveev, Dmitry Petelin, Andrey Fedyaev, who successfully completed flight programs to long term.
Recognition of the merits rendered to the Fatherland was the awarding of the title “Hero of Labor” to the President of the Council of the Russian Federation, Valentina Matvienko.
State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin were awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland of the first degree. The same order was awarded to the president of the Russian Rhythmic Gymnastics Federation, Irina Viner.
The famous painting master Alexander Shilov was awarded the high title “Hero of Labor”. His works are an integral part of the Russian artistic heritage; They capture the era in the faces and portraits of our contemporaries.
Valery Gergiev, general director of the Bolshoi Theater and artistic director of the Mariinsky State Academic Theater, was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland, 2nd degree.
People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Stanislav Mikhailov was awarded the Order of Merit in Culture and Art.
The high title of “Mother Heroine” was awarded to Olga Vladimirovna Verpakovskaya, mother of many children of the Tver region. She along with her husband are raising fourteen children.
Putin presented the insignia of the Order of Alexander Nevsky to the president of the World Ocean Museum of the Kaliningrad region, Svetlana Sivkova, to the deputy of the State Duma, Vyacheslav Fetisov, and to the president of the Russian Chess Federation, Andrei Filatov.
The Order of Merit to the Fatherland, third degree, was awarded to former Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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