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interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%B7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A_(%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85)" title="بطل الاتحاد الروسي (وسام) – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="بطل الاتحاد الروسي (وسام)" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusiya_Federasiyas%C4%B1n%C4%B1n_Q%C9%99hr%C9%99man%C4%B1" title="Rusiya Federasiyasının Qəhrəmanı – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Rusiya Federasiyasının Qəhrəmanı" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D3%99%D1%81%D3%99%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D2%BB%D1%8B_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9%D1%8B" title="Рәсәй Федерацияһы Геройы – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Рәсәй Федерацияһы Геройы" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%96%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Герой Расійскай Федэрацыі – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Герой Расійскай Федэрацыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%A0%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D1%8D%D0%B4%D1%8D%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D1%8B%D1%96" title="Герой Расейскай Фэдэрацыі – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Герой Расейскай Фэдэрацыі" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B0%C3%A7%C3%A7%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D0%B9%C4%95%D0%BD_%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%82%C4%83%D1%80%C4%95" title="Раççей Федерацийĕн Паттăрĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="Раççей Федерацийĕн Паттăрĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrdina_Rusk%C3%A9_federace" title="Hrdina Ruské federace – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hrdina Ruské federace" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russiske_F%C3%B8derations_Helt" title="Russiske Føderations Helt – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Russiske Føderations Helt" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Held_der_Russischen_F%C3%B6deration" title="Held der Russischen Föderation – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Held der Russischen Föderation" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venemaa_F%C3%B6deratsiooni_kangelane" title="Venemaa Föderatsiooni kangelane – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Venemaa Föderatsiooni kangelane" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%89%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B1%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%A1%CF%89%CF%83%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE%CF%82_%CE%9F%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%83%CF%80%CE%BF%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Ήρωας της Ρωσικής Ομοσπονδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Ήρωας της Ρωσικής Ομοσπονδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es badge-Q17437798 badge-goodarticle mw-list-item" title="good article badge"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9roe_de_la_Federaci%C3%B3n_de_Rusia" title="Héroe de la Federación de Rusia – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Héroe de la Federación de Rusia" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroo_de_la_Rusia_Federacio" title="Heroo de la Rusia Federacio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Heroo de la Rusia Federacio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%81%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%88%D9%86_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%87" title="قهرمان فدراسیون روسیه – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="قهرمان فدراسیون روسیه" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ros_de_la_f%C3%A9d%C3%A9ration_de_Russie" title="Héros de la fédération de Russie – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Héros de la fédération de Russie" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-inh mw-list-item"><a href="https://inh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B5_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B5_%D0%A2%D1%83%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BB" title="Россе Федераце Турпал – Ingush" lang="inh" hreflang="inh" data-title="Россе Федераце Турпал" data-language-autonym="ГӀалгӀай" data-language-local-name="Ingush" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ГӀалгӀай</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%9F%AC%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84_%EC%97%B0%EB%B0%A9%EC%98%81%EC%9B%85" title="러시아 연방영웅 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="러시아 연방영웅" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroo_di_Rusa_Federuro" title="Heroo di Rusa Federuro – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Heroo di Rusa Federuro" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pahlawan_Federasi_Rusia" title="Pahlawan Federasi Rusia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Pahlawan Federasi Rusia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eroe_della_Federazione_Russa" title="Eroe della Federazione Russa – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Eroe della Federazione Russa" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%92%D7%99%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A8_%D7%94%D7%A4%D7%93%D7%A8%D7%A6%D7%99%D7%94_%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%AA" title="גיבור הפדרציה הרוסית – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="גיבור הפדרציה הרוסית" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D0%A4%D0%B5%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%86%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D1%8B%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%B1%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%80%D1%8B" title="Ресей Федерациясының батыры – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Ресей Федерациясының батыры" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kv mw-list-item"><a href="https://kv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%8F%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%93%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B9" title="Россияса Герой – Komi" lang="kv" hreflang="kv" data-title="Россияса Герой" data-language-autonym="Коми" data-language-local-name="Komi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Коми</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wira_Persekutuan_Rusia" title="Wira Persekutuan Rusia – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Wira Persekutuan Rusia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Held_van_de_Russische_Federatie" title="Held van de Russische Federatie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Held van de Russische Federatie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B7%E3%82%A2%E9%80%A3%E9%82%A6%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84" title="ロシア連邦英雄 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ロシア連邦英雄" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helt_av_Den_russiske_f%C3%B8derasjon" title="Helt av Den russiske føderasjon – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Helt av Den russiske føderasjon" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossiya_Federatsiyasi_Qahramoni" title="Rossiya Federatsiyasi Qahramoni – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Rossiya Federatsiyasi Qahramoni" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%DB%8C_%DB%81%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88" title="روسی ہیرو – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="روسی ہیرو" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohater_Federacji_Rosyjskiej" title="Bohater Federacji Rosyjskiej – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Bohater Federacji Rosyjskiej" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Her%C3%B3i_da_Federa%C3%A7%C3%A3o_Russa" title="Herói da Federação Russa – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Herói da Federação Russa" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" 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id="cite_ref-law2553_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law2553-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Precedence</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Next&#160;(lower)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St_Andrew" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of St Andrew">Order of St Andrew</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="width: 33%;">Related</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Labour_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation">Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Ukraine" title="Hero of Ukraine">Hero of Ukraine</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Belarus" title="Hero of Belarus">Hero of Belarus</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Kazakhstan" title="Hero of Kazakhstan">Hero of Kazakhstan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of the Donetsk People&#39;s Republic">Hero of the Donetsk People's Republic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Luhansk_People%27s_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of the Luhansk People&#39;s Republic">Hero of the Luhansk People's Republic</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Uzbekistan" title="Hero of Uzbekistan">Hero of Uzbekistan</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hero of the Russian Federation</b> (Russian&#58; <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Герой Российской Федерации</span></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">&#91;ɡʲɪˈroj<span class="wrap"> </span>rɐˈsʲijskəj<span class="wrap"> </span>fʲɪdʲɪˈrat͡sɨɪ&#93;</a></span>), also unofficially called <b>Hero of Russia</b> (Russian&#58; <span title="Russian-language text"><span lang="ru">Герой России</span></span>, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1177148991"><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="ru-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Russian" title="Help:IPA/Russian">&#91;ɡʲɪˈroj<span class="wrap"> </span>rɐˈsʲiɪ&#93;</a></span>), is the highest <a href="/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">honorary title</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Russia" title="Russia">Russian Federation</a>. The title has a <a href="/wiki/Gold_Star_medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Gold Star medal">Gold Star medal</a>, an insignia of honour that identifies recipients. </p><p>The title is awarded to persons for "service to the Russian state and nation, usually connected with a heroic feat of valour".<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The title is bestowed by decree of the <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">president of the Russian Federation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Russian citizenship or being in the service of the Russian state is not obligatory. </p><p>The title was established in 1992 and, as of 2015<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit">&#91;update&#93;</a></sup>, was awarded more than 970 times, of which more than 440 were posthumously.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg/140px-Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="181" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg/210px-Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg/280px-Michael_Kalashnikov.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="434" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Mikhail_Kalashnikov" title="Mikhail Kalashnikov">Mikhail Kalashnikov</a>, World War II veteran and designer of Kalashnikov assault rifles, wears the Gold Star of Hero of the Russian Federation and two Stars of <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Socialist_Labour_(USSR)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of Socialist Labour (USSR)">Hero of Socialist Labour</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The title "Hero of Russia" is a successor to <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a> (Russian: <span lang="ru">Герой Советского Союза</span>), which was established by Resolution of the <a href="/wiki/Central_Executive_Committee_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union">Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union</a> of 5 May 1934.<sup id="cite_ref-sovietresolution_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sovietresolution-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The corresponding Gold Star is derived from the Soviet design, created by architect <a href="/wiki/Miron_Merzhanov" title="Miron Merzhanov">Miron Merzhanov</a> and approved by Decree of the <a href="/wiki/Presidium_of_the_Supreme_Soviet" title="Presidium of the Supreme Soviet">Presidium of the Supreme Soviet</a> of 1 August 1939,<sup id="cite_ref-sovietdecree1939_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sovietdecree1939-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and the ribbon was updated from the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Flag of the Soviet Union">Soviet flag</a> colors to the colors of the <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Russia" title="Flag of Russia">Russian flag</a>. </p><p>Following the <a href="/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Dissolution of the Soviet Union">dissolution of the Soviet Union</a> in 1991, Russian Federation under president <a href="/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin" title="Boris Yeltsin">Boris Yeltsin</a> retained a modified award by Law of the Russian Federation No. 2553-1 20 March 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-law2553_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law2553-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Article 71 of the Constitution of Russia permits titles, orders and medals to be presented by the government, and Article 89 gives the Russian president power to create state awards.<sup id="cite_ref-ruconst_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ruconst-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> This is the highest honour that can be presented by the <a href="/wiki/Russian_president" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian president">Russian president</a> to a citizen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statute">Statute</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Statute"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title of Hero of the Russian Federation can be awarded for a heroic deed in the service of the state. It can be awarded to both civilian and military personnel. The title can also be awarded posthumously if the heroic act costs the recipient his or her life. The <a href="/wiki/President_of_Russia" title="President of Russia">President of the Russian Federation</a> is the main conferring authority of the award.<sup id="cite_ref-law2553_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-law2553-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-decree1099_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree1099-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The insignia of the title of "Hero of the Russian Federation" is also called the "Gold Star" medal (Russian: <span lang="ru">медаль "Золотая Звезда"</span>), its design is similar to the Soviet variant. </p><p>The "Gold Star" medal is a gold five-pointed star with smooth 15mm dihedral rays on the obverse. The otherwise plain reverse bears the prominent relief inscription in 2mm high letters "HERO OF RUSSIA" (Russian: <span lang="ru">"ГЕРОЙ РОССИИ"</span>) at its centre, in the upper portion, the award serial number in 1mm high numbers.<sup id="cite_ref-statute_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statute-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The insignia is secured to a standard Russian square mount by a ring through the suspension loop. The mount is covered by a silk <a href="/wiki/Moir%C3%A9" class="mw-redirect" title="Moiré">moiré</a> tricolour ribbon of white, blue, and red.<sup id="cite_ref-statute_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-statute-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>The insignia of Hero of the Russian Federation is worn on the left side of the chest above all other medals and decorations. It is always worn in full size; there is no ribbon bar or rosette that can be worn in lieu of the medal. When worn together with Soviet-era hero titles (<a href="/wiki/Hero_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Hero of the Soviet Union">Hero of the Soviet Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Socialist_Labor" class="mw-redirect" title="Hero of Socialist Labor">Hero of Socialist Labour</a>), the Russian title has precedence.<sup id="cite_ref-decree1099_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree1099-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-decree1631_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-decree1631-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recipients">Recipients</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Recipients"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sergei_Krikalev.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Sergei_Krikalev.jpg/140px-Sergei_Krikalev.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="215" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Sergei_Krikalev.jpg/210px-Sergei_Krikalev.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Sergei_Krikalev.jpg/280px-Sergei_Krikalev.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2616" data-file-height="4016" /></a><figcaption>Cosmonaut <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Krikalev" title="Sergei Krikalev">Sergei Krikalev</a> in 1992 became the first recipient of the title for outstanding service at the <a href="/wiki/Mir_space_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Mir space station"><i>Mir</i> space station</a><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sulambek_Oskanov.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Sulambek_Oskanov.jpg/140px-Sulambek_Oskanov.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="198" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Sulambek_Oskanov.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="170" data-file-height="240" /></a><figcaption>Major-General <a href="/wiki/Sulom-Bek_Oskanov" title="Sulom-Bek Oskanov">Sulom-Bek Oskanov</a> became the first posthumous recipient of the title in 1992</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Anatoly_Lebed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Anatoly_Lebed.jpg/140px-Anatoly_Lebed.jpg" decoding="async" width="140" height="206" 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg/440px-%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2643" data-file-height="2236" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Arktika_2007" title="Arktika 2007">Arktika 2007</a> expedition member Yevgeny Chernyaev</figcaption></figure> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Heroes_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="List of Heroes of the Russian Federation">List of Heroes of the Russian Federation</a></div> <p>The majority of the early recipients of the title fell into two categories: participants in the <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a> conflicts or <a href="/wiki/Cosmonaut" class="mw-redirect" title="Cosmonaut">cosmonauts</a>. On some occasions, the person who was awarded the title was killed while in the course of duty, such as Major Denis Vetchinov, who was killed early in the <a href="/wiki/Russo-Georgian_War" title="Russo-Georgian War">2008 South Ossetia War</a>. This includes those killed in battle as well as assassinated government officials. An example of such a recipient was <a href="/wiki/Akhmad_Kadyrov" title="Akhmad Kadyrov">Akhmad Kadyrov</a>, the former governor of Chechnya. The pro-Moscow leader was killed in a bomb attack during the 2004 <a href="/wiki/Victory_Day_(May_9)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victory Day (May 9)">Victory Day</a> parade in the Chechen capital of <a href="/wiki/Grozny" title="Grozny">Grozny</a>. Several days after Akhmad was killed, President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> awarded him the title. Some time after the incident, Putin awarded Kadyrov's son, <a href="/wiki/Ramzan_Kadyrov" title="Ramzan Kadyrov">Ramzan</a>, the same title for his work in Chechnya.<sup id="cite_ref-kadyrov_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kadyrov-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>All Russian cosmonauts are awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation following their voyage into space; some may already have earned it, for example for long service as a test pilot. Cosmonauts are also awarded the title <a href="/wiki/Pilot-Cosmonaut_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation">Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation</a>. Some recipients of the title, such as <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Krikalev" title="Sergei Krikalev">Sergei Krikalev</a>, had also received the Soviet hero title, along with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Order of Lenin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-krikalev_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-krikalev-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Most of the cosmonaut double heroes were awarded the Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Russia titles "for successful realization of flight and the courage and heroism shown."<sup id="cite_ref-cosmonauts_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cosmonauts-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Outside those two groups, athletes and other civilian and military officials have also received the title. Notable examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Submarine" title="Submarine">Submarine</a> captain <a href="/wiki/Gennady_Lyachin" title="Gennady Lyachin">Gennady Lyachin</a>, of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_submarine_K-141" class="mw-redirect" title="Soviet submarine K-141"><i>Kursk</i></a>, which sank after an <a href="/wiki/Russian_submarine_Kursk_explosion" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian submarine Kursk explosion">explosion</a> in 2000. Due to his heroism during the explosion and his attempts at preserving the lives of the crew, Lyachin was posthumously awarded the title, and the members of his crew were awarded the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Courage_(Russia)" title="Order of Courage (Russia)">Order of Courage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-kursk_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kursk-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Athlete <a href="/wiki/Larisa_Lazutina" title="Larisa Lazutina">Larisa Lazutina</a> was presented with the title for various medals won at the <a href="/wiki/1998_Winter_Olympics" title="1998 Winter Olympics">1998 Winter Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nagano,_Nagano" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagano, Nagano">Nagano</a>, Japan.<sup id="cite_ref-lazutina_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lazutina-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Karelin" class="mw-redirect" title="Alexander Karelin">Alexander Karelin</a> was awarded for his recognition as the greatest <a href="/wiki/Sport_wrestling" class="mw-redirect" title="Sport wrestling">wrestler</a> of all time (from <a href="/wiki/Classical_antiquity" title="Classical antiquity">antiquity</a> to the present day).<sup id="cite_ref-karelin_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-karelin-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was a <a href="/wiki/Greco-Roman_wrestling" title="Greco-Roman wrestling">Greco-Roman wrestler</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Olympics" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympics">Olympics</a>, and in his career he won 887 bouts and lost only 2 times.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> His losses are controversial because commentators believe they were caused by trivial rule changes, not a bona fide athletic defeat.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arktika_2007" title="Arktika 2007">Arktika 2007</a> expedition members <a href="/wiki/Anatoly_Sagalevich" title="Anatoly Sagalevich">Anatoly Sagalevich</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yevgeny_Chernyaev&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Yevgeny Chernyaev (page does not exist)">Yevgeny Chernyaev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%BD%D1%8F%D0%B5%D0%B2,_%D0%95%D0%B2%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%A1%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Черняев, Евгений Сергеевич">ru</a>&#93;</span> and <a href="/wiki/Artur_Chilingarov" title="Artur Chilingarov">Artur Chilingarov</a>, who on 10 January 2008, performed the first ever descent to the <a href="/wiki/Ocean_floor" class="mw-redirect" title="Ocean floor">ocean bottom</a> at the <a href="/wiki/North_Pole" title="North Pole">North Pole</a>. Awarded the title "for courage and heroism showed in extreme conditions and successful completion of high-latitude Arctic deep-water expedition."<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Weapons designer <a href="/wiki/Mikhail_T._Kalashnikov" class="mw-redirect" title="Mikhail T. Kalashnikov">Mikhail T. Kalashnikov</a>, designer of the <a href="/wiki/AK-47" title="AK-47">AK-47</a> assault rifle and <a href="/wiki/PK_machine_gun" title="PK machine gun">PK machine gun</a>. He received the honour on his 90th birthday, 10 November 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>On 16 August 2009, the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Air_Force" title="Russian Air Force">Russian Air Force</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Aerobatics" title="Aerobatics">aerobatics</a> demonstration team, <a href="/wiki/Russian_Knights" title="Russian Knights">Russian Knights</a>' commander, <a href="/wiki/Guards_unit" class="mw-redirect" title="Guards unit">Guard</a> Colonel <a href="/wiki/Igor_Tkachenko" title="Igor Tkachenko">Igor Tkachenko</a> was killed when his <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-27" title="Sukhoi Su-27">Sukhoi Su-27</a> collided in mid-air with another Sukhoi Su-27 whilst practicing for the 2009 <a href="/wiki/MAKS_Airshow" class="mw-redirect" title="MAKS Airshow">MAKS Airshow</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously on 22 August 2009. </p><p>The medal has been awarded posthumously approximately 340 times, primarily to people involved in the <a href="/wiki/First_Chechen_War" title="First Chechen War">first</a> and <a href="/wiki/Second_Chechen_War" title="Second Chechen War">second</a> wars in <a href="/wiki/Chechnya" title="Chechnya">Chechnya</a>. In 2010 a posthumous award was made by President <a href="/wiki/Dmitry_Medvedev" title="Dmitry Medvedev">Dmitry Medvedev</a> to Evgeny Chernyshov, the chief of the Moscow fire department on 24 March 2010. Chernyshov died on 20 March 2010 saving others' lives. </p><p>On 28 March 2012, during a training exercise at a Far Eastern military base near the town of <a href="/wiki/Belogorsk,_Amur_Oblast" title="Belogorsk, Amur Oblast">Belogorsk</a>, Major <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Solnechnikov" class="mw-redirect" title="Sergei Solnechnikov">Sergei Solnechnikov</a> pushed a soldier away from an unsuccessfully thrown grenade and <a href="/wiki/Falling_on_a_grenade" title="Falling on a grenade">covered the grenade</a> with his own body after it bounced back into the trench they were in with dozens of soldiers standing nearby. He was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation posthumously the following day on 29 March. </p><p>In February 2014, Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Alexander_Viktorovich_Popov&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Alexander Viktorovich Popov (page does not exist)">Alexander Popov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80_%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Попов, Александр Викторович">ru</a>&#93;</span> who was commander of a detachment of Russian <a href="/wiki/Spetsnaz" title="Spetsnaz">Spetsnaz</a> took part in the <a href="/wiki/Annexation_of_Crimea_by_the_Russian_Federation" title="Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation">annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation</a>. On 4 April 2014 in a ("closed") decree of the President of the Russian Federation, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for "courage and heroism displayed in the performance of military duty."<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 24 November 2015, a <a href="/wiki/Turkish_Air_Force" title="Turkish Air Force">Turkish Air Force</a> <a href="/wiki/F-16" class="mw-redirect" title="F-16">F-16</a> <a href="/wiki/2015_Russian_Sukhoi_Su-24_shootdown" title="2015 Russian Sukhoi Su-24 shootdown">shot down</a> a <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-24" title="Sukhoi Su-24">Sukhoi Su-24</a> which Turkey claimed had violated its airspace. Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Peshkov" class="mw-redirect" title="Oleg Peshkov">Oleg Peshkov</a> and Major <a href="/w/index.php?title=Konstantin_Murakhtin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Konstantin Murakhtin (page does not exist)">Konstantin Murakhtin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%92%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Мурахтин, Константин Валерьевич">ru</a>&#93;</span> ejected successfully from the aircraft but they were exposed to ground fire and Peshkov died as a result. Murakhtin was rescued safely later. On 25 November, President Vladimir Putin awarded the Hero of Russia posthumously to Peshkov and Murakhtin was awarded with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Courage_(Russia)" title="Order of Courage (Russia)">Order of Courage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 17 March 2016, Senior Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Alexander_Prokhorenko" title="Alexander Prokhorenko">Alexander Prokhorenko</a> was the pilot of a <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-25" title="Sukhoi Su-25">Sukhoi Su-25</a> ground attack aircraft shot down during <a href="/wiki/Palmyra_offensive_(March_2016)" title="Palmyra offensive (March 2016)">Palmyra offensive</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Syrian_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Syrian Civil War">Syrian Civil War</a>. During his last moments, he was allegedly surrounded on all sides by <a href="/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a> fighters and he decided to order an airstrike at his own position, killing himself and all of the approaching fighters. Before he died, he called the commander: " They are outside, conduct the airstrike now please hurry, this is the end, tell my family I love them and i died fighting for my motherland. Unable command, I am surrounded, they are outside, I don't want them to take me and parade me, conduct the airstrike, they will make a mockery of me and this uniform. I want to die with dignity and take all these bastards with me. Please my last wish , conduct the airstrike, they will kill me either way. They [are] outside, this is the end commander, thank you, tell my family and my country I love them. Tell them I was brave and I fought until I could no longer .Please take care of my family, avenge my death, good bye commander, tell my family I love them!". On 11 April 2016, President <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Putin" title="Vladimir Putin">Vladimir Putin</a> declared Prokhorenko a Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest Russian honor.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 July 2016, Police Lieutenant <a href="/wiki/Magomed_Nurbagandov" title="Magomed Nurbagandov">Magomed Nurbagandov</a> from <a href="/wiki/Dagestan" title="Dagestan">Dagestan</a> was captured by Islamic militants. With the whole incident videotaped by the militants, they demanded that Nurbagandov and his colleagues resign from the police force, but he defied them and said to the camera "Keep on working, brothers!" before being shot dead. On 22 September 2016, President Putin praised the officer as a model for others and awarded the Hero of Russia posthumously to Nurbagandov which was handed to his parents.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 10 May 2017, Russian President Vladimir Putin personally awarded medals to four officers of the <a href="/wiki/Special_Operations_Forces_(Russia)" title="Special Operations Forces (Russia)">Special Operations Forces</a> for showing extraordinary courage combating terrorists in Syria. They were part of a 16-man special forces detachment unit which managed to successfully repulse attacks conducted by over 300 jihadists without any losses. The commander of the unit, Lieutenant Colonel Danilo was awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Russian Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 3 February 2018, Major <a href="/wiki/Roman_Filipov" title="Roman Filipov">Roman Filipov</a> was the pilot of a <a href="/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-25" title="Sukhoi Su-25">Sukhoi Su-25</a> ground attack aircraft shot down by Syrian militants belonging to <a href="/wiki/Tahrir_al-Sham" title="Tahrir al-Sham">Tahrir al-Sham</a> using a portable air-defence (<a href="/wiki/MANPAD" class="mw-redirect" title="MANPAD">MANPAD</a>) system. Major Filipov successfully ejected but landed in a rebel-controlled area and fought a gun battle against militants. Images posted online show that he emptied both his pistol magazines and just as the militants surrounded him, he set off a <a href="/wiki/Hand_grenade" class="mw-redirect" title="Hand grenade">hand grenade</a> shouting “This is for the boys!”<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">&#91;<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>&#93;</sup> On 6 February 2018, President Vladimir Putin signed an executive order awarding Major Roman Filipov the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 15 August 2019, <a href="/wiki/Ural_Airlines_Flight_178" title="Ural Airlines Flight 178">Ural Airlines Flight 178</a> crash landed in a cornfield shortly after takeoff. With the successful emergency landing, the airline praised the professionalism of the pilots.<sup id="cite_ref-Uraltweet_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Uraltweet-30"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The pilot in command <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damir_Yusupov&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Damir Yusupov (page does not exist)">Damir Yusupov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AE%D1%81%D1%83%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%94%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%80_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Юсупов, Дамир Касимович">ru</a>&#93;</span> and the first officer <a href="/w/index.php?title=Georgy_Murzin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Georgy Murzin (page does not exist)">Georgy Murzin</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%BD,_%D0%93%D0%B5%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Мурзин, Георгий Александрович">ru</a>&#93;</span> were awarded the honorary title of Hero of the Russian Federation; the rest of the crew were decorated with the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Courage_(Russia)" title="Order of Courage (Russia)">Order of Courage</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In December 2020, according to the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Defense_Ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian Defense Ministry">Russian Defense Ministry</a>, <a href="/wiki/Captain_1st_rank" title="Captain 1st rank">1st Captain</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dmitry_Nikolaevich_Maslov&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dmitry Nikolaevich Maslov (page does not exist)">Dmitry Maslov</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2,_%D0%94%D0%BC%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87_(%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA)" class="extiw" title="ru:Маслов, Дмитрий Николаевич (подводник)">ru</a>&#93;</span> of the <a href="/wiki/Russian_Navy" title="Russian Navy">Russian Navy</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Northern_Fleet" title="Northern Fleet">Northern Fleet</a> was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation "for the performance of special tasks associated with the risk to life during one of the long voyages."<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, by a "closed" decree of the President of the Russian Federation, Police Lieutenant Colonel <a href="/w/index.php?title=Zamid_Alievich_Chalaev&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Zamid Alievich Chalaev (page does not exist)">Zamid Chalaev</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;">&#160;&#91;<a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A7%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%B5%D0%B2,_%D0%97%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B8%D0%B4_%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87" class="extiw" title="ru:Чалаев, Замид Алиевич">ru</a>&#93;</span> of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_(Chechnya)" title="Ministry of Internal Affairs (Chechnya)">Ministry of Internal Affairs of Chechnya</a> was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation for courage and heroism shown in the line of duty.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 5th, 2022, <a href="/wiki/Roman_Kutuzov_(general)" title="Roman Kutuzov (general)">Roman Kutuzov</a> was killed on 5 June 2022 in the village of <a href="/wiki/Mykolaivka,_Luhansk_Oblast,_Sievierodonetsk_Raion" class="mw-redirect" title="Mykolaivka, Luhansk Oblast, Sievierodonetsk Raion">Mykolaivka</a>, during the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sievierodonetsk_(2022)" title="Battle of Sievierodonetsk (2022)">battle for Sievierodonetsk–Lysychansk</a> near <a href="/wiki/Lysychansk" title="Lysychansk">Lysychansk</a>, Ukraine, while commanding the <a href="/wiki/Russian_separatist_forces_in_Donbas" class="mw-redirect" title="Russian separatist forces in Donbas">1st Army Corps</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Donetsk_People%27s_Republic" title="Donetsk People&#39;s Republic">Donetsk People's Republic</a>. Reports of his death originated on Russian <a href="/wiki/Milblog" title="Milblog">milblogger</a> <a href="/wiki/Telegram_(software)" title="Telegram (software)">Telegram</a> channels and were later confirmed by Russian state media.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> He was buried in the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Military_Memorial_Cemetery" title="Federal Military Memorial Cemetery">Federal Military Memorial Cemetery</a> on 7 June 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Kutuzov's promotion to <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_general#Russia" title="Lieutenant general">lieutenant general</a> was announced posthumously, and he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation award alongside his other medals.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Honorary_titles_of_Russia" title="Honorary titles of Russia">Honorary titles of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation">Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_and_Emblems_of_the_Ministry_of_Defense_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Awards and Emblems of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation">Awards and Emblems of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_of_the_Ministry_of_Internal_Affairs_of_Russia" title="Awards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia">Awards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_of_the_Federal_Security_Service_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Awards of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation">Awards of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_of_the_Federal_Protective_Service_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Awards of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation">Awards of the Federal Protective Service of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Awards_of_the_Ministry_for_Emergency_Situations_of_Russia" title="Awards of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia">Awards of the Ministry for Emergency Situations of Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministerial_Awards_of_the_Russian_Federation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation">Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hero_of_the_Russian_Federation&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Current</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross_to_the_Heroic_Valour_in_Combat" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross to the Heroic Valour in Combat">Argentine Nation to the Heroic Valour in Combat Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Argentina)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hero_of_Armenia" title="National Hero of Armenia">National Hero of Armenia</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Armenia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Hero_of_Azerbaijan" title="National Hero of Azerbaijan">National Hero of Azerbaijan</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Azerbaijan)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bir_Sreshtho" title="Bir Sreshtho">Bir Sreshtho</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bangladesh)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hero_of_Belarus" title="Hero of Belarus">Hero of Belarus</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Belarus)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Bravery" title="Order of Bravery">Order of Bravery</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bulgaria)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_August_First" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of August First">Order of August First</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(China)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Duke_Domagoj" title="Order of Duke Domagoj">Order of Duke Domagoj</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Croatia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valour_Cross" title="Valour Cross">Valour Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Denmark)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_Liberty_(Estonia)" title="Cross of Liberty (Estonia)">Cross of Liberty</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Estonia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mannerheim_Cross" title="Mannerheim Cross">Mannerheim Cross</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Finland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">Légion d'honneur</a> <span 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Valor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Philippines)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virtuti_Militari" title="Virtuti Militari">War Order Virtuti Militari</a> (wartime) / <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Military_Cross" title="Order of the Military Cross">Order Krzyża Wojskowego</a> (peacetime) <span style="font-size:85%;">(Poland)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Tower_and_Sword" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the Tower and Sword">Order of the Tower and Sword</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Portugal)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Michael_the_Brave" title="Order of Michael the Brave">Order of Michael the Brave</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Romania)</span></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hero of the Russian Federation</a> <i>title</i> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Russian Federation)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Serbia)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Serbia)">Order of the White Eagle with swords</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Serbia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Somali_Star" title="Order of the Somali Star">Order of the Somali Star</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Somalia)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nkwe_ya_Gauta" title="Nkwe ya Gauta">Nkwe ya Gauta</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(South Africa)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laureate_Cross_of_Saint_Ferdinand" title="Laureate Cross of Saint Ferdinand">Laureate Cross of St. Ferdinand</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Spain)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Parama_Weera_Vibhushanaya" title="Parama Weera Vibhushanaya">Parama Weera Vibhushanaya</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sri Lanka)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Sword" title="Order of the Sword">Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Sword</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Sweden)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Rama" title="Order of Rama">Order of Rama</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Thailand)</span></li> <li><a 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New Zealand">New Zealand</a>)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United States)</span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Obsolete</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Louis" title="Order of Saint Louis">Order of Saint Louis</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of France)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Maria_Theresa" title="Military Order of Maria Theresa">Military Order of Maria Theresa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Austria-Hungary)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Bravery_(Hungary)" title="Medal of Bravery (Hungary)">Medal of Bravery</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kingdom of Hungary)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pour_le_M%C3%A9rite" title="Pour le Mérite">Pour le Mérite</a> <span 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Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Heroine_(Russia)" title="Mother Heroine (Russia)">Mother Heroine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pilot-Cosmonaut_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation">Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honoured_Military_Pilot_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation">Honoured Military Pilot of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honoured_Military_Navigator_of_the_Russian_Federation" title="Honoured Military Navigator of the Russian Federation">Honoured Military Navigator of the Russian Federation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honoured_Cultural_Worker_of_the_RSFSR" title="Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR">Honoured Cultural Worker of the RSFSR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Order_(distinction)" title="Order (distinction)">Orders</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Andrew" title="Order of St. Andrew">Order of St. Andrew</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._George" title="Order of St. George">Order of St. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22" title="Order &quot;For Merit to the Fatherland&quot;">"For Merit to the Fatherland"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Saint_Catherine_the_Great_Martyr" title="Order of Saint Catherine the Great Martyr">Order of St. Catherine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Gagarin" title="Order of Gagarin">Order of Gagarin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_%22For_Valiant_Labor%22" title="Order &quot;For Valiant Labor&quot;">"For Valiant Labor"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky" title="Order of Alexander Nevsky">Order of Alexander Nevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Suvorov" title="Order of Suvorov">Order of Suvorov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ushakov" title="Order of Ushakov">Order of Ushakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Zhukov" title="Order of Zhukov">Order of Zhukov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Kutuzov" title="Order of Kutuzov">Order of Kutuzov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Nakhimov" title="Order of Nakhimov">Order of Nakhimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Courage_(Russia)" title="Order of Courage (Russia)">Order of Courage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Military_Merit_(Russia)" title="Order of Military Merit (Russia)">Order "For Military Merit"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Naval_Merit_(Russia)" title="Order of Naval Merit (Russia)">Order "For Naval Merit"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prigorov" title="Order of Prigorov">Order of Prigorov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_%22For_Merit_in_Culture_and_Art%22" title="Order &quot;For Merit in Culture and Art&quot;">"For Merit in Culture and Art"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Honour_(Russia)" title="Order of Honour (Russia)">Order of Honour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friendship" title="Order of Friendship">Order of Friendship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Parental_Glory" title="Order of Parental Glory">Order of Parental Glory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Decorations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cross_of_St._George_(Russia)" title="Cross of St. George (Russia)">Cross of St. George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decoration_%22For_Beneficence%22" title="Decoration &quot;For Beneficence&quot;">Decoration "For Beneficence"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Badge_of_Distinction_%22For_Mentoring%22" title="Badge of Distinction &quot;For Mentoring&quot;">Badge of Distinction "For Mentoring"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Decoration_For_Impeccable_Service" title="Decoration For Impeccable Service">Decoration For Impeccable Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Guards_Badge_(Russia)" title="Guards Badge (Russia)">Guards Badge</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Medal" title="Medal">Medals</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_the_Order_%22For_Merit_to_the_Fatherland%22" title="Medal of the Order &quot;For Merit to the Fatherland&quot;">"For Merit to the Fatherland"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Courage%22_(Russia)" title="Medal &quot;For Courage&quot; (Russia)">"For Courage"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Bravery%22_(Russia)" title="Medal &quot;For Bravery&quot; (Russia)">"For Bravery"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Suvorov" title="Medal of Suvorov">Suvorov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Ushakov" title="Medal of Ushakov">Ushakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Zhukov" title="Medal of Zhukov">Zhukov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Nesterov" title="Medal of Nesterov">Nesterov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Pushkin" title="Medal of Pushkin">Pushkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22Defender_of_a_Free_Russia%22" title="Medal &quot;Defender of a Free Russia&quot;">Defender of a Free Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Distinction_in_the_Protection_of_Public_Order%22" title="Medal &quot;For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order&quot;">"For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Distinction_in_the_Protection_of_the_State_Borders%22" title="Medal &quot;For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders&quot;">"For Distinction in the Protection of the State Borders"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Bravery_in_Firefighting%22" title="Medal &quot;For Bravery in Firefighting&quot;">"For Bravery in Firefighting"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Life_Saving%22" title="Medal &quot;For Life Saving&quot;">"For Life Saving"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Work_in_Agriculture%22" title="Medal &quot;For Work in Agriculture&quot;">"For Work in Agriculture"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Development_of_Railways%22" title="Medal &quot;For the Development of Railways&quot;">"For the Development of Railways"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_For_the_Construction_of_Transport_Facilities_(Russia)" title="Medal For the Construction of Transport Facilities (Russia)">"For the Construction of Transport Facilities"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Merit_in_the_Development_of_Nuclear_Energy%22" title="Medal &quot;For Merit in the Development of Nuclear Energy&quot;">"For Merit in the Development of Nuclear Industry"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Merit_in_Space_Exploration%22" title="Medal &quot;For Merit in Space Exploration&quot;">"For Merit in Space Exploration"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Parental_Glory" title="Order of Parental Glory">Order of Parental Glory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Jubilee<br />medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2250_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945&quot;">50 Years of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2260_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945&quot;">60 Years of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2265_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945&quot;">65 Years of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2270_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;70 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945&quot;">70 Years of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%2275_Years_of_Victory_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945&quot;">75 Years of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%22300_Years_of_the_Russian_Navy%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;300 Years of the Russian Navy&quot;">300 Years of the Russian Navy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22In_Commemoration_of_the_850th_Anniversary_of_Moscow%22" title="Medal &quot;In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow&quot;">850th Anniversary of Moscow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jubilee_Medal_%22100_Years_of_the_Trans-Siberian_Railway%22" title="Jubilee Medal &quot;100 Years of the 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