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Ceremony to present state decorations

The ceremony to present the highest state decorations of the Russian Federation took place at the Kremlin’s St Catherine Hall.

May 22, 2025
15:15
The Kremlin, Moscow
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  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Alexei Nikolsky, RIA Novosti
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Participants in the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order of St Andrew the Apostle is awarded to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • The Order of St Andrew the Apostle is awarded to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Russia is conferred on Sergeant Lyudmila Bolilaya of the Ministry of Defence. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • The title of Hero of Russia is conferred on Sergeant Lyudmila Bolilaya of the Ministry of Defence. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Russia is conferred on Vladimir Kharlan, chief physician at the Alyoshki Central District Hospital, Kherson Region. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Russia and the honorary title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation are conferred on Konstantin Borisov, a test pilot of the cosmonaut squad of the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Test cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Centre Alexander Grebyonkin was awarded the title of Hero of Russia and the honorary title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Test cosmonaut at the Yuri Gagarin Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Centre Nikolai Chub received title of Hero of Russia and the honorary title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Class, was awarded to Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko, instructor-test cosmonaut, deputy head of the Yuri Gagarin Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Centre, and commander of the cosmonaut squad. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Class, was awarded to Hero of Russia Oleg Kononenko, instructor-test cosmonaut, deputy head of the Yuri Gagarin Research-and-Testing Cosmonaut Training Centre, and commander of the cosmonaut squad. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour was conferred on Rinat Galeyev, Director General of the Research and Production Enterprise Radiosvyaz. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The title of Hero of Labour was conferred on Rinat Galeyev, Director General of the Research and Production Enterprise Radiosvyaz.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Vitaly Smirnov, Honorary President of the Russian Olympic Committee, was awarded the title of Hero of Labour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Vitaly Smirnov, Honorary President of the Russian Olympic Committee, was awarded the title of Hero of Labour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Nikolai Kharitonov, State Duma deputy and Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, received the title of Hero of Labour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Nikolai Kharitonov, State Duma deputy and Chairman of the State Duma Committee for the Development of the Far East and the Arctic, received the title of Hero of Labour. Photo: Alexei Nikolsky, RIA Novosti
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Class, was awarded to State Duma deputy and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Alexei Gordeyev. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 1st Class, was awarded to State Duma deputy and Deputy Speaker of the State Duma Alexei Gordeyev. Photo: Alexei Nikolsky, RIA Novosti
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title of Mother Heroine was bestowed upon Irina Ilyashenko, the mother of a large family. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title of Mother Heroine was bestowed upon Maria Ilyashenko, the mother of a large family. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 2nd Class, was awarded to Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Order For Merit to the Fatherland, 2nd Class, was awarded to Metropolitan Kliment of Kaluga and Borovsk. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Kazan Mayor Ilsur Metshin received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Valery Chissov, Advisor of the Moscow-based Pyotr Hertsen Scientific Research Oncology Institute – a branch of the National Medical Research Centre of Radiology, received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Valery Chissov, Advisor of the Moscow-based Pyotr Hertsen Scientific Research Oncology Institute – a branch of the National Medical Research Centre of Radiology, received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd degree. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Editor-in-Chief of TV-Novosti Margarita Simonyan received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 3rd degree. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Editor-in-Chief of TV-Novosti Margarita Simonyan received the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 3rd degree.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Director General of the State Historical Museum Alexei Levykin received the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Director of the Center of Martial Arts sports school Yury Filimonov received the Order of Alexander Nevsky. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. President of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music Galina Mayarovskaya received the Order of Honour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. President of the Gnesin Russian Academy of Music Galina Mayarovskaya received the Order of Honour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Sergei Melentyev, Test Driver of Combat and Special-Purpose Vehicles in Road Conditions at the Dzerzhinsky Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation, received the Order of Honour. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. Sergei Melentyev, Test Driver of Combat and Special-Purpose Vehicles in Road Conditions at the Dzerzhinsky Uralvagonzavod Research and Production Corporation, received the Order of Honour.
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of Honour For Mentorship was awarded to Alexander Zyuzin, Director of Secondary School No. 30 (Kostroma). Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The Badge of Honour For Mentorship was awarded to Alexander Zyuzin, Director of Secondary School No. 30 (Kostroma). Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation was conferred upon Miroslav Kultyshev, pianist and Associate Professor at the Department of the Rimsky-Korsakov Saint Petersburg State Conservatory. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title Distinguished Artist of the Russian Federation was conferred upon Pavel Milyukov, violinist and instructor at the Department of the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title Distinguished Doctor of the Russian Federation was conferred upon Uglješa Stanojević, Chief Physician of the Ostroverkhov Kursk Scientific and Clinical Oncology Centre. Photo: Vladimir Gerdo, TASS
  • Ceremony to present state decorations. The honorary title Distinguished Doctor of the Russian Federation was conferred upon Uglješa Stanojević, Chief Physician of the Ostroverkhov Kursk Scientific and Clinical Oncology Centre.
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations.
  • After the ceremony to present state decorations.

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Publication date: May 22, 2025, 15:15

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