Hero of the Russian Federation

Award Hero of the Russian Federation

Hero of the Russian Federation ( Russian Герой Российской Федерации , transcription Geroi Rossijskoi Federazii ) is the highest honor and honorary title awarded in Russia . The Russian President awards this medal to people who have distinguished themselves through extraordinary bravery in the tasks assigned to them or other heroic deeds in the service of the state.

So far, the award has been given around 750 times, mainly to cosmonauts and soldiers who fought in the two Chechen wars. But also artists, politicians, athletes and personalities from the economy were honored with this medal.

history

The award was introduced by decree on March 20, 1992 by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to replace the previous titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Socialist Labor . Decree No. 2553-I contains the criteria for the award of the title and also for the design of the medal.

The appearance of the order is similar to that of the Hero of the Soviet Union. A five-pointed, undecorated star hangs on a white-blue-red ribbon (19.5 × 15 mm). The gold star has a diameter of 15 mm and weighs 21.5 grams. On the back are the words Герой России (Russian for Hero of Russia ) and a serial number. In public, the order is worn on the left side of the jacket, above other medals and awards.

Recipient (selection)

Most of the recipients of this title are either cosmonauts or people involved in the Chechnya conflict. While cosmonauts automatically get this award with their space flight, those in Chechnya get the title for bravery in battle or for leading the pro-Russian government. The award is also given posthumously to people who are killed in the exercise of their duties or have died in an attack. To date, the award has been given to around 750 people, 340 of them posthumously .

The following information about the recipients relates to their position at the time the award was received.

receiver	date	reason
Timur Apakidze	17th August 1995	Colonel of the Naval Aviation ( Su-33 , including on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov )
Alexander Baranov	May 5, 2000	Colonel-General and First Deputy Commander of the Troops of the North Caucasus Military District
Vladimir Belyavsky	August 8, 2006	Lieutenant Colonel in the North Caucasus
Nina Brusnikova	October 5, 2006	Operator of a milking machine in the collective farm "Awrora"
Ekaterina Budanova *	October 1, 1993	First lieutenant and fighter pilot in the 73rd Guards Fighter Regiment during the Second World War
Alexei Dmitrov *	February 23, 2012	1st rank captain and commander of the nuclear powered multi-purpose submarine K-154 Tigr of the Northern Fleet
Yevgeny Frolov	October 11, 1994	Test pilot at Sukhoi
Vyacheslav Yevskin *	September 9, 1996	Major of the FSB in Grozny
Lyubov Egorova	April 22, 1994	multiple Olympic champion and world champion in cross-country skiing
Reuben Isaiah	2006	Test pilot (civil aircraft) and Deputy General Director of GOSNIIGA
Feodosi Ganus	July 19, 1996	Tank soldier in the battle of Stalingrad in the rank of non-commissioned officer
Yuri Gidsenko	April 1, 1996	Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force
Viktor Glucharev *	April 10, 1995	First lieutenant, pilot in the 11th battle pilot regiment over Anapa during World War II
Akhmat Kadyrov *	May 10, 2004	President of Chechnya killed in a bomb attack
Ramzan Kadyrov	December 29, 2004	Chechen Prime Minister and son Akhmat Kadyrov
Said-Magomed Kakiev	October 14, 2002	Major in the 42nd Motorized Rifle Division in Chechnya
Mikhail Kalashnikov	November 10, 2009	Arms designer and lieutenant general
Alexander Kaleri	August 11, 1992	Cosmonaut
Alexander Karelin	August 26, 1996	multiple Olympic champion and world champion in wrestling
Viktor Kazantsev	4th December 1999	Colonel General in Dagestan and negotiator in Chechnya
Natalija Kachuevskaya *	May 12, 1997	Medical instructor in the 28th Army in the Battle of Stalingrad
Ruslan Kokschin	December 9, 2002	First lieutenant and platoon leader of the Russian border troops in Chechnya
George Koval *	November 3, 2007	Secret agent and lecturer at the Mendeleev Institute of Chemical Technology in Moscow
Pavel Kretow	August 12, 2000	Colonel and naval aviator (including on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov )
Sergei Krikalev	April 11, 1992	Cosmonaut
Vladimir Kulakov		Colonel and commander of an artillery regiment of the airborne troops (Chechnya veteran)
Larissa Lasutina	February 27, 1998	Major and multiple Olympic champion and world champion in cross-country skiing
Andrei Lamanov	November 16, 2010	Pilot, received the honorary title together with Yevgeny Novoselov for the safe landing of a Tupolev Tu-154 on September 7, 2010
Valery Legasov *	September 20, 1996	Head of the Commission of Inquiry into the Chernobyl disaster
Gennady Lyachin *	August 29, 2000	1st rank captain on the sunken nuclear submarine K-141 Kursk
Yuri Malenchenko	November 24, 1996	Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force
Alexander Margelow	November 24, 1994	Major of the paratroopers, for special services in the testing of equipment (1st drop of an airborne tank with crew)
Igor Matkowski	April 21, 2008	Test pilot and naval aviator (including on the aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov )
Dmitri G. Medvedev *	May 18, 2005	Lieutenant Colonel in the North Caucasus
Yuri Onufrijenko	October 16, 1996	Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force
Alexander Nikulin	March 1994	Airmen of the 947th Attack Regiment in World War II
Yevgeny Novoselov	November 16, 2010	Pilot, received the honorary title together with Andrei Lamanov for the safe landing of a Tupolev Tu-154 on September 7, 2010
Viktor Omelkov *	March 1, 1995	Major in the airborne troops in Chechnya
Gennadi Padalka	April 5, 1999	Cosmonaut and Lieutenant Colonel in the Air Force
Alexei Palatidi *	December 22, 1999	Lieutenant and platoon leader of the Interior Ministry troops in Chechnya
Nikolai Patrushev	March 15, 2000	Army general and head of the Russian secret service FSB
Alexander Pavlov	2006	Test pilot at the Mikhail Gromov Institute for Flight Research in Zhukovsky
Valery Polyakov	April 10, 1995	Cosmonaut
Sergei Preminin *	August 7, 1997	Crew member of the sunken Soviet submarine K-219
Alexander Rajewski	17th August 1995	Colonel and test pilot in the State Chkalov -Flugerprobungszentrum in Akhtubinsk
Oleg Shalamov		unofficial employee of the Russian Interior Ministry MWD
Vladimir Shamanov	4th December 1999	Major General in the North Caucasus
Sergei Shoigu	September 20, 1999	Civil Protection Minister and Colonel General
Lydia Schulaikina	October 1, 1993	First lieutenant in the Navy of the 7th Guards Ground Combat Air Regiment with 38 combat missions in World War II
Magomed Tolboev	17th November 1992	Test pilot at the Mikhail Gromov Institute for Flight Research in Zhukovsky and pilot of the Buran space shuttle
Gennady Troschew	4th December 1999	Lieutenant General and Deputy Commander of the United Grouping of Armed Forces in the North Caucasus
German Ugryumov	December 20, 2000	Vice Admiral and Deputy Director of the FSB
Oleg Peshkov *	November 25, 2015	Lt. Col. of the Air Force, killed when a Sukhoi Su-24 of the Russian Air Force was shot down in 2015
Alexander Prochorenko *	17th March 2016	First lieutenant, is said to have requested an air strike on his own position during the fighting for Palmyra .
Roman Filipov *	February 6, 2018	Major of the aviators who died fighting terrorists after landing with an ejector seat in Syria

* Award was given posthumously

Web links

Commons : Heroes of the Russian Federation  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Герои Страны . In:warheroes.ru. Retrieved November 4, 2014(Russian, Geroi strany - Directory of Heroes of the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation). 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Harro Ranter: Air accident 07 SEP 2010 of a Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85684 - Izhma Airport. Retrieved January 8, 2019 . 
2. ↑ Boris Jelzin: Ukas No. 1282. (No longer available online.) President of the Russian Federation, archived from the original on November 3, 2014 ; Retrieved November 3, 2014 ( original on Commons ). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ^ Harro Ranter: Air accident 07 SEP 2010 of a Tupolev Tu-154M RA-85684 - Izhma Airport. Retrieved January 8, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Патрушев Николай Платонович. Retrieved January 29, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Lizzie Dearden: "Body of Russian special forces officer who 'ordered air strike on himself' to kill Isis militants returned home" The Independent of April 30, 2016