Order of Friendship

This article is about the Russian Order. See also: Order of Friendship between Nations , Soviet Union or Order of Good Friendship , Order of Knights.

Order of Friendship

The Order of Friendship ( Russian Орден Дружбы ) is a state award of Russia , which is given to both Russian citizens and foreigners. The award was donated on March 2, 1994 by Ukas No. 442 of the President of the Russian Federation and is regarded as the successor to the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples .

According to the statute, the award is given to persons who have made contributions to the promotion of friendship and cooperation with the Russian Federation in the fields of science, culture, economy and peace.

Description of the order

The order shows in its center a stylized globe surrounded by a wreath of green olive branches, set in a pentagonal gold star. On the back is the inscription "Мир и дружба" ("Peace and Friendship") and the serial number of the corresponding order. The ribbon of the order has the colors light blue and green.

Bearer of the order in German-speaking countries

Strap buckle

Germany

• Ulf Merbold , spaceman, 1995
• Feofan Galinsky , 2000
• Ruth Werner , Colonel of the Red Army , 2000 posthumously
• Stefan Doernberg , (born June 21, 1924 - † May 3, 2010), German historian and diplomat, 2001
• Hanna Podymachina (born February 26, 1924 - † April 16, 2013), fighter of the German resistance, 2001
• Peter Florin (born October 2, 1921; † February 17, 2014), German politician (SED), 2001
• Andrea von Knoop, head of the Association of German Business in Russia, 2003
• Nikolaus Knauf , entrepreneur and Russian honorary consul, 2006
• Alex Jacob, entrepreneur and initiator of "Aktion Augenlicht", 2007
• Peter Stein , 2008
• Michael Arndt , Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad , 2008
• Hermann Parzinger , President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation , 2009
• Klaus Dieter Müller, Managing Director of the Saxon Memorials Foundation, 2009
• Martin Hoffmann, board member of the Petersburg Dialogue , 2009
• Lothar de Maizière , former GDR Prime Minister, chairman of the German steering committee of the Petersburg Dialogue, 2010
• Manfred Schmidt , Ministerial Director and former head of the Crisis Management and Civil Protection Department in the Federal Ministry of the Interior , 2010
• Ernst-Jörg von Studnitz , Chairman of the German-Russian Forum, formerly German Ambassador in Moscow, 2011
• Hans-Jürgen Renke, technical project manager Bosch Rexroth AG, project of the reconstruction of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater Moscow, 2011
• Peter Löscher , CEO of Siemens AG, 2012
• Ljuba Schmidt, chairwoman of the Aid for Chernobyl Children Association in Bryansk , 2012
• Christel Kumbruck, Professor of Business Psychology at the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences , 2012
• Reinhard Führer , President of the German War Graves Commission , 2013
• Monika Kopplin, director of the Museum für Lackkunst , 2013
• Willi Schneider , skeleton trainer, 2014
• Erwin Sellering , former Prime Minister of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, 2017
• Hans Modrow , Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Left Party, 2017
• Matthias Platzeck , CEO of the German-Russian Forum , 2017
• Lutz Pape, General Director of Swiss Krono GmbH, 2017
• Martin Herrenknecht , CEO of Herrenknecht AG , 2018
• Tatjana Lukina , artist, President of the Center for Russian Culture in Munich, 2019

Austria

• Martin Bartenstein , politician (ÖVP), 2002
• Peter Sixl, Austrian Black Cross , 2006
• Karl Schranz , former ski racer, 2008
• Christoph Leitl , President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce , 2009
• Helmut List , industrialist, 2016
• Reinhold Mitterlehner , politician (ÖVP), 2016
• Siegfried Wolf , Manager, 2016
• Rainer Seele , entrepreneur, 2018

Switzerland

• Ferdi Muheim, former Mayor of Andermatt , 2008

Web links

Commons : Order of Friendship  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Decree of the President of the Russian Federation: Order of Friendship (russ.)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ О награждении орденом Дружбы граждан Федеративной Республики Германия, Указ Президента Рая Президента Рая 2001 д44. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
2. ↑ О награждении орденом Дружбы граждан Федеративной Республики Германия, Указ Президента Рая Президента Рая 2001 д44. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
3. ↑ О награждении орденом Дружбы граждан Федеративной Республики Германия, Указ Президента Рая Президента Рая 2001 д44. Retrieved June 5, 2020 . 
4. ↑ http://www.aktuell.ru/russland/panorama/freundschaftsorden_fuer_andrea_von_knoop_996.html
5. ↑ http://de.rian.ru/society/20071016/84131104.html
6. ↑ Medienservice.sachsen.de of May 8, 2009 ( Memento of the original of January 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
7. ↑ http://www.petersburger-dialog.de/putin-verendung-martin-hoffmann-orden-der-freundschaft
8. ↑ Award of the Order of Friendship to Dr. Manfred Schmidt, October 13, 2010
9. ↑ Russian Order for Volunteers from Dessau , Mitteldeutsche Zeitung of November 29, 2012
10. ^ Website of the Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, December 3, 2012
11. ^ Website of the Voice of Russia from December 6, 2013
12. ↑ In recognition of the founder and CEO of Herrenknecht AG with a Russian state award - the Order of Friendship, January 8, 2018. In: Embassy of the Russian Federation. January 15, 2018, accessed on June 2, 2020 (German). 
13. ↑ GabydosSantos: "Order of Friendship" for Tatjana Lukina, President of MIR, the center of Russian culture in Munich. In: culture platform jourfixe-muenchen eV September 25, 2019, accessed on June 2, 2020 (German). 
14. ↑ Bartenstein: New orders worth 110 million euros for Austrian companies in Russia , on ots.at. Retrieved February 27, 2016
15. ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. 
16. ↑ Karl Schranz received the highest Russian foreign order. In: DiePresse.com. November 22, 2008, accessed January 9, 2018 . 
17. ^ ^{A b c} Eduard Steiner: Siegfried Wolf's Russian Mission. In: The press . February 16, 2016, accessed February 27, 2016 . 
18. ↑ Ambassador Dmitrij Ljubinskij presented Rainer Seele with the Order of Friendship of the Russian Federation - Nachrichten - Министерство иностранных дел Российской Федерации. Retrieved June 2, 2020 . 
19. ↑ http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/schweiz/standard/Andermatt-wird-abgeschirmt-wenn-Medwedew-kom/story/31767020