Awards and ranks

• Soviet awards
• Russian awards
• Science & social
• Sports
• Foreign
• Miscellaneous
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• Photo gallery

A listing of Sergei’s many awards and decorations. The medals are linked to external descriptions where available, mostly at Wikipedia.

Soviet awards

• Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Soviet Union, Медаль «Золотая Звезда» Героя Советского Союза
• Hero of the Soviet Union, Герой Советского Союза. Awarded after his first flight to Mir. “The decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Body of the USSR from 27 April 1989 for the successful realization of 151 days’ space flight on the Mir orbital research complex and the courage and heroism shown during this time by Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich appropriates a rank of the Hero of Soviet Union with delivery of an award of Lenin and the Gold Star medal (№11595).”
• Order of Friendship, Орден Дружбы. Awarded on 1 April 2005. Noted in the ESA News from Moscow newsletter (Issue 6, 2005), at the Expedition 11 press conference: “Before the press conference began, the GCTC Chief Vasili Tsybliyev presented to Sergei Krikalyov the Order of Friendship – an award given to the courageous cosmonaut by the government.”
• Order of Friendship of the Peoples, Орден Дружбы народов
• Order of Lenin, Орден Ленина
• USSR Pilot-Cosmonaut, Летчик-космонавт СССР

Russian awards

• Gold Star Medal of the Hero of the Russian Federation, Медаль «Золотая Звезда» Героя Российской Федерации
• Hero of the Russian Federation, Герой Российской федерации. Awarded after his second flight to Mir. “The decree of the President of the Russian Federation from 11 April 1992 for courage and heroism shown during this flight to the pilot-cosmonaut of the USSR, to the Hero of the Soviet Union Krikalyov, Sergei Konstantinovich, gives a rank of the Hero of the Russian Federation with delivery of the Gold Star medal (№1).”
• Order of the Pride of Russia, ордена «Гордость России». Awarded 30 July 2008 (see News item).

Awards of scientific and social organizations

• Order of Eagle First Class (Association of the Russian Manufacturers), Орден Орла 1-й степени (Ассоциация промышленников России): I have no information available about this!
• Order/Decoration: «Ответственность и Благородство» (Responsibility and Generosity) and «Золотая звезда России» (the Gold Star of Russia) – awarded 21 November 2006 (see News item).
• Medal: «За Благородный Труд» (For Distinguished Work) – awarded 21 November 2006.

Sports

• USSR Master of Sports, «Мастер спорта СССР» по высшему пилотажу. Awarded in 1981 for aerobatic flying.
• International Class Master of Sports, Мастер Спорта международного класса. Awarded in 1986 for aerobatic flying.

Foreign awards and ranks

• NASA Spaceflight Medal (1994, 1998, 2001).
• NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
• NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal. “On 5 November 2002, the presentation of NASA rewards to Russian cosmonauts took place in Rosaviakosmos. The NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal was presented to Yurii Gidzenko, Yurii Usachyov, Vladimir Dezhurov and Mikhail Tyurin. (Sergei Krikalyov’s reward remained undelivered as he was then situated in the USA.) The medals and certificates were presented by NASA Deputy Director Michael Kostelnik for the cosmonauts’ contributions to the ISS program. (The NASA medal was presented to those who contributed to NASA’s mission, and is the highest NASA award for foreign citizens.)” Novosti Kosmonavtiki, №1, 2003.
• Officer of the Legion of Honor, L’Officier de la L’egion d’Honneur (France).

Miscellaneous

• Sergei was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame in 1993, “for space flight bridging the Soviet and Russian nations”.
• Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal: In 2000 the Expedition 1 crew were each awarded this medal from the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI).
• Sergei was given the title of honorable citizen of St. Petersburg («Почетный гражданин Санкт-Петербурга») on 23 May 2007.

Links

• Medals of the World
• NASA Agency Honor Awards
• Novosti Kosmonavtiki gallery, 29/3/2005: this photo shows Sergei wearing 3 of his medals at a press conference before his Expedition 11 flight, 29 March 2005: Hero of the Soviet Union; Hero of Russia. I don’t know what the blue medal is (perhaps the Order of Eagle?).
• The Soviet Military Awards Page
• Warheroes.ru: Крикалёв Сергей Константинович (in Russian)
• Wikipedia: Awards and decorations of the Soviet Union

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