Galina Vishnevskaya - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the Russian Wikipedia.

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (18 October 2006) - for outstanding contribution to music and many years of fruitful creative activity
  • 3rd class (25 October 1996) - for his great personal contribution to the development of musical art
  • 4th class (18 October 2011) - for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical culture, and many years of teaching and educational activities
• Order of Lenin (1973)
• Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" (1943)
• Honoured Artist of the RSFSR (1955)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR
• People's Artist of the USSR (1966)
• Diamond Medal of the City of Paris (1977)
• Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters (France, 1982)
• Commander of the Legion of Honour (France, 1983)
• Doctor of Arts honoris causa, Rivier College (Nashua, New Hampshire, USA)
• Honorary Degree of Doctor of Music, Hamilton College
• Doctor of Music, St. Lawrence University (Canton, NY, USA)
• Honorary Citizen of Kronstadt (1996)
• Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (2000)
• Honorary Professor of Moscow State University (21 November 2007)
• Order of St Princess Olga Russian Orthodox Church
• Order of St. Euphrosyne, Grand Duchess of Moscow, 2nd class (2011) - in consideration of assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church and in connection with her 85th birthday
• Order of Peter the Great (Police Academy)
• Best Actress (Russian Guild of Film Critics, 2007) - for version of "White Elephant"
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (25 October 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the development of musical art and active charity work