Valentina Matviyenko - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

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

Russia and the USSR

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland;
  • 2nd class (19 March 2009) - for services to the state and personal contribution to the socio-economic development of the city
  • 3rd class (7 April 1999) - for services to the state and many years of diligent work
  • 4th class (2003)
• Order of Honour (1996) - for services to the state, a large contribution to the foreign policy and ensuring Russia's national interests, courage and dedication shown by the line of duty
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1981)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1976)
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"

President of the Russian Federation

• Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (27 January 2010) - for active participation in the preparation and conduct of meetings of the State Council
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (14 August 1995) - for active participation in the preparation and conduct of the 50th anniversary of Victory in Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (2 September 2008) - for active participation in preparing and conducting the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum and the meeting of heads of states - members of the Commonwealth of Independent States

Departmental awards

• Medal "For cooperation with the FSB of Russia" (Federal Security Service, 2004)
• Medal "For military cooperation" (Ministry of Internal Affairs, 2003)
• Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation" (Ministry of Defence, 1999)
• Medal "Admiral Kuznetsov" (Russian Ministry of Defence, 2005)
• Medal "For Services to the national health care" (Ministry of Health and Social Development, 2003)
• Medal "100 Years of St. Petersburg University, GPA MES of Russia" (Ministry of Emergency Situations, 2006)
• Medal "For Strengthening customs community" (Federal Customs Service, 2008)
• Medal "For cooperation" (Russian Prosecutor's Office, 2010)
• Badge "For personal contribution to the protection and improvement of Civil Defence"(2004)
• "Excellent border troops" (Border Guard Service of Russia, 2003)
• Medal "For merits in the field of civil aviation" (Interstate Aviation Committee, 2004)
• Medal "For merits in national security" (Security Council of Russia, 2009)

Awards of the Russian Federation

• Badge of Honour "For services to St. Petersburg" (31 August 2011)

Foreign awards

• Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria (2001)
• Grand Cross of the Order of Honour (Greece, 2007)
• Order "For the great love of independent Turkmenistan" (Turkmenistan, September 2009) - for his great contribution to strengthening the Turkmen-Russian relations
• Medal "For outstanding contributions to the National Year of China and Russia" (China, 2008)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (Belarus) (2009)
• Knights Cross of the Order of the Lion of Finland (1 December 2009)

Religious awards

• Order of St. Sergius;
  • 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2010) - in consideration of assistance to the Russian Orthodox Church
  • 2nd class
• Order of St Princess Olga, 1st class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2006) and 2nd class (2001)
• Order Martyr Tryphon, 2nd class (Russian Orthodox Church, 2001) - for his great personal contribution to the fight against drug addiction, alcoholism and other harmful phenomena

Honorary degrees and titles

• Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts

Prizes

• Prize of the Russian Federation in Science and Technology (2010)

Other Awards

• Pushkin Medal (MAPRYAL, 2003) - "For outstanding services in the Russian language"