Viktor Chernomyrdin - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

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

State awards of the Russian Federation and USSR

• Order of Merit for the Fatherland
  • 1st class (24 March 2009) - for outstanding contribution to strengthening the international prestige of the Russian Federation and many years of fruitful activity
  • 2nd class (23 March 1998) - for outstanding contribution to the development of the Russian state
  • 3rd class (9 April 2008) - for outstanding contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian relations
  • 4th class (9 April 2010) - for long-term fruitful state activity
• Order of Friendship (8 April 2003) - for outstanding contribution to the strengthening and development of friendship and cooperation between Russia and Ukraine
• Order of the October Revolution (1986)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1979)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1974) - for achievements in the construction and development of the design capacity of the first stage of Orenburg gas complex
• Jubilee Medal "300 Years of the Russian Navy" (7 June 1996)
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (6 September 1997)
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan" (23 August 2005)
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" (1970)
• Jubilee Medal "Forty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945" (1985)

President and the Government of the Russian Federation

• Diploma of the President of the Russian Federation (12 December 2008) - for active participation in the drafting of the Constitution and a great contribution to the democratic foundations of the Russian Federation
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (9 November 1993)
• 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 (12 July 1996) - for active participation in organizing and conducting the election campaign of President of Russian Federation in 1996
• Gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation (30 July 1999) - for his great personal contribution to a political settlement between the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and NATO, consistent defense of Russia's position in the Balkans
• Diploma of the Russian Federation Government (9 April 2003) - for his great personal contribution to the development of Russian-Ukrainian trade and economic cooperation
• Diploma of the Russian Federation Government (9 April 2008) - for long-term fruitful state activity

Foreign awards

• Medal "100th Anniversary of Birth of Georgi Dimitrov" (People's Republic of Bulgaria, 1982)
• Mkhitar Gosh (Armenia, 4 December 1998) - for outstanding contribution to the elimination of the consequences of the Spitak earthquake, humanitarian assistance and reconstruction work. Medal awarded 18 April 2002
• Order of Parasat (Kazakhstan, 1 September 1999) - for his contribution to the development of oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan
• Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class (Ukraine, 8 April 2003) - for outstanding contribution to the development of bilateral relations between Russia and Ukraine, weighty personal contribution in strengthening the friendly ties between the Russian and Ukrainian peoples
• Order of Merit, 3rd class (Ukraine, 17 June 2009) - for his contribution to the development of Ukrainian-Russian relations, the long-term diplomatic activity

Awards of states of the Russian Federation

• Order "For Merit" (Republic of Ingushetia, June 19, 2001) - for outstanding contribution to the establishment and development of the economy of Ingushetia
• Order the "Key of Friendship" (Kemerovo Region, 7 March 2008)

Faith awards

• Order of St. Sergius, 2nd class (Russian Orthodox Church, 29 March 2007) - for their efforts in strengthening the unity of Orthodox peoples
• Order "Christmas", 2nd class (UOC)
• Jubilee medal "1020 years of the Baptism of Kievan Rus' (PCM, 25 November 2008)

Departmental awards

• Honorary Worker Minneftegazstroya (1 April 1988)
• Veteran Labour gas industry (8 April 1998)
• Honorary Worker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2 April 2003) - for active participation in the implementation of Russian foreign policy