Vladimir Dzhanibekov - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1978 & 1981);
  • Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR;
  • Order of Friendship (Russian Federation);
  • Five Orders of Lenin;
  • Order of the Red Star;
  • Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR 3rd class;
  • Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration" (Russian Federation);
  • Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945";
  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR";
  • Jubilee Medal "60 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR";
  • Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Soviet Militia";
  • Medals "For Impeccable Service" 1st, 2nd and 3rd classes.

Foreign awards:

  • Hero of the Mongolian People's Republic;
  • Commander of the Legion of Honour (France);
  • Order of the Banner of the Hungarian People's Republic;
  • Order of Sukhbaatar (Mongolia).

He is also an honorary citizen of Gagarin, Kaluga (Russia), Arkalyk (Kazakhstan), and Houston (U.S.).

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