Hero of the Russian Federation

Hero of the Russian Federation ({{lang-ru|????? ?????????? ?????????}}) is the highest title that can be bestowed by the Russian Federation on a citizen of Russia. The President of the Russian Federation is the main authority in conferring the title. The criteria for the title is committing actions or deeds that involve conspicuous bravery while in the service of the state. The title was created in by a decree from Boris Yeltsin on March 20 1992, whcih replaced the Soviet titles Hero of the Soviet Union and Hero of Socialist Labor. The title was presented about 750 times since its creation, most of the awardings were for military actions that took place in the region of Chechnya or to cosmonauts who have performed flights into space. Several artists, politicians, econimists and atheletes have been awarded with the title.

External links

• Official Government Website
• Medals of the World
• http://www.netdialogue.com/yy/Russia/RF/RF/Hero/Hero.htm
• http://faculty.winthrop.edu/haynese/medals/russia/russia.html
• WarHeroes.ru, list of Heroes of the RF and SU who earned it by military service