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.

References

• {{Note|ruconst}} State Awards - Russian Constitution
• {{Note|design}} Decree No. 2335-I, Gold Star design
• {{Note|kadyrov}} Moscow Times - Kadyrov Named Hero of Russia December 2004
• {{Note|krikalev}} NASA/Johnson Space Center bio on Krikalev
• {{Note|cosmonauts}} WarHeroes.ru bio on Polyakov, Valerie Vladimirovich
• {{Note|kursk}} Moscow Times - Drowning Reality of Kursk
• {{Note|lazutina}} Voice of Russia - Lazutina awarded the Hero of Russia
• {{Note|drugtest}} News From Russia - Lazutina banned for two years
• {{Note|karelin}} Article on Karelin
• {{Note|budanov}} The initial account of Budanov's incident
• {{Note|insanity}} The Moscow Times - Charges against Budanov tossed out
• {{Note|pardon}} Pravda - Putin Pardons Budanov
• {{Note|Glebov}} Glebov's incident