Russian President Vladimir Putin has awarded 58 people, RIA Novosti reports.
Heroes of Russia astronauts Oleg Novitsky, Sergey Revin and Yevgeny Tarelkin will receive Golden Stars.
Senator Nikolai Ryzhkov, an ex-head of the USSR Cabinet, will receive the first-rank Order of Merit of the Fatherland. Vagit Alekperov, the head of the LUKOIL company, will receive the second-rank Order. Soviet astronaut Alexey Leonov will be awarded with the third-rank Order, Tatarstan Head Minister Shaymiyev will get the fourth-rank Order.
CPRF Leader Gennady Zyuganov and MSU Rector Victor Sadovnichy will get the Alexander Nevsky Order.
Russian journalists Yevgeny Poddubny (VGTRK), Marat Saychenko (LifeNews), Oleg Sidyakin (Russia Today) and Fedor Zavaleykov (Russia Today) got Orders of Courage for reports from Ukraine.
