Russian Defence Minister Andrei Belousov awards a Navy serviceman with a state decoration during an unveiling ceremony of the bust to Admiral Fyodor Ushakov on Navy Day at the Admiralty building in St. Petersburg, Russia.27.07.2025#8972540
On October 14, 2016, the Ivan the Terrible Monument, the first one in Russian history, was unveiled in Oryol. It is located on a river embankment near the Theophany Cathedral. A team of sculptors, Andrei Sledkov, Alexei Petrov and Alexei Dmitriyev, designed the monument under the supervision of Merited Artist of Russia Oleg Molchanov, Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Arts, ahead of the 450th anniversary of founding the city-fortress.29.07.2023#8576454
Oryol. Merited Cultural Worker Leonid Tuchin, an employee of the Oryol Regional History Museum and a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and Photo Artists, and Anastasia Lazareva, a research associate with the Oryol Regional History Museum's Science and Education Department, are installing the photo exhibition Liberation of Oryol.29.07.2023#8576442
Oryol. Merited Cultural Worker Leonid Tuchin, an employee of the Oryol Regional History Museum and a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and Photo Artists, and Anastasia Lazareva, a research associate with the Oryol Regional History Museum's Science and Education Department, are installing the photo exhibition Liberation of Oryol.29.07.2023#8576441
Oryol. Merited Cultural Worker Leonid Tuchin, an employee of the Oryol Regional History Museum and a member of the Russian Union of Journalists and Photo Artists, and Anastasia Lazareva, a research associate with the Oryol Regional History Museum's Science and Education Department, are installing the photo exhibition Liberation of Oryol.29.07.2023#8576440
A memorial plaque for Lev Perfilov (1933-2000), film actor and Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, on a building on October Revolution Street in Kolomna where the actor lived.02.01.2023#8354720
Ukrainian SSR. Soviet epee fencers. 2nd right: 1964 Olympic champion in the individual competition Grigory Kriss.24.07.2019#5958020
May 24, 2017. Denis Maidanov, singer-songwriter, composer, member of the International Union of Pop Art Workers (creative union), at the ceremony to present state awards in science, culture, healthcare, sports and manufacturing to outstanding Russians by President Vladimir Putin. The Kremlin's Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109227
May 24, 2017. President Vladimir Putin and Denis Maidanov, right, singer-songwriter, composer, member of the International Union of Pop Art Workers (creative union), at the ceremony to present state awards in science, culture, healthcare, sports and manufacturing to outstanding Russians. The Kremlin's Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109224
May 24, 2017. Senior coach of the Russian national figure skating team Tatyana Tarasova at the ceremony to present state decorations to outstanding Russian citizens for their achievements in science, industry, culture, healthcare, sport and industry, at the Moscow Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109480
May 24, 2017. Senior coach of the Russian national figure skating team Tatyana Tarasova at the presidential ceremony to present state decorations to outstanding Russian citizens for their achievements in science, industry, culture, healthcare, sport and industry, at the Moscow Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109479
May 24, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior coach of the Russian national figure skating team Tatyana Tarasova at the ceremony to present state decorations to outstanding Russian citizens for their achievements in science, industry, culture, healthcare, sport and industry, at the Moscow Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109478
May 24, 2017. Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and president of the Pirogov National Medical Surgical Center Yury Shevchenko at the presidential ceremony to present state decorations to outstanding Russian citizens for their achievements in science, industry, culture, healthcare, sport and industry, at the Moscow Kremlin's St. Catherine Hall.24.05.2017#3109518
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Prof.Armais Kamalov, director, Moscow State Universityer clinic, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804405
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Armais Kanmalov, D.M., Director, Lomonosov Moscow State University Clinic, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804444
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Oleg Koshkin, Main learned secretary, Russian Academy of Arts, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804404
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Vladimir Zhilich, chief, Central Rubin Maritime Technology Design Center, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804298
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Alexander Skvortsov, cosmonaut instructor, Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804293
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Alexander Skvortsov, cosmonaut instructor, Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804289
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Alexander Samuktyaev, cosmonaut instructor, Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804288
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and People's Artist of Russia Valentin Gaft are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804414
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and renaowned actor Valentin Gaft seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804287
Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and renowned actor Valentin Gaft seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804286
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804415
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804581
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804278
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804277
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Valery Fokin, artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theater, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804583
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Valery Fokin, artistic director, Alexandrinsky Theater, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804276
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Academician Alexey Konotorovich, research, Institute of Oil and Gas Geology and Geophysics, Sibirean Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804585
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Alexei Kontorovich, research director, Institute of Oil/Gas Georlogy and Geophysics, Siberian department, Russian Academy of Sciences, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804275
March 10, 2016. President of Russia Vladimir Putin (left) and Genrikh Novozhilov, chief advisor to CEO of Ilyushin Aviation Complex, are seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.10.03.2016#2804588
Vladimir Putin (left), President of Russia, and Genrich Novozhilov, aircraft designer, chief adviser to the research director-general of the Ilyushin Aviation Complex, seen at the ceremony of presenting government awards and conferring honorary titles at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall, March 10, 2016.10.03.2016#2804274
Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin trains ahead of his bout with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. The exhibition photo bank.02.10.2013#2760298
Russian boxer Alexander Povetkin, center, trains ahead of his bout with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko. The exhibition photo bank.02.10.2013#2760286
Zenit St. Petersburg's Anatoly Timoshchuk in the Russian Football Premier League's Round 6 match between Zenit and Dynamo Moscow. A cropped image.24.08.2013#2270220
Athlete Yekaterina Lobysheva at a training session of the Russian national speed skating team at the Kolomna center (cropped image).08.08.2013#2260593
Yekaterina Lobysheva after a women's 1,500 m race at the Russian Speed Skating Championships in Sochi (cropped).27.12.2012#1326808
Actress Marina Zudina, the award winner in the nomination 'For Undoubted Achievements In Portraying The Roles of Irina Arkadina (The Play 'Seagull) and Lyubov Troshchyokina (The Event), at Oleg Tabakov award ceremony in Moscow. Right: Oleg Tabakov, artistic director of Chekhov Moscow Art Theater and member of Presidential Council for Culture.10.04.2012#1090288
Russia's Tennis Federation president Shamil Tarpishchev, left, and Russian Olympic Committee honorary president Vitaly Smirnov attend the 40th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee (EOC).23.11.2011#992977
Russian Olympic Committee honorary president Vitaly Smirnov speaks at the 40th General Assembly of the European Olympic Committee (EOC).23.11.2011#992976
World War II veterans during the ceremonial unveiling of the Soldier and Worker sculpture by Sergei Shcherbakov in the Park of the 65th Anniversary of the 1941-1945 Great Patriotic War in the Lefortovo District, Moscow.07.05.2010#644995
December 28, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order for Services to the Fatherland 2nd Class to the opera singer Yelena Obraztsova at the Kremlin.28.12.2009#541432
December 28, 2009. President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order for Services to the Fatherland 2nd Class to the opera singer Yelena Obraztsova at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.28.12.2009#541431
December 28, 2009. From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order for Services to the Fatherland 1st Class to the Ex-Governor of the Sverdlovlsk Region Eduard Rossel at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.28.12.2009#541435
December 28, 2009. From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order for Services to the Fatherland 1st Class to the Ex-Governor of the Sverdlovlsk Region Eduard Rossel at the Kremlin's Catherine Hall.28.12.2009#541434
Russian variety musician, composer, Merited Artist of Russia, art director of the Time Machine group and diving enthusiast Andrei Makarevich at the ceremony of opening the 5th Moscow International Diving Festival Golden Dolphin in the Gostinny Dvor.15.02.2006#123212
Alexander Medvedev, the director general of the Khrunichev State Space Research and Production Center. Moscow. 2005.01.07.2005#840716
From right: Aleksandr Ragulin, a Soviet ice hockey player, winner of the national sports award, Slava (Glory), in the Legend nomination and Vyacheslav Fetisov, a chairman of the Russian State Committee for Physical Culture and Sport, at a press conference held in RIA Novosti (currently - Rossiya Segodnya international news agency).13.04.2004#6470502
TV manager Alexander Ponomarev, winner of the Telegrand-2003 annual television prize for merits in telecasting Russian cultural values to young people, at the presentation ceremony. 10.02.2004#144480
Chief Commander of the Russian Air Force Gen. Col. Vladimir Mikhailov during a news conference on the results and prospects of the Russian Air Force development in 2004.01.02.2004#3255687
Chairman of State Committee on Physical Fitness and Sport of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Fetisov at the news conference at RIA Novosti information agency, now Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, on development of the national automobile sport.22.10.2003#6494866
Russian Minister of Natural Resources Vitaly Artyukhov, right, congratulates forestry specialist A. Gorchakov on receiving the Merited Forester of Russia title.19.09.2003#6494736
Awarding the Merited Forester of Russia title at the Ministry of Natural Resources.19.09.2003#6494732
Russian Minister of Healthcare Yury Chevchenko presents medical workers with government awards and medals For Merit to National Healthcare.03.09.2003#6494625
