From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Medal of Honor to Alexander Shilov, art director of the Moscow State Picture Gallery, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev has given the Medal of Honor to composer Aleksei Rybnikov at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Medal of Honor to composer Aleksei Rybnikov at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev has given the Medal of Honor to Alexander Shilov, art director of the Moscow State Picture Gallery, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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President Dmitry Medvedev has presented the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Fourth Grade, to Andrei Khazin, deputy chairman of the Federation Council's committee for economic policies, entrepreneurship and property, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev has presented the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Fourth Grade, to Andrei Khazin, deputy chairman of the Federation Council's committee for economic policies, entrepreneurship and property, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Fourth Grade, to Mikhail Gusman, Deputy Director-general, ITAR-TASS, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev has presented the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Fourth Grade, Vakhtangov Theater actress Yulia Borisova at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev has presented the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Third Grade, to Ivan Shipov, chairman of the Russian Interior Force Veteran Council, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Fourth Grade, to Andrei Khazin, deputy chairman of the Federation Council's committee for economic policies, entrepreneurship and property, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Third Grade, to Transneft CEO Nikolai Tokarev.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Third Grade, to LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Third Grade, to LUKOIL CEO Vagit Alekperov.

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President Dmitry Medvedev has presented the Order of Service to the Fatherland, Third Grade, to Valery Fokin, art director of the Moscow Meyerkhold Center, at the Catherine Hall in the Kremlin, September 9, 2010.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Second Grade, to actress Lyudmila Kasatkina.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Second Grade, to film director Georgy Daneliya.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Second Grade, to film director Georgy Daneliya.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Grade, to Artistic Director of Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Grade, to Artistic Director of Chekhov Moscow Art Theater Oleg Tabakov.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Grade, to Dean of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Glazunov.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, First Grade, to Dean of the Russian Academy of Painting, Scultpure and Architecture Ilya Glazunov.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, Second Grade, to actress Lyudmila Kasatkina.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding the Order of Courage to head of forest fire station Mikhail Podzerakin

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding the Order of Courage to tractor driver Dmitry Burdasov.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Major Niklai Zlobin for his courage and heroism shown when performing the military duty.

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September 9, 2010. From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding the title of Hero of the Russian Federation to Major Niklai Zlobin for his courage and heroism shown when performing the military duty.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev awarding the Order of Courage to bulldozer driver Sergei Salkin.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting awards to cultural workers and those who fought with wildfires in Russia this summer.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting awards to cultural workers and those who fought with wildfires in Russia this summer.

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September 9, 2010. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev presenting awards to cultural workers and those who fought with wildfires in Russia this summer.

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President Dmitry Medvedev giving high state awards to cultural and art workers as well as those who were involved in fire fighting in Russia this summer, September 9, 2010.

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September 9, 2010. Oleg Tabakov, director of the Moscow Chekhov Art Theater, and Ilya Glazunov, a Soviet artist and an academician of the Russian Academy of Arts, attending the awards ceremony in Kremlin.

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