From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Vladimir Petrov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010881
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Vladimir Petrov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010880
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Vladimir Petrov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010879
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Vladimir Lutchenko at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010878
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Aleksei Kasatonov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010877
From right: President Dmitry Medvedev and presidential staff chief Sergei Ivanov seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010874
Yevgeny Mironov, art director of the Theater of Nations, who has been awarded the Order of Honor, is seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010873
Bolshoi Theater choreographer Yury Grigorovich, holder of the Order for Service to the Country, First degree, seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010872
President Dmitry Medvedev seen with a glass of champagne in hand after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010871
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Yevgeny Mironov, art director of the Theater of Nations, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010870
Malaya Bronnaya Theater director Leo Durov, awarded the Order of Service to the Country, Third Degree, seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010869
Moscow Conservatory Professor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, holder of the order for service to the Country, Second degree, seen after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010868
Bolshoi Theater choreographer Yury Grigorovich, holder of the Order of Service to the Country, First Degree, seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010867
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010866
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010865
President Dmitry Medvedev seen with a glass of champagne in hand after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010864
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Sergei Makarov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010861
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Vladimir Krutov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010860
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Alexander Kozhevnikov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010859
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Alexander Kozhevnikov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010858
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Yevgeny Zimin at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010857
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Yevgeny Zimin at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010855
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Vladimir Petrov at the Kremlin ceremony of presenting state awards to outstanding hockey players of the past years.29.12.2011#1010853
President Dmitry Medvedev at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010852
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010837
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving a Presidential Gratitude to Vladislav Tretyak at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010836
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving a Presidential Gratitude to Vladislav Tretyak at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010835
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev toasting with award-holders Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory, and Yury Grigorovicjh, choreographer of the Bolshoi Theater, after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010834
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev toasting with award-holders Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Professor of the Moscow Conservatory, and Yury Grigorovicjh, choreographer of the Bolshoi Theater, after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010833
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the People's Artist of the Russian Federation rank to Igor Butman, art director of the Igor Butman jazz band, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010832
President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the People's Artist of the Russian Federation rank to Natalia Balakhnicheva, Kremlevsky Ballet actress, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010831
President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Oder of Friendship to wine-grower Kaisi Yuzbekova from Dagestan at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010830
President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Friendship to Kira Shashkina, a teacher the Moscow Conservatory music school, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010829
President Dmitry Medvedev speaking at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010822
From right: President Dmitry Medvedev and Vladislav Tretyak, with a Presidential Gratitude conferred upon him, seen after the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010821
President Dmitry Medvedev (left, background) seen at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010820
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, First Degree, to Bolshoi Theater ballet master Yury Grigorovich at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010819
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Yevgeny Mironov, the art director of the Theater of Nations, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010811
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Honor to Yevgeny Mironov, the art director of the Theater of Nations, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010810
President Dmitry Medvedev presenting the Order of Honor to Tanzila Zamakulova, a poetess from Kabardino-Balkaria, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010809
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Fourth Degree, to Nikita Simonyan, Vice-President of the Russian Football Union, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010808
President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Third Degree, to Nikolai Nikandrov, President of the Russian Academy of Education, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010807
President Dmitry Medvedev has given the Order of Service to the Country, Third Degree, to Leo Durov, director of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010806
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Third Degree, to Leo Durov, director of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010805
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Service to the Country, Third Degree, to Leo Durov, director of the Malaya Bronnaya Theater, at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010804
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Courage to Ingushetia's student Moussa Sousourkiyev at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010803
From left: President Dmitry Medvedev giving the Order of Courage to Ingushetia's student Moussa Sousourkiyev at the ceremony of state award presentation to people in arts, science and other endeavors, December 29, 2011.29.12.2011#1010802
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decorates Gennady Rozhdestvensky, professor at Moscow Conservatory, with the Order of Merit for the Motherland at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010796
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decorates Gennady Rozhdestvensky, professor at Moscow Conservatory, with the Order of Merit for the Motherland at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010795
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decorates Gennady Rozhdestvensky, professor at Moscow Conservatory, with the Order of Merit for the Motherland at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010794
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decorates Bolshoi Theater ballet master Yury Grigorovich with the Order of Merit for the Motherland at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010793
From left: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev decorates Bolshoi Theater ballet master Yury Grigorovich with the Order of Merit for the Motherland at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010776
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010775
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the ceremony of delivering state awards for people of arts, scientists and representatives of other trades, 29 December 2011.29.12.2011#1010774
