The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. From left to right: President of the Federation of Sports for Persons with Musculoskeletal Disabilities, Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Bocharov, Hero of the Soviet Union, retired Colonel, President of the Heroes of the Fatherland Foundation, Father Cyprian (Valery Burkov) and Knight of the Order of St. George, Colonel General Sergei Makarov before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Lieutenant Colonel Sultan Khashegulgov (left) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and Captain Mikhail Polushkin (left) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) and junior lieutenant Maxim Potashev (left) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. From right to left: President of the Federation of Sports for Persons with Musculoskeletal Disabilities, Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Bocharov, Prosecutor General of Russia Igor Krasnov and Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Military personnel of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank: Hero of Russia gunner-operator of a tank platoon, corporal Alexey Neustroyev (left), Hero of Russia, mechanic-driver of a tank platoon, corporal Philip Evseev (second from left) and Hero of Russia tank platoon commander Lieutenant Alexander Levakov (right) after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Servicemen of the honor guard company after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Adam Delimkhanov (left) and commander of the separate reconnaissance battalion "Sparta" of the DPR Artem Zhoga (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of the Soviet Union, retired colonel, president of the Heroes of the Fatherland Foundation, Father Cyprian (Valery Burkov) (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee for the Development of Civil Society, Issues of Public and Religious Associations Vladimir Shamanov (left) and Executive manager for Manned Space Programs of the Roscosmos State Corporation, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev (center) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin (center), commander of the separate reconnaissance battalion "Sparta" of the DPR Artem Zhoga (left) and mother of the deceased Hero of Russia Andrei Kovtun Maria Kostyuk (right) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (right) after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defense, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Svetlana Savitskaya before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Vorobyov (left) and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defense, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Svetlana Savitskaya (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Vorobyov (left) and Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Defense, twice Hero of the Soviet Union Svetlana Savitskaya (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. The commander of the separate reconnaissance battalion "Sparta" of the DPR Artem Zhoga after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of Russia Baldan Tsydypov (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. From left to right, servicemen of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank: Hero of Russia gunner-operator of a tank platoon corporal Alexei Neustroev, Hero of Russia mechanic-driver of a tank platoon corporal Philip Evseev and Hero Russian tank platoon commander Lieutenant Alexander Levakov before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Novosibirsk region Alexander Karelin (center) and executive manager for manned space programs of the Roscosmos state corporation, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (left) and Hero of the Soviet Union, retired colonel, president of the Heroes of the Fatherland Foundation, Father Cyprian (Valery Burkov) (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of the Soviet Union, retired colonel, president of the Heroes of the Fatherland Foundation, Father Cyprian (Valery Burkov) during the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Military personnel of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank: tank gunner-operator Hero of Russia Alexei Neustroev (left) and tank platoon commander Hero of Russia Alexander Levakov (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Serviceman of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank, Hero of Russia, commander of a tank platoon, Lieutenant Alexander Levakov (left), head of the Representative Office of the All-Russian children's and youth military-patriotic public movement "YUNARMIA" "on the federal territory "Sirius", Hero of Russia Evgeny Fedotov (second from right) and Colonel, Hero of Russia Vladimir Alimov (right) before the start of the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. A serviceman of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank, tank platoon commander Hero of Russia Alexander Levakov before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Military personnel of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank: Hero of Russia gunner-operator of a tank platoon, corporal Alexey Neustroyev (left) and Hero of Russia, mechanic-driver of a tank platoon, corporal Philip Evseev (right) before the ceremony begins.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Hero of Russia Baldan Tsydypov (second from left) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Executive manager for Manned Space Programs of the Roscosmos State Corporation, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. From left to right: holder of the Order of St. George, Colonel General Sergei Makarov, President of the Sports Federation for Persons with Musculoskeletal Disabilities, Hero of Russia Vyacheslav Bocharov and Hero of the Soviet Union, retired colonel, President of the Heroes of the Fatherland Foundation, Father Cyprian (Valery Burkov) before the ceremony begins.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Novosibirsk region Alexander Karelin (left) and executive manager for manned space programs of the Roscosmos state corporation, cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev (right) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. From left to right, servicemen of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - crew members of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank: Hero of Russia gunner-operator of a tank platoon, corporal Alexei Neustroev, Hero of Russia, mechanic-driver of a tank platoon, corporal Philip Evseev, Hero Russian tank platoon commander Lieutenant Alexander Levakov and the head of the Representative Office of the All-Russian children's and youth military-patriotic public movement "YUNARMIA" on the federal territory of "Sirius", Hero of Russia Evgeny Fedotov before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Senior Lieutenant Eduard Kazymov after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. The commander of the separate reconnaissance battalion "Sparta" of the DPR Artem Zhoga after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Deputy Head of the Russian Presidential Administration, Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Representative in the Federation Council of Russia from the legislative (representative) body of state power of the Novosibirsk region Alexander Karelin before the start of the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Security and Anti-Corruption Adam Delimkhanov (left) before the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Junior Sergeant, Hero of Russia Dmitry Eremin after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Russian President Vladimir Putin after the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland. Serviceman of the 127th motorized rifle division of the 5th combined arms army of the Russian Armed Forces - members of the crew of the T-80 "Alyosha" tank, Hero of Russia, commander of a tank platoon, Lieutenant Alexander Levakov (second from left), head of the Representative Office of the All-Russian Children and Youth Military Patriotic Social Movement " UNARMY" on the federal territory "Sirius", Hero of Russia Evgeny Fedotov (second from right) and Colonel, Hero of Russia Vladimir Alimov (right) before the start of the ceremony.

The ceremony of presenting the Gold Star medals to the Heroes of Russia in the St. George Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace on the eve of the Day of Heroes of the Fatherland.