Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation

Honorary Title
Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
Honorary Title; Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation
	Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (obverse)
Type	Honorary Title
Awarded for	Space flight
Presented by	Russian Federation
Eligibility	Russian citizens
Status	Active
Established	March 20, 1992
Related	Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Aleksandr Yurievich Kaleri

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Valery Grigoryevich Korzun

Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation Sergei Yevgenyevich Treshchov

The Honorary Title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation (Russian: Летчик-космонавт Российской Федерации) is a state award of the Russian Federation presented to all cosmonauts who fly for the Russian Federal Space Agency. Usually accompanying the distinction is the title of Hero of the Russian Federation, the highest title that can be awarded to a Russian for performing heroic deeds while in service of the state.

History of the Title[]

The Honorary Title of Pilot-Cosmonaut was originally established by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on April 14, 1961,^[2] it was then called Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR (Russian: Летчик-космонавт СССР). Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, the title was retained by the Law of the Russian Federation 2555-1 dated March 20, 1992^[1] and the title was renamed Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

Award statute[]

The Honorary Title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation" is assigned by the president of the Russian Federation for the outstanding feat of space flight. The insignia of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation is worn on the right side of the chest above orders and decorations.^[3]

Award description[]

The Honorary Title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation" is a 25mm wide by 23.8mm high convex pentagon with a gilt silver rim. In the center is an image of the terrestrial globe with the territory of the Russian Federation enamelled in blue. A gold star denotes Moscow as the point of origin of a gilt orbital path going around the globe once to reach a silver satellite at the upper left of the globe. A second orbital path, this time enamelled in red, starts at the bottom center of the globe going up in an arc narrowing along the way to reach a gilt spacecraft above the globe. Along the upper left edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "PILOT" (Russian: ЛЕТЧИК), along the upper right edge of the pentagon above the globe, the gilt relief inscription "COSMONAUT" (Russian: КОСМОНАВТ), along the bottom edge of the pentagon under the globe, the gilt inscription "RUSSIA" (Russian: РОССИИ, lit. 'of Russia'), along the left and right lower edges of the pentagon, prominent gilt laurel branches. The reverse of the insignia is plain except for the award serial number.^[3]

The insignia is secured to a standard Russian square mount by a ring through the suspension loop. The mount is covered by a silk moiré tricolour ribbon of white, blue and red.^[3]

List of recipients[]

The individuals listed below have all received the Honorary Title of Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation:^[4]

August 11, 1992, Decree no. 871 — Aleksandr Yurievich Kaleri
February 5, 1993, Decree no. 181 — Sergei Vasilyevich Avdeev
July 23, 1993, Decree no. 1060 — Aleksandr Fedorovich Poleshchuk
January 14, 1994, Decree no. 154 — Vasili Vasilyevich Tsibliev
August 18, 1994, Decree no. 1697 — Yuri Vladimirovich Usachev
November 24, 1994, Decree no. 2107 — Yuri Ivanovich Malenchenko
November 24, 1994, Decree no. 2107 — Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev
April 10, 1995, Decree no. 338 — Elena Vladimirovna Kondakova
September 7, 1995, Decree no. 907 — Vladimir Nikolaevich Dezhurov
October 5, 1995 Decreo no. 1017 — Nikolai Mikhailovich Budarin
April 1, 1996, Decree no. 447 — Yuri Pavlovich Gidzenko
October 16, 1996, Decree no. 1443 — Yuri Ivanovich Onufrienko
April 11, 1997, Decree no. 342 — Valeri Grigorievich Korzun
April 10, 1998, Decree no. 370 — Aleksandr Ivanovich Lazutkin
April 10, 1998, Decree no. 372 — Pavel Vladimirovich Vinogradov
April 10, 1998, Decree no. 372 — Salizhan Shakirovich Sharipov
December 25, 1998, Decree no. 1640 — Yuri Mikhailovich Baturin
April 5, 1999, Decree no. 428 — Gennadi Ivanovich Padalka
September 10, 1999, Decree no. 1211 — Valeri Ivanovich Tokarev
November 9, 2000, Decree no. 1858 — Sergei Viktorovich Zalyotin
April 9, 2001, Decree no. 408 — Boris Vladimirovich Morukov
April 10, 2002, Decree no. 367 — Konstantin Mirovich Kozeev
October 10, 2002, Decree no. 1145 (unpublished) — Yuri Valentinovich Lonchakov
April 12, 2003, Decree no. 420 — Mikhail Vladislavovich Tyurin
September 21, 2003, Decree no. 1082 — Fyodor Nikolaevich Yurchikhin
February 4, 2004, Decree no. 140 — Sergei Yevgenyevich Treshchov
February 23, 2005, Decree no. 206 (unpublished) — Yuri Georgiyevich Shargin
Oleg Valeryevich Kotov
February 5, 2009, (unpublished) — Sergey Alexandrovich Volkov
February 5, 2009, (unpublished) — Oleg Dmitriyevich Kononenko
April 12, 2010, Decree no. 449 — Roman Yurievich Romanenko
October 30, 2010, Decree no. 1310 — Maksim Viktorovich Surayev
April 12, 2011, Decree no. 432 — Oleg Ivanovich Skripochka
April 12, 2011, Decree no. 433 — Mikhail Borisovich Korniyenko
April 12, 2011, Decree no. 433 — Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Skvortsov
March 3, 2012, Decree no. 270 — Dmitri Yuryevich Kondratyev
June 25, 2012, Decree no. 904 — Andrei Ivanovich Borisenko
June 25, 2012, Decree no. 904 — Aleksandr Mikhailovich Samokutyayev
Awarded December 25, 2013 — Anatoli Ivanishin
Awarded December 25, 2013 — Anton Shkaplerov
May 28, 2014, Decree no. 374 — Oleg Novitskiy
May 28, 2014, Decree no. 374 — Sergei Revin
May 28, 2014, Decree no. 374 — Evgeny Tarelkin

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Law of the Russian Federation of March 20, 1992 No 2555-1" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
^ "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 14, 1961" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1961-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-21.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Statute of the Honorary Title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation"" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
^ "Compiled from the site of the President of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Kremlin News. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

External links[]

[law2555-1] "Law of the Russian Federation of March 20, 1992 No 2555-1" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 1999-12-15. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009. Retrieved 2012-02-18.

[sovietdecree1961-2] "Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of April 14, 1961" (in Russian). Legal Library of the USSR. 1961-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-21.

[statute-3] "Statute of the Honorary Title "Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation"" (in Russian). Commission under the President of the Russian Federation on state awards. 2010-09-07. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

[kremlin_news-4] "Compiled from the site of the President of the Russian Federation" (in Russian). Kremlin News. Retrieved 2012-02-19.

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