OREANDA-NEWS. May 06, 2010. State decorations and certificates conferring honorary titles were presented to 46 Russians.

The President presented the Hero of Russia Star to test cosmonaut of the Yury Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre Roman Romanenko, who was also awarded the honorary title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the Russian Federation.

The President also presented the Hero of Russia Star to the relatives of Colonel Yevgeny Chernyshev, head of the Moscow fire department of the Russian Emergency Situations Ministry, who was killed in the line of duty.

Hero of the Soviet Union, Colonel-General of Aviation, and participant in Stalingrad and Kursk battles Vasily Reshetnikov was awarded the Order of Merit. The Order for Services to the Fatherland IV degree was awarded to Great Patriotic War participant Major-General Ivan Slukhai, who served in the Russian Armed Forces for 45 years and now heads the Moscow War Veterans Committee.

Other award recipients include famous scientists, politicians, cultural and artistic figures, journalists, athletes and military servicemen.