SettingsRecipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Aleksandr Viktorenko
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Александр Степанович Викторенко) is a Soviet cosmonaut.
Aleksandr Stepanovich Viktorenko (Александр Степанович Викторенко) is a Soviet cosmonaut.
Aleksandra Pakhmutova
Aleksandra "Alya" Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Александра Николаевна Пахмутова; born November 9, 1929) has remained one of the best known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she f...
Aleksandra "Alya" Nikolayevna Pakhmutova (Александра Николаевна Пахмутова; born November 9, 1929) has remained one of the best known figures in Soviet and later Russian popular music since she f...
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (Александр Николаевич Яковлев) (2 December 1923, Yaroslavl Oblast – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet politician and historian who was a Soviet governmental official i...
Alexander Nikolaevich Yakovlev (Александр Николаевич Яковлев) (2 December 1923, Yaroslavl Oblast – 18 October 2005) was a Soviet politician and historian who was a Soviet governmental official i...
Alexander Schirwindt
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian screen and stage actor, screenwriter, voice actor, People's Artist and Meritorious A...
Alexander Anatolyevich Shirvindt (Александр Анатольевич Ширвиндт, born July 19, 1934) is a Soviet and Russian screen and stage actor, screenwriter, voice actor, People's Artist and Meritorious A...
Anatoly Rybakov
Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (Анатолий Наумович Рыбаков; – December 23, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat tetralogy, novel H...
Anatoly Naumovich Rybakov (Анатолий Наумович Рыбаков; – December 23, 1998) was a Soviet and Russian writer, the author of the anti-Stalinist Children of the Arbat tetralogy, novel H...
Armand Hammer
Armand Hammer was an American business tycoon most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran for decades, though he was known as well as for his art collection, his philanth...
Armand Hammer was an American business tycoon most closely associated with Occidental Petroleum, a company he ran for decades, though he was known as well as for his art collection, his philanth...
Arnold Rüütel
Arnold Rüütel OIH (born May 10, 1928) was the third President of the Republic of Estonia from October 8, 2001 to October 9, 2006.
Arnold Rüütel OIH (born May 10, 1928) was the third President of the Republic of Estonia from October 8, 2001 to October 9, 2006.
Baurzhan Momyshuly
Baurzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-Uli was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author, posthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kaza...
Baurzhan Momyshuly, also spelled Baurjan Momish-Uli was a Kazakh-Soviet military officer and author, posthumously awarded with the titles Hero of the Soviet Union and People's Hero of Kaza...
Bella Akhmadulina
Izabella Akhatovna "Bella" Akhmadulina (Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, 10 April 193729 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer and translator, known for her a...
Izabella Akhatovna "Bella" Akhmadulina (Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, 10 April 193729 November 2010) was a Soviet and Russian poet, short story writer and translator, known for her a...
Boris Lagutin
Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin (Борис Николаевич Лагутин) (born June 24, 1938 in Moscow) was possibly the most celebrated of Soviet boxers.
Boris Nikolayevich Lagutin (Борис Николаевич Лагутин) (born June 24, 1938 in Moscow) was possibly the most celebrated of Soviet boxers.
Borys Paton
Borys Yevhenovych Paton (Борис Євгенович Патон) (born November 27, 1918) is the long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Borys Yevhenovych Paton (Борис Євгенович Патон) (born November 27, 1918) is the long-term chairman of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.
Dmitri Shostakovich
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and pianist and was one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.
Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and pianist and was one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century.
Edita Piekha
Edita Piekha (Эдита Станиславовна Пьеха, Edita Stanislavovna Pyekha, Edyta Piecha, Édith-Marie Piecha) is a French-born popular Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent.
Edita Piekha (Эдита Станиславовна Пьеха, Edita Stanislavovna Pyekha, Edyta Piecha, Édith-Marie Piecha) is a French-born popular Soviet and Russian singer and actress of Polish descent.
Eduard Khil
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil is a Russian baritone singer and a recipient of the People's Artist Award of the RSFSR.
Eduard Anatolyevich Khil is a Russian baritone singer and a recipient of the People's Artist Award of the RSFSR.
Eldar Ryazanov
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Эльда́р Алекса́ндрович Ряза́нов; b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous t...
Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (Эльда́р Алекса́ндрович Ряза́нов; b. 18 November 1927) is a Soviet/Russian film director whose comedies, satirizing the daily life of the country, are very famous t...
Emil Gilels
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Емі́ль Григо́рович Гі́лельс, Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, Emiľ Grigoriević Gileľs; October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Soviet pianist, widely consider...
Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (Емі́ль Григо́рович Гі́лельс, Эми́ль Григо́рьевич Ги́лельс, Emiľ Grigoriević Gileľs; October 19, 1916 – October 14, 1985) was a Soviet pianist, widely consider...
Glenn Michael Souther
Glenn Michael Souther also known as Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov, was a US Navy photographer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1986.
Glenn Michael Souther also known as Mikhail Yevgenyevich Orlov, was a US Navy photographer who defected to the Soviet Union in 1986.
Henryk Jabłoński
Henryk Jabłoński was a Polish Socialist, after 1948 Communist politician, historian and professor at Warsaw University.
Henryk Jabłoński was a Polish Socialist, after 1948 Communist politician, historian and professor at Warsaw University.
Igor Moiseyev
Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style similar to folk dance but with more professionalism and theatrics.
Igor Alexandrovich Moiseyev has been widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style similar to folk dance but with more professionalism and theatrics.
Iosif Prut
Iosif Leonidovich Prut Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (1900–1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter.
Iosif Leonidovich Prut Прут, Иосиф Леонидович (1900–1996) was a Russian playwright and the first Soviet screenwriter.
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov is a Soviet physicist, well known for his role in developing the BKL conjecture in general relativity.
Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov is a Soviet physicist, well known for his role in developing the BKL conjecture in general relativity.
Ivan Papanin
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Ivan Dmitrievich Papanin was a Russian Polar Explorer, Scientist, Counter Admiral, twice Hero of the Soviet Union awarded nine Orders of Lenin Ivan was born in Sevastopol into the family of a s...
Juan Antonio Samaranch
Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain, known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served...
Don Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquis of Samaranch, Grandee of Spain, known in Catalan as Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló, was a Catalan Spanish sports administrator who served...
Kim Philby
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a double agent before defecting to the Soviet Union.
Harold Adrian Russell "Kim" Philby was a high-ranking member of British intelligence who worked as a double agent before defecting to the Soviet Union.
Kirill I of Moscow
Kirill, or Cyril (Кирилл, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop who has been Patriarch of Mos...
Kirill, or Cyril (Кирилл, secular name Vladimir Mikhailovich Gundyayev (Владимир Михайлович Гундяев; born 20 November 1946) is a Russian Orthodox bishop who has been Patriarch of Mos...
Leonid Abalkin
Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin was a Russian economist.
Leonid Ivanovich Abalkin was a Russian economist.
Ludvig Faddeev
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev, also Ludwig Dmitriyevich is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Ludvig Dmitrievich Faddeev, also Ludwig Dmitriyevich is a Soviet and Russian theoretical physicist and mathematician.
Mark Shevelev
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Mark Shevelev (Шевелёв, Марк Иванович) (1904–1991) was a Soviet pilot during World War II and was one of founders and Chief of Staff of Soviet Long Range Aviation.
Mikhail Zhvanetsky
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; Михайло Михайлович Жванецький, transliterated: Mykhailo Mykhailovych Zhvanetsky) (born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR,...
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (Михаи́л Миха́йлович Жване́цкий; Михайло Михайлович Жванецький, transliterated: Mykhailo Mykhailovych Zhvanetsky) (born 6 March 1934, Odessa, Ukrainian SSR,...
Mintimer Shaimiev
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev was the first President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia.
Mintimer Sharipovich Shaimiev was the first President of Tatarstan, a republic within Russia.
Nikolai Starostin
Nikolai Petrovich Starostin was a Russian footballer and ice hockey player, and founder of Spartak Moscow.
Nikolai Petrovich Starostin was a Russian footballer and ice hockey player, and founder of Spartak Moscow.
Nikolay Annenkov
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR. He worked in the Maly Theatre from 1924 until his centenary and was awarded three Stalin Prizes.
Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR. He worked in the Maly Theatre from 1924 until his centenary and was awarded three Stalin Prizes.
Nikolay Karpol
Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Николай Васильевич Карполь; born May 1, 1938 in Brzeżnica (Now Bereznitsa) in Polesie Voivodeship, Poland; now Pruzhany Raion, Brest Voblast, Belarus) is a retired...
Nikolay Vasiliyevich Karpol (Николай Васильевич Карполь; born May 1, 1938 in Brzeżnica (Now Bereznitsa) in Polesie Voivodeship, Poland; now Pruzhany Raion, Brest Voblast, Belarus) is a retired...
Nonna Mordyukova
Noyabrina "Nonna" Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Но́нна (Ноябри́на) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; November 25, 1925 - July 6, 2008) was a Soviet actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974).
Noyabrina "Nonna" Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Но́нна (Ноябри́на) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; November 25, 1925 - July 6, 2008) was a Soviet actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974).
Oleg Tabakov
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov is a Soviet and Russian actor and the artistic director of the Moscow Art Theatre.
Oleg Vasiliev (figure skater)
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev (Олег Кимович Васильев; born November 22, 1959) is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union.
Oleg Kimovich Vasiliev (Олег Кимович Васильев; born November 22, 1959) is a Russian pair skater who competed internationally for the Soviet Union.
Oleg Yefremov
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer.
Oleg Nikolayevich Yefremov was a Soviet/Russian actor and Moscow Art Theatre producer.
Pavel Popovich
Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич, Павло Романович Попович, Pavlo Romanovych Popovych) (October 5, 1930 – September 29, 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Pavel Romanovich Popovich (Па́вел Рома́нович Попо́вич, Павло Романович Попович, Pavlo Romanovych Popovych) (October 5, 1930 – September 29, 2009) was a Soviet cosmonaut.
Petrus Brovka
Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка;, Putilkovichi24 March 1980, Minsk) was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudonym ...
Pyotr Ustinovich Brovka (Пётр Усці́навіч Бро́ўка, Пётр Усти́нович Бро́вка;, Putilkovichi24 March 1980, Minsk) was a Soviet Belarusian poet, more commonly recognized by his literary pseudonym ...
Rashid Behbudov
Rashid Behbudov (Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, رشید بهبوداوف; December 14, 1915 – June 9, 1989) was an Azerbaijani singer and actor.
Rashid Behbudov (Rəşid Məcid oğlu Behbudov, رشید بهبوداوف; December 14, 1915 – June 9, 1989) was an Azerbaijani singer and actor.
Rasul Gamzatov
Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (ХӀамзатил Расул, ; ; 8 September 19233 November 2003) was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language.
Rasul Gamzatovich Gamzatov (ХӀамзатил Расул, ; ; 8 September 19233 November 2003) was probably the most famous poet writing in the Avar language.
Roza Eldarova
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Roza Abdulbasirovna Eldarova is a Soviet and Russian journalist, writer, and politician who was the first woman to hold the highest political office in Dagestan.
Svetoslav Roerich
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.
Svetoslav Nikolaevich Roerich Russian painter, son of Nicholas Roerich, studied from a young age under his father's tutelage.
Talgat Musabayev
Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев; born January 7, 1951, Kargaly, Kazakhstan), is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights.
Talgat Amangeldyuly Musabayev (Талғат Аманкелдіұлы Мұсабаев; born January 7, 1951, Kargaly, Kazakhstan), is a Kazakh test pilot and former cosmonaut who flew on three spaceflights.
Tamara Moskvina
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina, née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater.
Tamara Nikolayevna Moskvina, née Bratus is a Russian pair skating coach and former competitive skater.
Tatiana Doronina
Tatiana (Tatyana) Vasilyevna Doronina (Татьяна Васильевна Доронина; born September 12, 1933) is a popular Soviet/Russian actress who has performed in movies and the theater.
Tatiana (Tatyana) Vasilyevna Doronina (Татьяна Васильевна Доронина; born September 12, 1933) is a popular Soviet/Russian actress who has performed in movies and the theater.
Tatiana Tarasova
Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (, born February 13, 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser.
Tatiana Anatolyevna Tarasova (, born February 13, 1947) is a Russian figure skating coach and national figure skating team adviser.
Tatyana Lioznova
Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova was a Soviet film director best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring.
Tatyana Mikhailovna Lioznova was a Soviet film director best known for her TV series Seventeen Moments of Spring.
Valentina Tereshkova
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a retired Soviet cosmonaut, and was the first woman in space.
Vasiliy Alekseyev
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasily Alekseyev
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasiliy Ivanovich Alekseyev (Василий Иванович Алексеев; born January 7, 1942 in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino, Ryazan Oblast) is a former competitor from the Soviet Union, He set 80 world re...
Vasily Lanovoy
Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy is a popular Soviet and Russian actor of Ukrainian descent who works in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow.
Vasily Semyonovich Lanovoy is a popular Soviet and Russian actor of Ukrainian descent who works in the Vakhtangov Theatre, Moscow.
Viktor Astafyev
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev, was a Soviet and Russian writer of short stories and novels.
Viktor Petrovich Astafyev also spelled Astafiev or Astaf'ev, was a Soviet and Russian writer of short stories and novels.
Viktor Gerashchenko
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко), byname Gerakl (the Russian version of Heracles), was the Chairman of the Soviet and then Russian Central Bank d...
Viktor Vladimirovich Gerashchenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Влади́мирович Гера́щенко), byname Gerakl (the Russian version of Heracles), was the Chairman of the Soviet and then Russian Central Bank d...
Vitali Smirnov
Vitali Smirnov (Виталий Георгиевич Смирнов) (born 1935) is a Russian member of the International Olympic Committee.
Vitali Smirnov (Виталий Георгиевич Смирнов) (born 1935) is a Russian member of the International Olympic Committee.
Vyacheslav Nevinny
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Неви́нный; November 30, 1934 - May 31, 2009) was a popular Russian actor titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986.
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Nevinny (Вячесла́в Миха́йлович Неви́нный; November 30, 1934 - May 31, 2009) was a popular Russian actor titled a People's Artist of the USSR in 1986.
Wojciech Jaruzelski
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician.
Wojciech Witold Jaruzelski is a retired Polish military officer and Communist politician.
Yury Solomin
Yury Mefodievich Solomin (Ю́рий Мефо́диевич Соло́мин; b. 18 June 1935 in Chita) is a Soviet/Russian actor who has directed the Maly Theatre in Moscow since 1988.
Yury Mefodievich Solomin (Ю́рий Мефо́диевич Соло́мин; b. 18 June 1935 in Chita) is a Soviet/Russian actor who has directed the Maly Theatre in Moscow since 1988.
Zulfi Hajiyev
Zulfi Hajiyev Saleh oglu in Armenian SSR was Member of Azerbaijani Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan until his death on November 20, 1991.
Zulfi Hajiyev Saleh oglu in Armenian SSR was Member of Azerbaijani Parliament and Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan until his death on November 20, 1991.
Zurab Tsereteli
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.
Zurab Konstantines dze Tsereteli is a Georgian-Russian painter, sculptor and architect who holds the office of President of the Russian Academy of Arts.