Order of Friendship

The Order of Friendship (Russian Орден Дружбы ) is a state award of Russia, which is awarded to both Russian citizens and to foreigners. The award was instituted on 2 March 1994 by decree No. 442 of the President of the Russian Federation and is regarded as the successor of the Soviet Order of Friendship of Peoples.

The award is given according to statute to persons who have made contributions to the promotion of friendship and cooperation with the Russian Federation in the fields of science, culture, economics and peace.

Description of the Order

The Order shows in its center a stylized globe surrounded by a ring of green olive branches, set in a pentagonal gold star. On the back is the inscription " Мир и дружба " ( "Peace and Friendship " ), and the serial number of the Order. The ribbon of the Order has the colors of light blue and green.

Of the Order in German-speaking

Germany

  • Ulf Merbold, Spaceman, 1995
  • Theophanes Galinsky, 2000
  • Ruth Werner, a colonel in the Red Army, posthumously in 2000
  • Andrea von Knoop, head of the Federation of German Industry in Russia, 2003
  • Nikolaus Knauf, entrepreneurs and Russian Honorary Consul, 2006
  • Alex Jacob, entrepreneur and founder of "Action eyesight ", 2007
  • Michael Arndt, Archbishop of the Russian Orthodox Church Abroad, 2008
  • Hermann Parzinger, President of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation, 2009
  • Klaus Dieter Müller, CEO of Saxon Memorial Foundation, 2009
  • Martin Hoffmann, a board member of the Petersburg Dialogue, 2009
  • Lothar de Maizière, formerly East German Prime Minister, Chairman of the German Steering Committee of the Petersburg Dialogue, 2010
  • Manfred Schmidt, Assistant Secretary of State and Head of Crisis Management and Civil Protection in the Ministry of the Interior, 2010
  • Ernst- Jörg von Studnitz, Chairman of the German - Russian Forum, former German Ambassador in Moscow, 2011
  • Hans -Jürgen whitefish, technical project manager, Bosch Rexroth AG, the project of reconstruction of the State Academic Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, 2011
  • Peter Löscher, CEO of Siemens AG, 2012
  • Ljuba Schmidt, chairman of the association help for Chernobyl Children in Bryansk eV, 2012
  • Christel Kumbruck, Professor of Economic Psychology at the University of Osnabrück, 2012
  • Reinhard leader, President of the National Confederation German War Graves Commission, 2013
  • Monika Kopplin, director of the Museum of Lacquer Art, 2013

Austria

Switzerland

  • Ferdi Muheim, former mayor of Andermatt, 2008
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