Honours and Awards
- Twice Hero of Soviet Union, (28 December 1973 and 10 December 1982)
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class" for important contributions to science development, 29 December 2007
- Two Orders of Lenin (28 December 1973 and 10 December 1982)
- Medal "For Merit in Space Exploration"
- Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway"
- Honoured Scientist of Russian Federation
- Officer of the Legion of Honor (France), 1982
Gold Medal of K. Tsiolkovsky by the AN USSR for outstanding achievements in the field of space, 1984
Lebedev is an honorary citizen of 16 Russian cities, several CIS countries, the State of Texas, and the City of Fort Worth.
In 1978 a small planet was named ValenLebedev in his honor.
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“Come hither, all ye empty things,
Ye bubbles rais’d by breath of Kings;
Who float upon the tide of state,
Come hither, and behold your fate.
Let pride be taught by this rebuke,
How very mean a thing’s a Duke;
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Turn’d to that dirt from whence he sprung.”
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