Georgy Beregovoy - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

Georgy Beregovoy was awarded the title of the Hero of the Soviet Union twice, first time on October 26, 1944 for his military service during World War II, and second time on October 26, 1944 for his space flight. He was the only Soviet cosmonaut who undertook the space flight being the Hero of the Soviet Union (the highest Soviet distinction) for a previous achievement unrelated to space travel.

He was also awarded:

• Title Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR,
• Two Orders of Lenin (1944 and 1968)
• Two Orders of the Red Banner
• Order of Alexander Nevsky,
• Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky, 3rd class,
• Order of the Patriotic War, 1st class, twice
• Two Orders of the Red Star,
• Order for Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR, 3rd class,
• Medal for Battle Merit, 1949
• Medal "For Impeccable Service", 1st class
• USSR State Prize (1981)
• Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"
• Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
• Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"
• Jubilee Medal "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy"
• Jubilee Medal "40 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Jubilee Medal "50 Years of the Armed Forces of the USSR"
• Gold medal of the Tsiolkovsky Academy of Sciences of the USSR

Foreign awards:

Bulgaria

• Hero of Socialist Labour (1970)
• Order of Georgi Dimitrov (1970)
• Order of the Banner of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
• Medal "25 Years of People's Power"
• Medal "100th anniversary of the fall of the Ottoman yoke" (1979)
• Medal "100th Anniversary of Birth of Georgi Dimitrov" (1983)

Hungary

• Order of the National Flag (1985)
• Order of the Red Banner, with Diamonds
• Gold Medal "for military cooperation" (1980)

Other

• Order of the People's Hero (Yugoslavia)
• Cross of Grunwald, 3rd class (People's Republic of Poland)
• Order of the Tudor Vladimirescu, 5th class (CPP)
• Yuri Gagarin Gold Medal (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale)

Among many other Russian commemorations Beregovoy is memorialized in Moscow with a statue on Cosmonauts Alley. Beregovoy was celebrated internationally, and received a unique award from the International Aeronautical Federation. At the Federation's 62nd general conference held in Helsinki, Finland, Beregovoy was awarded the first Yuri A. Gagarin Gold Medal for achievements in space; Finnish President Urho Kekkonen was the honorary presenter on July 14, 1968. The award was a new design created in memory of Gagarin who had died the previous March, and it continues to be awarded to this day.