the Badge of Honour Medal "For Battle Merit" (1955) Medal "For the Defence of Moscow" (1945) Medal of de Lavaux (FAI, 1963) Lenin Prize (1976) State Prize of the Russian Federation (1996) Honoured Test Pilot of the USSR (1966) Honored Master of Sports (1961) Medal "For Impeccable Service" 1st and 2nd class World Rugby Hall of Fame (2013) See also Flight altitude record Lost Cosmonauts References 1927 births 2010 deaths Military personnel from Moscow Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Fedotov TPS alumni Heroes of the Soviet Union Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR Lenin Prize winners Recipients of the Medal of Zhukov Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the Order of the Red Star State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Flight altitude record holders Rugby union executives World Rugby Hall of Fame inductees Russian aviation record holders Russian aviators Russian major generals Russian rugby union players Russian test pilots Soviet Air Force generals Soviet aviation record holders Soviet aviators Soviet major generals Soviet rugby union players Soviet test pilots