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State Hermitage Employees Receive State Awards of the Russian Federation and Republic of Finland

On 9 December 2005, on St George’s Day, employees of the State Hermitage received state awards of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Finland during a ceremony in the St. George Hall (Large Throne Room) of the Winter Palace.

By decrees of the president of the russian federation the following awards are conferred:

Order of Honor:

Boris Ilich Marshak, chief researcher in the Oriental Department of the State Hermitage

Vladimir Yurievich Matveev, Deputy Director of the State Hermitage for Exhibitions and Development

Medal of the Order of Service to the Fatherland, 2nd class:

Andrei Yurievich Alekseev, director of the Department of Archeology of Eastern Europe and Siberia

Nina Zalmanovna Kunina, senior researcher in the Department of History of the Ancient World.

Oleg Yakovlevich Neverov, leading researcher of the Department of History of the Ancient World.

Medal Commemorating the 300th Anniversary of St Petersburg:

Prince Alexander A. Trubetskoy, Chairman of the Association of Guards: "The Memorial Society of the Russian Imperial Guards" (Paris, France)

commander of the order of the lion of finland:

Mikhail Borisovich Piotrovsky, Director of the State Hermitage

knight, first class, of the order of the white rose of finland:

Georgy Vadimovich Vilinbakhov, Deputy Director of the State Hermitage for Research

Participating in the ceremony were the Company of the Honor Guard of the St Petersburg Garrison and the Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base under the direction of Honored Artist of Russia, Second Rank Captain Alexei Karabanov

The Awards Ceremony

The Admiralty Orchestra of the Leningrad Naval Base

In the St. George Hall of the Winter Palace