Message about modern children's heroes. Children are heroes. Russia's highest government award

11.03.2020

10-year-old Igor Tsarapkin from the Murmansk region saved his 15-year-old brother on the Volga in Ulyanovsk. On June 25, three children from the Murmansk region, who were staying in Ulyanovsk, came with adults to swim on a wild beach. Igor, German and their 14-year-old friend Vlad Larin have been together since early childhood - as they say, without each other, nowhere. Without anticipation of trouble, ...

A major fire that broke out on July 29 in the village of Putyatino, Nerekhtsky District, left two families without a roof over their heads. Luckily, the residents survived. However, everything could end in a terrible tragedy. The fire broke out at about eight in the evening in one of the apartments of a wooden one-story house, where at that time there was a woman with two small children. Noticing the fire, the mother jumped out on ...

In the village of Amgu, Terney District (Primorsky Territory), 12-year-old sixth-grader Nikita Nagurov saved an 8-year-old child from a bear that attacked him. “In Amga today, two teenagers 12 years old and 8 years old went to the store. They approached the store, and one saw that a bear jumped out of the gate and rushed at the smaller one - Stanislav Nagorny, who is 8 years old, became his ...

“My friends and I were relaxing on the beach, on the Kokshenga River, and suddenly I heard shouts: “Help! Help!" I jumped up and saw a girl splashing about in the water. At first, we have shallow water there, and then a hole under water. She probably splashed in shallow water, and was carried away by the current to the depth. I looked around: there were a lot of people on the beach, but ...

“It was summer. I sat on the shore of Lake Kandrykul and sunbathed. It was a wonderful day, the sun warmed very well, I even got a little tired in the heat. Suddenly I saw that 400 meters from the shore a man either disappears under water or appears. He screamed and raised one hand. I didn't think for a second. In my head was...

4-year-old Liam Mansell from the British city of Gateshead was officially recognized as one of the country's youngest heroes after he managed to prevent a fire in an elementary school and save the lives of his classmates and teachers in this way. Little Liam noticed that black smoke was coming out of a laminator installed in one of the elementary school classrooms. Without a moment's hesitation...

The heroic deeds that took place in little Ossetia usually immediately become public property. But sometimes it also happens that such stories are "lost" in the chain of events... So it was this time too. The act of a resident of the Mozdok region became known only after a while. 15-year-old Albert Akhmedov, risking his own life, saved a two-year-old child who had fallen into a pond this fall...

Alexander Yamaletdinov grabbed the pervert and held him until the police arrived. A 16-year-old schoolgirl was returning home from school around one in the afternoon. Suddenly, a man attacked her, dragged her into a ravine and fell on top of her. Nearby was a casual eyewitness - a child who immediately ran for help. A 17-year-old teenager came to the aid of the girl. When I arrived, they were in...

That day, twelve-year-old Dima Kelman spent the night at home with his little brothers - Artem and Savely, none of the adults were at home. Closer to midnight, the boy woke up from the smell of smoke, went out into the corridor and saw that the closet was on fire. The schoolboy tried to extinguish the fire with water, but the flames had already climbed high up. The teenager was not taken aback: he ...

On December 2, something out of the ordinary happened in the Tyumen school No. 66: it is not known how three adult drunk men ended up inside the school during classes. Says seventh-grader Maxim Devyatkov: “I and two classmates went out into the foyer of the school, there were three drunk guys. They began to pester the girls, one managed to escape, and I stood up for the other ....

They say that there were too many tragic events in the outgoing year, and there is almost nothing good to remember on the eve of the New Year. Tsargrad decided to argue with this statement and collected a selection of our most prominent compatriots (and not only) and their heroic deeds. Unfortunately, many of them accomplished a feat at the cost of their own lives, but the memory of them and their deeds will support us for a long time and serve as an example to follow. Ten names that thundered in 2016 and should not be forgotten.

Alexander Prokhorenko

A special forces officer, 25-year-old Lieutenant Prokhorenko, died in March near Palmyra while conducting Russian air strikes against ISIS militants. He was discovered by terrorists and, being surrounded, did not want to give up and caused fire on himself. He was awarded the title of Hero of Russia posthumously, and a street in Orenburg was named after him. The feat of Prokhorenko caused admiration not only in Russia. Two French families donated awards, including the Legion of Honor.

Farewell ceremony for the hero of Russia, senior lieutenant Alexander Prokhorenko, who died in Syria, in the village of Gorodki, Tulgansky district. Sergei Medvedev/TASS

In Orenburg, where the officer comes from, he left a young wife, who, after the death of Alexander, had to be hospitalized in order to save the life of their child. In August, her daughter Violetta was born.

Magomed Nurbagandov

A policeman from Dagestan, Magomet Nurbagandov, and his brother Abdurashid were killed in July, but the details became known only in September, when a video of the execution of policemen was found on the phone of one of the liquidated militants of the Izberbash criminal group. On that ill-fated day, the brothers and their schoolchildren rested in nature in tents, no one expected the attacks of bandits. Abdurashid was killed immediately because he stood up for one of the boys, whom the bandits began to insult. Mohammed was tortured before his death, because his documents of a law enforcement officer were found. The purpose of the bullying was to force Nurbagandov to renounce his colleagues on record, acknowledge the strength of the militants and call on the Dagestanis to leave the police. In response to this, Nurbagandov addressed his colleagues with the words "Work, brothers!" The enraged militants could only kill him. President Vladimir Putin met with the brothers' parents, thanked them for their son's courage and awarded him the title of Hero of Russia posthumously. The last phrase of Mahomet became the main slogan of the outgoing year and, one might assume, for years to come. Two small children were left without a father. Nurbagandov's son now says that he will only become a policeman.

Elizabeth Glinka

Photo: Mikhail Metzel/TASS

The resuscitator and philanthropist, popularly known as Doctor Lisa, has done a lot this year. In May, she took the children out of the Donbass. 22 sick children were rescued, the youngest of whom was only 5 days old. These were children with heart disease, oncology, and congenital diseases. For children from Donbass and Syria, special treatment and support programs have been created. In Syria, Elizaveta Glinka also helped sick children and organized the delivery of medicines and humanitarian aid to hospitals. During the delivery of another humanitarian cargo, Dr. Liza died in a Tu-154 plane crash over the Black Sea. Despite the tragedy, all programs will continue. Today for the guys from Lugansk and Donetsk there will be a New Year's tree...

Oleg Fedyura

Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, Colonel of the Internal Service Oleg Fedyura. Press service of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in Primorsky Krai / TASS

Head of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia for the Primorsky Territory, who proved himself during natural disasters in the region. The rescuer personally visited all the flooded cities and villages, led search and rescue operations, helped evacuate people, and he himself did not sit idly by - he has hundreds of such events on his account. On September 2, together with his brigade, he was heading to another village, in which 400 houses were flooded and more than 1,000 people were waiting for help. Crossing the river, KAMAZ, in which Fedyura and 8 other people were, collapsed into the water. Oleg Fedyura saved all the personnel, but then he could not get out of the flooded car and died.

Love Pechko

The entire Russian world learned the name of the 91-year-old female veteran from the news on May 9th. During the festive procession in honor of Victory Day in Slavyansk, occupied by Ukrainians, the Ukrainian Nazis threw eggs at a column of veterans, doused them with green paint and sprinkled with flour, but the spirit of the old warriors could not be broken, no one was out of order. The Nazis shouted insults, in the occupied Slavyansk, where any Russian and Soviet symbols are prohibited, the situation was extremely explosive and could turn into a massacre at any moment. However, the veterans, despite the threat to their lives, were not afraid to openly put on medals and St. George ribbons, after all, they did not go through the war with the Nazis in order to be afraid of their ideological followers. Lyubov Pechko, who took part in the liberation of Belarus during the Great Patriotic War, was splashed with brilliant green in the face. The pictures, in which traces of brilliant green are wiped from the face of Lyubov Pechko, circled social networks and the media. From the resulting shock, the sister of an elderly woman, who saw the abuse of veterans on TV, died and had a heart attack.

Danil Maksudov

In January of this year, during a strong snow storm, a dangerous traffic jam formed on the Orenburg-Orsk highway, in which hundreds of people were blocked. Ordinary employees of various services showed heroism, leading people out of ice captivity, sometimes endangering their own lives. Russia remembered the name of police officer Danil Maksudov, who was hospitalized with severe frostbite after giving his jacket, hat and gloves to those who needed it most. After that, Danil helped to get people out of the traffic jam for several more hours in a blizzard. Then Maksudov himself ended up in the emergency traumatology department with frostbite on his hands, it was about the amputation of his fingers. However, in the end, the policeman went on the mend.

Konstantin Parikozha

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Orenburg Airlines Boeing 777-200 crew commander Konstantin Parikozha, who was awarded the Order of Courage, during the state awards ceremony in the Kremlin. Mikhail Metzel/TASS

A native of Tomsk, the 38-year-old pilot managed to land a liner with a burning engine, in which there were 350 passengers, including many families with children and 20 crew members. The plane was flying from the Dominican Republic, at an altitude of 6 thousand meters there was a bang and the cabin was shrouded in smoke, panic began. During landing, the landing gear caught fire. However, thanks to the skill of the pilot, the Boeing 777 was successfully landed and none of the passengers were injured. Parikozha received the Order of Courage from the hands of the President.

Andrey Logvinov

The 44-year-old crew commander of the Il-18, which crashed in Yakutia, managed to land the plane without wings. They tried to land the plane to the last and in the end they managed to avoid casualties, although both wings of the plane broke off on impact with the ground and the fuselage collapsed. The pilots themselves received multiple fractures, but despite this, according to the rescuers, they refused help and asked to be the last to be evacuated to the hospital. "He managed the impossible," they said about the skill of Andrei Logvinov.

Georgy Gladysh

On a February morning, the rector of an Orthodox church in Krivoy Rog, Priest George, as usual, was riding his bicycle home from the service. Suddenly, he heard cries for help from a nearby body of water. It turned out that the fisherman fell through the ice. Batiushka ran to the water, threw off his clothes and, signing himself with the sign of the cross, rushed to help. The noise attracted the attention of local residents, who called an ambulance and helped pull the already unconscious retired fisherman out of the water. The priest himself refused honors: " I didn't save. It was God who decided for me. If I had been driving a car instead of a bicycle, I simply would not have heard the cries for help. If I started to think whether to help me a person or not, I would not have time. If the people on the shore had not thrown a rope at us, we would have drowned together. And so everything happened by itself". After the feat, he went on to perform church services.

Julia Kolosova

Russia. Moscow. December 2, 2016. Russian Presidential Commissioner for Children's Rights Anna Kuznetsova (left) and Yulia Kolosova, winner in the "Children-Heroes" nomination, at the awards ceremony for the winners of the VIII All-Russian festival on the subject of security and salvation of people "Constellation of Courage". Mikhail Pochuev/TASS

Valdai schoolgirl, despite the fact that she herself is only 12 years old, she was not afraid to enter a burning private house, hearing the screams of children. Julia took two boys out of the house, and already on the street they told her that one more of their little brothers was left inside. The girl returned to the house and carried a 7-year-old baby in her arms, who was crying and was afraid to go down the stairs shrouded in smoke. In the end, none of the children were hurt. " It seems to me that in my place, any teenager would do this, but not every adult, because adults are much more indifferent than children", - the girl believes. Caring residents of Staraya Russa collected money and gave the girl a computer and a souvenir - a mug with her photograph. The schoolgirl herself admits that she did not help for the sake of gifts and praise, but she, of course, was pleased, because she is from a poor family - Yulia's mother is a seller, and her father works at a factory.

I think we all lack a description of "our" domestic kind, disinterested and truly heroic deeds. Therefore, I present to your attention stories about hero children who, at the cost of their lives and health, without hesitation rushed to the rescue of those who needed help.

Zhenya Tabakov

The youngest hero of Russia. A real man who was only 7 years old. The only seven-year-old recipient of the Order of Courage. Unfortunately, posthumously.

The tragedy broke out on the evening of November 28, 2008. Zhenya and his twelve-year-old older sister Yana were alone at home. An unknown man called at the door, who introduced himself as a postman who allegedly brought a registered letter.

Yana did not suspect anything was wrong and allowed him to come in. Entering the apartment and closing the door behind him, instead of a letter, the “postman” took out a knife and, grabbing Yana, began to demand that the children give him all the money and valuables. Having received an answer from the children that they did not know where the money was, the criminal demanded that Zhenya look for them, and he dragged Yana into the bathroom, where he began to rip off her clothes. Seeing how he rips off his sister's clothes, Zhenya grabbed a kitchen knife and, in desperation, stuck it in the criminal's lower back. Howling in pain, he loosened his grip, and the girl managed to run out of the apartment for help. In a rage, the failed rapist, pulling the knife out of himself, began to thrust it into the child (eight stab wounds incompatible with life were counted on Zhenya's body), after which he fled. However, the wound inflicted by Zhenya, leaving behind a bloody trail, did not allow him to escape from the chase.

Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of January 20, 2009 No. For courage and dedication shown in the performance of civic duty Tabakov Evgeny Evgenievich was posthumously awarded the Order of Courage. The order was received by Zhenya's mother Galina Petrovna.

On September 1, 2013, a monument to Zhenya Tabakov was opened in the school yard - a boy driving a kite away from a dove.

Danil Sadykov

A 12-year-old teenager, a resident of the city of Naberezhnye Chelny, died saving a 9-year-old schoolboy. The tragedy occurred on May 5, 2012 on Enthusiasts Boulevard. At about two o'clock in the afternoon, 9-year-old Andrei Churbanov decided to get a plastic bottle that had fallen into the fountain. Suddenly he was shocked, the boy lost consciousness and fell into the water.

Everyone shouted “help”, but only Danil jumped into the water, who at that moment was passing by on a bicycle. Danil Sadykov pulled the victim onto the side, but he himself received a severe electric shock. He died before the ambulance arrived.

Thanks to the selfless act of one child, another child survived.

Danil Sadykov was awarded the Order of Courage. Posthumously. For the courage and dedication shown in rescuing a person in extreme conditions. The award was presented by the chairman of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. Instead of her son, the boy's father, Aidar Sadykov, received her.

Maxim Konov and Georgy Suchkov

In the Nizhny Novgorod region, two third-graders rescued a woman who fell into an ice hole. When she was already saying goodbye to life, two boys passed by the pond, returning from school. A 55-year-old resident of the village of Mukhtolova, Ardatovsky district, went to the pond to draw water from the Epiphany hole. The ice hole was already covered with ice, the woman slipped and lost her balance. In heavy winter clothes, she found herself in icy water. Clinging to the edge of the ice, the unfortunate woman began to call for help.

Fortunately, at that moment, two friends Maxim and Georgiy, who were returning from school, were passing by the pond. Noticing the woman, they, without wasting a second, rushed to help. Having reached the hole, the boys took the woman by both hands and pulled her out onto the hard ice. The guys accompanied her to the house, not forgetting to grab a bucket and a sled. Arriving doctors examined the woman, provided assistance, she did not need hospitalization.

Of course, such a shock did not pass without a trace, but the woman does not get tired of thanking the guys for staying alive. She gave her rescuers soccer balls and cell phones.

Vanya Makarov

Vanya Makarov from Ivdel is now eight years old. A year ago, he rescued his classmate from the river, who fell through the ice. Looking at this little boy - a little over a meter tall and weighing only 22 kilograms - it's hard to imagine how he alone could pull the girl out of the water. Vanya grew up in an orphanage with his sister. But two years ago he got into the family of Nadezhda Novikova (and the woman already had four of her children). In the future, Vanya plans to go to study at a cadet school in order to become a lifeguard later.

Kobychev Maxim

A fire broke out in a private residential building in the village of Zelveno, Amur Region, late in the evening. Neighbors discovered the fire very late, when thick smoke poured from the windows of the burning house. Reporting about the fire, the residents began to extinguish the flames by flooding it with water. By that time things and the walls of the building were burning in the rooms. Among those who ran to help was 14-year-old Maxim Kobychev. Having learned that there were people in the house, he, not at a loss in a difficult situation, entered the house and dragged a disabled woman born in 1929 into the fresh air. Then, risking his own life, he returned to the burning building and carried out a man born in 1972.

Kirill Daineko and Sergey Skripnik

In the Chelyabinsk region, two friends of 12 years showed real courage, saving their teachers from the destruction caused by the fall of the Chelyabinsk meteorite.

Kirill Daineko and Sergei Skrypnik heard their teacher Natalya Ivanovna calling for help from the dining room, unable to knock down the massive doors. The children rushed to save the teacher. First, they ran into the duty room, grabbed a reinforcing bar that came under their arm and knocked out the window into the dining room with them. Then, through the window opening, the teacher, wounded by glass fragments, was transferred to the street. After that, the schoolchildren discovered that another woman needed help - a kitchen worker, who was filled up with utensils that collapsed from the impact of the blast wave. Having quickly sorted out the blockage, the boys called for help from adults.

Lida Ponomareva

The medal "For Saving the Perishing" will be awarded to the sixth grade student of the Ustvash secondary school of the Leshukonsky district (Arkhangelsk region) Lidia Ponomareva. The corresponding Decree was signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the press service of the regional government reports.

In July 2013, a 12-year-old girl saved two seven-year-old children. Lida, ahead of the adults, jumped into the river, first after the drowning boy, and then helped the girl to swim out, who was also carried away by the current far from the shore. One of the guys on land managed to throw a life jacket to the drowning child, for which Lida pulled the girl to the shore.

Lida Ponomareva, the only one of the surrounding children and adults who found themselves at the scene of the tragedy, without hesitation, rushed into the river. The girl risked her own life doubly, because her injured arm was very sore. When the next day after saving the children, the mother and daughter went to the hospital, it turned out that it was a fracture.

Admiring the courage and courage of the girl, the governor of the Arkhangelsk region, Igor Orlov, personally thanked Lida for her brave act over the phone.

At the suggestion of the governor, Lida Ponomareva was presented for a state award.

Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov

During the terrible fires in Khakassia, schoolchildren saved three people.

On that day, the girl happened to be near the house of her first teacher. She came to visit a friend who lived next door.

I hear someone screaming, she said to Nina: “I’ll come now,” Alina says about that day. - I see through the window that Polina Ivanovna is shouting: “Help!”. While Alina was saving a school teacher, her house, in which the girl lives with her grandmother and older brother, burned to the ground.

On April 12, in the same village of Kozhukhovo, Tatyana Fedorova, together with her 14-year-old son Denis, came to visit their grandmother. Holiday anyway. As soon as the whole family sat down at the table, a neighbor ran up and, pointing to the mountain, called to put out the fire.

We ran up to the fire, started putting it out with rags, - says Rufina Shaimardanova, Denis Fedorov's aunt. - When most of them were extinguished, a very sharp, strong wind blew, and the fire went towards us. We ran to the village, ran into the nearest buildings to hide from the smoke. Then we hear - the fence is cracking, everything is on fire! I could not find the door, my thin brother darted through the crack, and then came back for me. And together we can't find a way out! Smokey, scary! And then Denis opened the door, grabbed my hand and pulled me out, then my brother. I have a panic, my brother has a panic. And Denis reassures: "Calm down Rufa." When we walked, nothing was visible at all, the lenses in my eyes melted from the high temperature ...

This is how a 14-year-old schoolboy saved two people. He not only helped to get out of the house on fire, but also brought him to a safe place.

Head of the EMERCOM of Russia Vladimir Puchkov presented departmental awards to firefighters and residents of Khakassia, who distinguished themselves in the elimination of massive fires, in the fire station No. 3 of the Abakan garrison of the EMERCOM of Russia. The list of award recipients includes 19 firefighters from the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Russia, firefighters from Khakassia, volunteers and two schoolchildren from the Ordzhonikidzevsky district - Alina Gusakova and Denis Fedorov.

Yulia Korol

13-year-old Julia Korol, an orphan, whose entire wealth lies in her grandmother and brother. She, after the wreck of the canoe, despite the lack of a life jacket, was able to swim out ...

With difficulty, she got up and went for help. At first she held her brother's hand, but her hands unclenched.

She thought he drowned. Near the shore I saw a teenager in the water. He turned out to be dead. For four hours she walked to the nearest village, fell into the river once and swam again. I asked for help from local residents, who began to call the Ministry of Emergency Situations and ran to the shore to save the children ...

She took part in the rescue operation and personally got children out of the water, including those already dead. The instructor tried to save the children, but he almost drowned himself, and she saved the instructor as well. She is 13 years old.

Yulin's brother survived...

Yesterday, Yulia was awarded the departmental medal "For saving those who perish on the waters."

This is only a small part of the stories about brave children and their unchildish deeds. One post will not be able to contain stories about all the heroes. Not everyone is awarded medals, but this does not make their deed less significant. The most important reward is the gratitude of those whose lives they saved.

In early October, in Sarapul, a sophomore of the local technical school of mechanical engineering, 18-year-old Vladislav Mineev, saved three people from a fire. A young man was washing a moped in the yard of his house and saw smoke coming out of the neighbors' veranda. Calling firefighters, Vladislav went inside the veranda and heard the children's crying and the cries of his mother. Then the young man knocked out the door, picked up a 6-year-old boy (mother ...

On April 27, at four in the morning, Albert Krasnykh was returning from a business trip to Moscow. The road to Gryazi's hometown lay through Lipetsk. At the exit, Albert saw a burning house. “A taxi driver stopped with me. He ran to the neighbors. And I decided to check the house. At first I thought the house was empty. Probably, so did those who passed by. Broke glass. Apparently...

A resident of Yoshkar-Ola, 30-year-old Anton Vokhmintsev drove the priest to the church in Semenovka and on the way saved 4-year-old Danil from a burning house. The fire in the house of the village of Znamensky, where a husband and wife and two sons, 17 and 4 years old, lived, happened because of a cigarette that drunken parents did not put out. - I went to pick up my mother from work in the colony. AT…

Are heroic acts of people possible in our time? We know a lot about the exploits of Soviet soldiers that were committed on the battlefield. Is there a place for selflessness at the present time? Indeed, today the crisis is raging, there is a constant increase in prices, and many do not have confidence in the future. But, despite all this, we can safely say that the heroic deeds of people in our time are possible. After all, there will always be a courageous person who, at the risk of his life, will do what he simply cannot help but do.

The concept of achievement

How to describe the heroic deeds of people in our time? An essay on this topic must begin with a definition of the concept of "feat". And for this it is worth referring to the dictionary of V. I. Dahl. The author explains the word "feat" as a glorious, important deed, a valiant deed or deed. What are the roots of this concept? The word "feat" comes from "move", "move", "give forward", "move". In turn, "move" means nothing more than to force or induce to do something. Such an explanation gives grounds to speak of a feat as an act associated with righteousness and spirituality, as well as with the high moral principles of the person who performed it.

And what about an act that is associated with material interest or self-interest? By its very definition, it does not fall under the category of a feat. After all, this selfless act is an important deed for people, committed without any selfish goal. No wonder someone who accomplishes a feat in Russia is called a hero.

Dahl's dictionary contains another interpretation of the word "feat". This is "hard and selfless work, an important undertaking, a deed." These are labor feats. Today in Russia they are associated with scientific discoveries, with the release of products, with the production of performances or the creation of films that do not leave the audience indifferent.

Russia's highest government award

During the existence of the USSR, for the accomplishment of military and labor feats, they were awarded a title and a medal, which was called the "Gold Star". However, other times have come. The Soviet Union was gone, and the old awards were replaced by others. On March 20, 1992, the Russian government established a new title - Hero of the Russian Federation, which corresponds to the award - the Gold Star medal. The material for the manufacture of the latter is gold.

This medal is made in the form of a five-pointed star. On its back there is an inscription - "Hero of Russia". The ribbon for the medal is in the colors of the national flag. This award is presented personally by the president and only once.

The first heroes of the Russian Federation

Sometimes selfless deeds are unknown to wide circles of citizens. And this often distinguishes the heroic deeds of people in our time. The newly established award was presented for the first time in 1992. There were two heroes. However, one of them received a high rank and a medal posthumously.

Award No. 1 was received by Krikalev S.K., who spent a long time on the Mir space orbital station. In those years it was a real record.

The award, which has number two, was presented to Major General Oskanov S.O. On February 7, 1992, he performed a training flight, which had to be made in difficult weather conditions. At this time, the auto-horizon of the MIG-29 aircraft piloted by him failed. Poor visibility caused the pilot to lose spatial orientation. Leaving the cloud zone, Oskanov suddenly saw an approaching settlement. It was the village of Khvorostyanki, located in the Dobrinsky district of the Lipetsk region. At the cost of his life, the major general prevented the plane from falling on residential buildings.

What is the high award for?

People who have committed heroic deeds in our time are certainly marked by the state. And today there are quite a lot of them. According to official figures, about a thousand Gold Star medals have already been awarded for the exploits of people today.

Most of these heroes received their award for military merit. Among them were about a hundred participants in the war with Nazi Germany, who had not been awarded a high rank in previous years. Unfortunately, almost all of them received their medal posthumously.

The exploits of the heroes of Russia in our days for the fighting in Chechnya were also highly appreciated. Their number was almost five hundred people.

In addition, the title of Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to the military and intelligence officers who performed feats outside the combat zone. In the list of awardees, you can also find citizens of the country working as testers, rescuers, astronauts, etc.

Military awards

The heroic deeds of people in our time, as in previous years, are often committed while serving in the army. Feats in the life of the military are far from uncommon, because almost every medal awarded is an award for military operations. Often she finds her hero posthumously.

We list some of the military who received the highest state award:

Vorobyov Dmitry. He received his award in 2000 at the age of 25. It was awarded for an operation on the territory of Chechnya.
Tibekin Oleg. He received the award posthumously. In 2000, Oleg allowed his colleagues to retreat near Grozny, but he himself was shot at close range.
Padalka Valentine. The award was presented to him in 1994. In Rostov, Valentin was at the controls of a helicopter that the terrorists demanded in exchange for the lives of the schoolchildren they had captured. Thanks to the ingenuity of the guy, all the children survived.

The list of military personnel who received a high rank could be continued for a very long time. After all, brave-hearted heroes perform the feats of our days in any extreme situation in order to save the lives of others.

Recent awards

For the Syrian campaign, by presidential decree, six military personnel were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Among them:

- Alexander Dvornikov. As chief of staff, he commanded troops during the fighting in Syria.

-Vadim Baikulov- military spy.

- Viktor Romanov- senior test navigator.

- Andrey Dyachenko- Deputy commander of the 47th squadron, which is part of the Sixth Air Force Army.

Two servicemen received a high state award posthumously. It:

- Oleg Peshkov- lieutenant colonel, commander of the Su-24M crew, who died on 11/24/2015 during the shelling of the aircraft by the Turkish Air Force.

- Alexander Prokhorenko, who was surrounded by militants in the province of Homs and caused fire.

Award to civilians

The heroic deeds of people in our time are highly valued by the state. See the photo of the presentation of the highest state award to civilians below. It vividly confirms that the Gold Star medal these days can be received not only by military personnel. It can also be awarded to an ordinary person (there are more than a hundred of them today).

Nurdin Usamov became the first civilian to receive the country's highest award. During the war in Chechnya, he examined energy facilities in the republic. And all the work was carried out at the risk of his life. And already from the moment of the liberation of certain regions of Chechnya, he began to organize work to restore the entire energy complex of the republic. Nurdin Usamov was not frightened by the constant threats of militants who fired on and mined objects.

The exploits of heroes in our days are also performed by women. A vivid example of this is Nina Vladimirovna Brusnikina. Working in the Gryazovetsky district of the Vologda region, on April 26, 2006, she noticed a flame escaping from dry grass fodder located on the territory of a livestock complex. The woman took all possible measures to ensure that the fire did not spread to the facilities of the breeding farm. Subsequently, the firefighters who arrived at the scene of the fire confirmed that without the selfless actions of Nina Vladimirovna, it would hardly have been possible to save the complex. That is why on October 5, 2006 Brusnikina N.V. was awarded the Gold Star medal with the title of Hero of Russia.

People who were awarded the highest awards of the two countries

The 90s of the last century are characterized by the collapse of the USSR and the emergence of the Russian Federation. At the intersection of the existence of these countries, some people received a double reward.

They were awarded the title of Hero of the USSR and Hero of the Russian Federation. There are only four such citizens. Among them:

Konstantinovich. This is a famous astronaut with a large number of professional awards. He became a Hero of the USSR in 1989. At the same time, he was awarded the Gold Star medal. In 1992, S.K. Krikalev received the first such award of the Russian Federation.
Vladimirovich. Despite his medical education, he received the highest state award as an astronaut. In 1989, Polyakov was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, and in 1995, after completing a record space flight lasting 437 days, he was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation.
Maidanov Nikolay Savinovich. This courageous man was a helicopter pilot. He received the highest award of the USSR in 1988 for military merit. The title Hero of the Russian Federation was awarded to Maidanov in 2000 posthumously.
Nikolaevich. This is a scientist and famous polar explorer, who was also engaged in political activities for some period of time. The title of Hero of the Soviet Union was awarded to Chilingarov after completing the most difficult government task. In 2008 he was awarded the second highest award. The scientist received the title of Hero of the Russian Federation after the completion of a deep-sea expedition.

All these people are brave and courageous citizens of their country. The heroic deeds of people in our time, Russia, as in former times, appreciates very highly. After all, all the feats were performed in extreme conditions, where it was necessary to show special resourcefulness and ingenuity.

It is worth saying that all the Heroes of Russia are extraordinary people. Often they rightfully deserve other high state awards. Thus, the world-famous gunsmith-designer M. T. Kalashnikov was not only a Hero of Russia, but was twice awarded the Hero of Socialist Labor. V. Beiskbaev - a veteran of the Great Patriotic War, as well as cosmonauts T. A. Musabaev and Yu. I. Malenchenko, are not only Heroes of the Russian Federation, but also Heroes of Kazakhstan. V. A. Wolf - Sergeant of the Airborne Forces, winner of the Hero of Russia and Hero of Abkhazia awards. S. Sh. Sharipov is a cosmonaut who is both a Hero of the Russian Federation and a Hero of Kyrgyzstan.

Heroic deeds of ordinary people

In 1997, the highest award of our country was first presented to a girl - Marina Plotnikova (posthumously). She accomplished her feat in July 1991 in the Tomalinsky district of the Penza region. Marina, along with her two younger sisters, swam in the Khoper River. They were joined by a friend - Natasha Vorobyova, who soon fell into a whirlpool and began to sink. Marina saved her. However, at this time, her younger sisters got into the whirlpool. The courageous girl was able to save them too, but she herself was exhausted and, unfortunately, died.

And even if not all the exploits of ordinary people today are evaluated by the award of the Hero of Russia. But, nevertheless, these citizens of our country can be considered as such. And despite the fact that the exploits of ordinary people today are sometimes hardly noticeable, they will forever remain in the grateful hearts of people.

The heroic deed of seventy-nine-year-old Elena Golubeva is worthy of respect and admiration. She was the first to rush to help people injured during the crash of the Nevsky Express. The elderly woman brought them clothes and her blankets.

The real heroes of the city of Iskitim (Novosibirsk region) were two students of the local assembly technical school. They, 17-year-old Nikita Miller and 20-year-old Vlad Volkov, were rounded up by a raider who tried to rob a food stall.

Alexey Peregudov, a priest from the Chelyabinsk region, did not lose his head in a difficult situation. He had to save the life of the groom right at the wedding. The guy lost consciousness during the wedding. Priest Peregudov, having examined the lying man, suggested that he had a cardiac arrest. Immediately the priest began to provide first aid. After performing an indirect heart massage, which Peregudov had previously seen only on TV, the groom came to his senses.

In Mordovia, Marat Zinatullin performed a heroic deed. This veteran of the war in Chechnya saved an elderly man by pulling him out of a burning apartment. Seeing the flame, Marat climbed onto the roof of a barn located next to the house, and from there he was able to get to the balcony. Zinatullin broke the glass and got into the apartment, where a 70-year-old pensioner, poisoned by smoke, was lying on the floor. Marat was able to open the front door and carry the victim to the entrance.

On November 30, 2013, a fisherman fell through the ice at Chernoistochinsky Pond. The worker of housing and communal services Rais Salakhutdinov came to the aid of the man. He also fished on this pond and was the first to hear the cry for help.

Courageous deeds of children

What is it, a feat in our days? An essay on this topic can highlight various situations. And among them, the courageous deeds of young citizens of our country stand out. Who are they, children - the heroes of our time? The feats of our day are performed by ordinary schoolchildren, whose courage in extreme situations causes deep respect.

For example, the youngest hero in our country is Zhenya Tabakov. At the time of the feat, he was a student of the second grade. The Order of Courage, which Zhenya was awarded, was presented to his mother. The boy received it posthumously for protecting his sister from a criminal. Under the guise of a postman, he entered the apartment and began to demand money from the children. Grabbing his sister, the criminal ordered the boy to bring everything of value that was in the apartment. Zhenya tried to protect himself and the girl by hitting the criminal with a table knife. However, the weak hand of a second grader could not harm a grown man. An enraged criminal, previously convicted of robbery and murder, inflicted eight stab wounds on Zhenya, from which the boy died the same day in the hospital.

Schoolchildren from the village of Ilyinka, located in the Tula region, Nikita Sabitov, Andrey Ibronov, Artem Voronin, Vladislav Kozyrev and Andrey Nadruz are also real heroes. The boys pulled 78-year-old pensioner Valentina Nikitina out of the well.

And in the Krasnodar Territory, schoolchildren Mikhail Serdyuk and Roman Vitkov managed to save an elderly woman who could not get out of a burning house. At the time when the boys saw the fire, the flames engulfed almost the entire veranda. Schoolchildren took an ax and a sledgehammer from the shed and broke the glass. Roman climbed into the window and, having broken down the doors, carried the woman out into the street.

And this is not all the children-heroes of our time. The feats of our days are performed by young citizens of the country, having a noble heart and a strong character.

Work for courageous people

Emergencies and serious fires often occur in the country. And so the exploits of the Ministry of Emergency Situations in our days are not uncommon. Rescuers have to act in the most difficult situations, showing courage and ingenuity. And always employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations prove their high professionalism, sometimes coming to the aid of people in difficult situations.

The exploits of firefighters today can be described for a long time. And some of them are done outside of work. For example, the senior lieutenant of the fire service from Samara, Alexander Mordvov, saw flames in the house opposite at six in the morning. The fire engulfed the five-story Khrushchev building, spreading from a pile of garbage left under the balcony of the first floor. Alexander, wearing a sports suit, rushed to help the firefighters who had already arrived at the scene. The senior lieutenant managed to bring a woman who was choking from burning into the street, but could not enter the entrance again because of the dense smoke. Alexander "borrowed" a special jacket from the fire brigade, ran into the house and carried three children and nine adults out of the burning apartments in turn. Later, at the request of the victims of the fire, the rescuer in a training suit was awarded the medal "For Merit to Samara".

The exploits of firefighters today help save the lives of not only people. Sometimes the Ministry of Emergency Situations has to rescue animals. So, once the duty officer of the Ufa search and rescue squad received a call that inhuman screams were heard from the ventilation pipe of one of the city houses. These sounds terrified the residents of nearby apartments for two days. Rescuer Alexander Permyakov found an ordinary puppy that fell into a ventilation shaft and could not get out. Getting a dog was not easy. The narrow shaft made it impossible to bend or turn around. However, Alexander managed to grab the prisoner by the tip of the tail and pulled him out.

Life often brings people into emergency situations. And the employees of the Ministry of Emergency Situations are always in a hurry to help them. So, nothing foreshadowed trouble on a typical June day in Saratov. But a sudden downpour flooded the city. Many streets were under water, including St. Tankers. On it, right in the middle of the roadway, the bus of the ninetieth route stalled. Rescuers went to help passengers in trouble. The driver Konstantin Lukyanov, who transported the brigade, parked the car of the Ministry of Emergency Situations near the scene and waited for his comrades. Suddenly, he saw a multi-ton truck, which, having lost control, rushed to the bus stop. A few more moments, and the car would have crashed into people on the sidewalk. The decision was made instantly. Lukyanov took the hit himself, driving onto the roadway in front of the truck. Thanks to the selfless actions of this courageous man, the people who were at the bus stop remained alive.

The exploits of the heroes of our days are numerous. We should always remember the people who risk their lives to save the lives of others. The strength of their spirit should also inspire us to good deeds.