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Reinhold Glière (11 January 1875 – 23 June 1956) was a Russian and Soviet composer. His name has appeared in different forms, as Reingol'd Ernest Glier and later, for standardization purposes, converted into Reingol'd Moritzevich Glier. He is referred to in most Western reference works as Reinhold Moritzevich Glière, or simply as Reinhold Glière.
Lev Stepanovich Dyomin (11, 1926, in Moscow – December 18, 1998, in Zvyozdny Gorodok) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 15 spaceflight in 1974. This spaceflight was intended to dock with the space station Salyut 3, but the docking failed. Dyomin gained a doctoral degree in engineering from the Soviet Air Force Engineering Academy and the rank of Colonel in the Soviet Air Force. He only made a single spaceflight before resigning from the space programme in 1982 and taking up deep-sea research. His awards:
- Hero of the Soviet Union
- Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR
- Order of Lenin
- Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Medal "For Combat Merit"
- Medal "For the Development of Virgin Lands"
- Order of the Banner of the People's Republic of Bulgaria
Honours and awards of Reinhold Glière
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1905 - for the first sextet (nominated by Glazunov, Liadov, Balakirev)
1912 - for his symphonic poem "Siren"
1914 - for Third Symphony ("Ilya of Murom")
1937 - Order of the Red Banner of Labour - a musical drama "Gyulsary"
1938 - Order of the Badge of Honour
Three Orders of Lenin
1945 - "for outstanding achievements in the field of music and to honor the 70th anniversary of"
1950 - "for outstanding achievements in the field of music and to honor the 75th anniversary of"
1955 - "for outstanding achievements in the field of music and to honor the 80th anniversary of"
Three Stalin Prizes, first class
1946 - a concerto for coloratura soprano and orchestra
1948 - for the Fourth String Quartet.
1950 - for the ballet "The Bronze Horseman" (1949)
Twice Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1925 and 1927)
People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1934) - for "special services to workers and the development of the new Turkic musical culture," for his years of work on the creation of the opera "Shahsanam")
People's Artist of RSFSR (1935)
People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR (1937) - for creation of the musical drama "Gyulsary").
People's Artist of USSR (1938)