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The President of Russia Vladimir Putin awarded its first woman cosmonaut, Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on Federal structure and local self-government Valentina Tereshkova with the order “For merits before Fatherland” I degree. Tereshkova was awarded “for outstanding contribution to strengthening Russian statehood, development of parliamentarism and active law-making activity, reports RIA “Novosti” with reference to the corresponding decree of the President in the system of legal information.
We will remind, on March 6, Tereshkova is 80 years old.