Moscow City Duma

Honorary Citizens of the City of Moscow

The title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow” was established in 1866, and in 1917 it was abolished by Decree of the Central Executive Committee and Council of People’s Commissars of RSFSR. This title was awarded to the citizens of Russia and other states for outstanding contributions into development of the city and special merits before the Moscow people. The names of the people who were awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow before 1917 are included into the Book of Honorary Citizens on its first pages.

	Prince Alexander Alexeevich SHCHERBATOV Moscow City Head	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For his very useful for the capital activity in the capacity of Moscow City Head”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of March 05, 1866, Moscow
	Osip Ivanovich KOMISSAROV Peasant	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “As a sign of the deepest respect to the compatriot who saved the precious life of Emperor Alexander II during an attempt on the life of Emperor by Dmitry Karakozov, a member of Moscow Populist Group of “ishutintsy”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of April 26, 1866, Moscow
	Gustavus Vasa FOX Extraordinary Ambassador of the North American United States, Admiral	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “In commemoration of arrival to Moscow on invitation from the city society of the delegation from the North American United States to congratulate Emperor Alexander II and all Russian people on throwing off the danger menacing His Majesty and to show the deepest respect of the city society to envoy Fox who headed this delegation”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of August 25, 1866, Moscow
	Prince Vladimir Andreevich DOLGORUKOV Moscow General-Governor	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “In connection with taking the position of General-Governor for ten years and also for his good-natured attitude and assistance thanks to which the Moscow City Department was able to achieve great success in city economy development”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of May 02, 1875, Moscow
	Nikolay Ivanovich PIROGOV Scientist, doctor, public figure, Corresponding Member of the Saint-Petersburg Academy of Sciences	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “In connection with fifty years of working for development of education, science and civic consciousness”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of May 12, 1881, Moscow
	Boris Nikolaevich CHICHERIN Doctor of the State Law, Moscow City Head	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For his efforts for the welfare of the Moscow city community in the capacity of the Moscow City Head”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of September 12, 1883, Moscow
	Pavel Mikhailovich TRETIAKOV Commerce Advisor, member of the Moscow Division of the Council for trade and Manufacturing; founder and first trustee of the Arts Gallery named after brothers P. and S. Tretiakovs.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For enormous merit before Moscow which he turned into the center of art education of Russia, who donated to the ancient capital his most precious collection of Russian art pictures”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of December 17, 1896, Moscow
	Alexander Alexeevich BAKHRUSHIN Manufacturer-Advisor, Glasy of the Moscow City Duma	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For establishment of numerous, outstandingly useful charity institutions in the city of Moscow”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of March 21, 1900, Moscow
	Vasily Alexeevich BAKHRUSHIN Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For many-year charity activities towards the most poor population of the city of Moscow” From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of March 21, 1900, Moscow
	Prince Vladimir Mikhailovich GOLITSYN Moscow City Head	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “For merits in management of the city in the capacity of the Moscow City Head and also for achievements in development of the public economy and charity institutions”. From Resolution of the Moscow City Duma of November 29, 1905, Moscow
	George BUCHANAN Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Great Britain at the Russian Emperor Court	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “In recognition of friendly feelings to the great and glorious British nation and on the day of deep respect to the guest who did much for making closer the Russian and British people”. From Resolution of the Emergency Meeting of the Moscow City Duma of May 12, 1916, Moscow
	Albert THOMAS Minister of Munitions of France	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow This title was awarded by the Moscow City Duma “As an expression of immense respect to the personality of Albert Thomas and the feelings of sympathy and admiration before heroic France, the ally and time-tested friend of Russia”. From Resolution of the Emergency Meeting of the Moscow City Duma of May 08, 1917, Moscow

By Law of the City of Moscow adopted on January 25, 1995 the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow” was reinstated. As before it is awarded by the Moscow City Duma.

The Honorary Citizen is awarded the Certificate of Honor, the testimonial document and the Sign on a dark-red ribbon. The names of Honorary Citizens and resolutions of the Moscow City Duma on awarding the title are included into the Book of Honorary Citizens of the City of Moscow. This Book is stored in the Moscow City Duma.

From 1997 the title “Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow” was awarded to 13 persons.

	ULANOVA Galina Sergeevna USSR People’s Artist, Ballet Master – Tutor, State Academic Bolshoi Theater of Russia.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 03, 1997.
	KRAUZE Gennady Leonidovich Hero of Socialist Labor, Honored Worker of Transport of the Russian federation, General Director of Joint Stock Company “First Avtokombinat”.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 03, 1997.
	SVIRIDOV Georgy Vasilievich USSR People’s Artist, composer.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 03, 1997.
	SHUMAKOV Valery Ivanovich Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Medicine, Director of the Research Institute for Transplantology and Artificial Organs, the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 03, 1997.
	PARISTY Ivan Leontievich Honorary Doctor of the Academy of Transport, Honored Worker of Transport of the USSR, Chief of the Moscow Railroad.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 17, 1997.
	RIDIGER Alexey Mikhailovich Patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy II.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 13, 2000.
	PAKHMUTOVA Alexandra Nikolaevna USSR People’s Artist, composer, Hero of Socialist Labor	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 13, 2000.
	POPKOV Vitaly Ivanovich Military Pilot, twice Hero of the Soviet Union, General-Lieutenant, retired.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on September 13, 2000.
	MILGRAM Leonid Isidorovich USSR People’s Teacher, Director of State General Educational Institution – Gymnasium No. 45.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on October 24, 2001.
	KOPELEV Vladimir Efimovich Honored Builder of the USSR and RSFSR, Honorary Builder of Russia, Honorary Builder of Moscow, triple Laureate of the State Prizes of the USSR and Russia, General Director of Open Joint Stock Company “House Building Complex No. 1”	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on June 08, 2005.
	SADOVNICHY Victor Antonovich Rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on January 23, 2008.
	KOBZON Iosif Davydovich USSR People’s Artist.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on March 11, 2009.
	DOLGIKH Vladimir Ivanovich Chairman of the Moscow City Council of Veterans of War, Labor, Armed Forces and Law-Enforcement Bodies; Chairman of the Public Council of the City of Moscow; member of the Public Council at the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on March 31, 2010.
	SLUKHAY Ivan Andreevich Chairman of the Moscow Public Organization of War Veterans (participants and disabled veterans of the Great Patriotic War - pensioners)	Honorary Citizen of the City of Moscow The title was awarded on November 30, 2016.

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