List of awards and honours received by Viktor Yanukovych

This is a list of awards and honours received by Viktor Yanukovych, a Ukrainian political leader who was both Prime Minister of Ukraine (2002-2005, 2006-2007) and President of Ukraine (2010-2014).

Viktor Yanukovych in 2011

Awards

Ukraine

Award or decoration		Date
	Order of Merit (1st Class)	3 July 2002[1]
	Order of Merit (2nd Class)	3 July 2000[2]
	Order of Merit (3rd Class)	13 November 1998[3]
	Honored Transport Worker of Ukraine	18 October 1995[4]
	Honorary Diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine	2000
	Sign "Miner's Valor" (1st class) Sign "Miner's Valor" (2nd class) Sign "Miner's Valor" (3rd class)	2007[5]
	Miner's Glory Medal (1st class) Miner's Glory Medal (2nd class) Miner's Glory Medal (3rd class)	[6]

Foreign

Award or decoration		Country	Date
	Order of St. Mesrop Mashtots	Armenia	30 June 2011[7]
	Medal of Anania Shirakatsi	Armenia	2004
	Heydar Aliyev Order	Azerbaijan	November 2013[8]
	Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei	Brunei	March 2011[9]
	Order of José Martí	Cuba	22 October 2011[10]
	Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour	France	2010[11]
	Presidential Order of Excellence	Georgia	2013[12]
	Grand Cordon of Order of the Chrysanthemum	Japan	23 January 2011[13]
	Order of Friendship (1st class)	Kazakhstan	6 July 2010[14]
	Order of the Precious Wand	Mongolia	June 2011
	Order of Independence	Qatar	November 2012[15]
	Order of the Republic of Serbia (1st class)	Serbia	22 February 2013[16]
	Order of Ismoili Somoni	Tajikistan	15 December 2011[17]
	Order of Zayed	United Arab Emirates	November 2012[18]

Confessional

Award or decoration		Church	Date
	Order of Saint Vladimir (1st Class)	Russian Orthodox Church	2010[19]
	Order of Saint Vladimir (2nd Class)	Russian Orthodox Church	2004[20]
	Order of Saint Vladimir (3rd Class)	Russian Orthodox Church	1998
	Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow (1st class)	Russian Orthodox Church	2004[20]
	Order of St. Sergius of Radonezh (1st class)	Russian Orthodox Church	2004[21]
	Order "Distinction of the Primate of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church"	Ukrainian Orthodox Church	2010[22]
	Order of the Holy Monk Nestor the Chronicler	Ukrainian Orthodox Church	1998
	Order of the Holy Sepulchre	Church of the Holy Sepulchre	2011[23]

Sports organisations

• Olympic Order (2007)^[24]
• Gold medal of the International Ice Hockey Federation (2003)^[25]
• Badge of Honor of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (2005)^[26]
• Gold medal and diploma of Ukrainian Premier League (2008)^[27]

Honorary titles and honours

Doctorates

Title	Date
Honorary Doctorate from National University Odesa Law Academy	2007[28]
Honorary Doctorate from Donetsk National Technical University	[29]

Honorary Citizenships

Title	Country	Date
Honorary Citizen of Donetsk Oblast	Ukraine	2002[30]
Honorary Citizen of Myrnohrad	Ukraine	2006
Honorary Citizen of Yenakiieve	Ukraine	[31]

Other honors

• A square in the city in of Spitak, Armenia, was named in honor of Yanukovych in 2008.^[32]

• Yanukovych was recognised as 'Politician of the Year', by the magazine Vedomosti in 2010.^[33]