About Galina Vishnevskaya
Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.
Awards:
Merited Artist of the RSFSR|People's Artist of the RSFSR|Order of Lenin|People's Artist of the USSR|Medal "Veteran of Labour"|Ordre des Arts et des Lettres|Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"|Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"|Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"|Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"|Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"|Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"|Order of the Holy Princess Olga|Commander of the Legion of Honour|Officer of Arts and Letters|Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class|Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class|Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class|Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class|Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude|Government Prize in Culture|Government Prize of the Russian Federation|Q80796649|honorary doctor of Brandeis University
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