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.
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Awards & Honors
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"
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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
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honorary doctor of Brandeis University
