page_title: Lyudmila Zykina
section_title: Honours and awards
hierarchical_section_title: Lyudmila Zykina / Honours and awards
caption_attribution_description: English: Recipients of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called (the ongoing series, issue I). Lyudmila Zykina[1] (1929–2009), a Soviet and Russian singer, a performer of Russian folk songs and romances. There depicted the badge of the Order of St. Andrew on the left. The stamp of Russia, 15.00 Rubles, 1 September 2011, PTC Marka Catalogue No 1508, Michel No 1740. Coated paper. Offset printing, varnish coating. Perforation: comb 12×11½. Size of the stamp: 50×37 mm. Print run: 440,000. Русский: Кавалеры ордена Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного (начало продолжающейся серии). Л.Г. Зыкина[1] (1929–2009), советская и российская певица, исполнительница русских народных песен, романсов, эстрадных песен. Слева изображён знак ордена Святого апостола Андрея Первозванного. Почтовая марка России, 15,00 руб., 1 сентября 2011 г., Каталог ИТЦ Марка № 1508, Michel № 1740. Бумага мелованная. Офсетная печать, лакирование. Зубцовка – гребенчатая 12×11½. Размер марки − 50×37 мм. Тираж – 440&#160; 000.
context_page_description: Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina was a national folk singer of Russia.
  She was born in Moscow and joined the Pyatnitsky Choir in 1947. Her surname is derived from the Russian word for "loud". Beginning in 1960 she performed solo. She befriended Ekaterina Furtseva, the powerful Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union, and was reputed to be a favourite singer of Leonid Brezhnev. It is known she was a particular favourite of both Kim Il-song and his son Kim Jong-il, performing in Pyongyang six times at the invitation of the Kims. It was also reported that Kim Jong-il was so fond of Zykina that he invited her to Pyongyang in 2008 in hopes that her performance would help him recover from illness. Olga Voronets was considered Zykina's main rival.
  Among Zykina's many honors were the Lenin Prize and Order of Lenin as well as the titles of People's Artist of the USSR and Hero of Socialist Labour. According to Dmitri Shostakovich, Zykina was "more than a brilliant interpreter, she was a coauthor, co-creator of composers".
  Her signature songs include Techot Volga and Orenburgskii platok. The asteroid 4879 Zykina is named after her. Lyudmila Zykina died on 1 July 2009 after suffering a heart attack.
context_section_description: Hero of Socialist Labour, with the Order of Lenin and the "Hammer and Sickle" medal (4 September 4, 1987) – for great contribution to the development of Soviet musical art.
  Order of St. Andrew (12 June 2004) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national culture and music.
  Order of Merit for the Fatherland:
  1st class (10 June 2009) – for outstanding contribution to the development of national musical culture and long-term creative and social activities.
  2nd class (10 June 1999) – for outstanding achievements in the field of culture and great contributions to the development of a national songwriting.
  3rd class (25 March 1997) – for services to the state and the great personal contribution to the development of national musical art.
  Order of Lenin (8 June 1979)
  Order of the Badge of Honour (1967)
  Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (1995)
  Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow" (1997)
  Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin" (1970)
  Medal "Veteran of Labour"
  People's Artist of the USSR
  People's Artist of the RSFSR
  Honoured Artist of the RSFSR
  People's Artist of the Uzbek SSR
  Lenin Prize (1970)
caption: In 2011 Russia issued a stamp in her honour.
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