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    Moscow Times, Wednesday, October 10, 2007. Issue 3761. Page 4.

    Putin Awards Shepherd a Hero of Russia Medal

    By Anna Smolchenko

    Staff Writer

    President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday bestowed the country's highest honor on a shepherd who saved 500 sheep from armed marauders and wildfires.

    Babu-Dorzho Mikhailov became the first shepherd ever to receive the Hero of Russia medal, which Putin presented to him in the Kremlin's ornate Yekaterininsky Hall, outshining dozens of artists, doctors and scientists who received lesser state honors.

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    http://www.themoscowtimes.com/stories/2007/10/10/016.html

    You need a (paying) subscription -- which I don't have -- to access the whole thing. Nothing free in today's Russia? Anyone . . . ????

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    I gather there is now a one-size-fits-all (-or-not) single hero star, combining the old separate stars?

    Dear Ed,

    HSU & HSL = HRF :D

    I was not possible to keep a HSL in the RF, because the Russian economy is "officially" non-socialistic and a "Hero of Russian Labour" would sound a bit queer - like GULag-Hero :P .

    Best regards :beer:

    Christian

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