Alisa Aksyonova

Alisa Ivanovna Aksyonova is a Soviet and Russian museum director who was the permanent director of the Vladimir-Suzdal Museum-Reserve between 1960 and 2010 and served as its director-general 2010 to 2013. She was vice-president of the Committee of Regional Museums between 1980 and 1988 and was the vice-president of the Russian Committee of the International Council of Museums from 1988 to 1996. Aksyonova served as a full-time Staff Cultural Advisor to Svetlana Orlova, the Governor of Vladimir Oblast, in January 2014. She has received multiple awards for her work such as the Order of the Badge of Honour; the Order of the Red Banner of Labour; the Order of Friendship of Peoples; the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"; the State Prize of the Russian Federation; the Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour; the Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation and the Order of Alexander Nevsky.