Vitaly Ignatenko

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Soviet journalist

JournalistsBorn 1941 · age 85

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Fame49.9

Momentum15.0

Languages8

In century#60,313

Also inDeutsch

Photos 12

Awards 37

2026Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation

2001Order of Labour, 1st class

2001Silver Olympic Order

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class

Order of Friendship of Peoples

Medal "In Commemoration of the 1000th Anniversary of Kazan"

Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"

Order of Alexander Nevsky

Lenin Prize

Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow 2nd class

Defence Ministry's 200 year medal

medal "for 20 years of Kazakhstan's independence"

Friendship Order

Dank Medal

Order of the cavalier of Madara

Order of Honor

Medal of Francysk Skaryna

State Prize of the Russian Federation

Government Prize of the Russian Federation

Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Honour

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class

Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class

Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

Order of Diplomatic Service Merit

Mkhitar Gosh Medal

Honored Journalist of the Russian Federation

Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of mass media

Russian Federation's Government Award

Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude

Russian Federation Government Certificate of Honour

Commendation of the Government of Russia

Order of Holy Prince Daniel of Moscow

Hero of Labour of Krasnodar Krai

Order of Labour

Merited worker of culture of the Russian Federation

Connected to Vitaly 6

Svetoslav RoerichAlso won Order of the cavalier of Madara

Yevgeniy ChazovAlso won Order of Labour

Boris KorchevnikovAlso won Government Prize of the Russian Federation

Vladimir YakuninAlso won Friendship Order

Ivan KolesnikovAlso won Russian Federation's Government Award

Yuri PolyakovAlso won Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in the field of mass media

About this person

Vitaly Nikitich Ignatenko is a Russian journalist and politician who had been the head of ITAR-TASS news agency from 1993 until 2012 and had served in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin from 1995 to 1997 as deputy prime minister. He has also been a member of different journalism organizations and foundations promoting the Russian language and Russian-speaking press.