Overview
- The Kremlin announced the ceremony will take place in the Georgievsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow.
- More than 200 military and civilian invitees are expected, including Heroes of the Soviet Union, Heroes of the Russian Federation, cavaliers of the Order of St. George, and recipients of three or more Orders of Courage.
- The Day of Heroes of the Fatherland is marked each year on December 9 under a 2007 federal law establishing the commemorative date.
- The current format of a presidential honoring ceremony was renewed by instruction in 2013, restoring a state tradition of public recognition.
- Since 1992, more than 1,200 people have been named Heroes of the Russian Federation, though the exact total is unclear because some award decrees are classified.