Talk:Hero of the Russian Federation

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[edit] Medal Photo

Let's keep it. Raul654, who is the main one who decides on Featured Articles, requested me to provide photos of the medals instead of drawings in the future. I mainly drew them out of copyright issues. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 20:11, 21 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] List of Heroes

Just like with List of heroes of Ukraine, we can create the full list of heroes there. The main article could be just used for heroes that have articles. Zscout370 (Sound Off) 07:41, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Ukrainian cosmonauts

What's the deal with "Ukrainian" cosmonauts. They are ethnic Ukrainians, no doubt, but they are not "Ukrainian cosmonauts", I think. It's like calling Gogol a Ukrainian writer or Sikorsky (born in Kiev) a Ukrainian Engineer. Besides, why are they in the short list of the most notable recipients out of 700+ people? --Irpen 04:39, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

We have artilces on them. I try to have less "red links" as possible, and if we want to make a full list of Heroes of the RF, then we can do that. But as for the Ukrainian bit, they were marked that way because that was where they were born. If you feel this is not right, I will change it. Zach (Sound Off) 05:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Thanks! Yes, I think just "cosmonaut" is better in this context. Cheers, --Irpen 05:53, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Your quite welcome. Zach (Sound Off) 05:55, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I just checked Leroy Chiao. He is listed as an American Astronaut, not a Chinese one. This is a very close analogy. Cheers, --Irpen 19:27, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

I see where you are coming from. While he was born in China, he did his astronaut service for the US. In the Ukrainian situation, while that is their heritage/nationality, they performed their services for the Russian Federation, so that is why they received the title of hero from Russia, not the Ukraine. Zach (Sound Off) 22:57, 22 September 2005 (UTC)