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161:Герой на Народна република България
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134:People's Honorary Title
193:General Ivan Mihajlov
304:Nikolai Rukavishnikov
418:(Politician) 1989,
344:Elisaveta Bagriana
238:(Politician) 1972,
214:(Politician) 1968,
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175:Notable recipients
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392:(Cosmonaut) 1988,
379:(Cosmonaut) 1988,
326:(Cosmonaut) 1979,
317:Aleksei Yeliseyev
313:(Cosmonaut) 1979,
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