At a reception in the Hall of the Order of St. George in the Grand Kremlin Palace. Leonid Brezhnev , President of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet announced the Decree of the Presidium on awarding Valery Bykovsky and Valentina Tereshkova the titles of Hero of the Soviet union, and Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR. They received the Order of Lenin and Gold Star medal and badge of Pilot Cosmonaut of the USSR. Supplied By: SCRSS - Society for Co-operation in Russian & Soviet Studies