Awards and honors

Mikhail Gorbachev's Decorations

State decorations of the USSR

Order of the Red Banner of Labor (1949),
Three orders of Lenin
Order of October Revolution (1987),
Order "Badge of Honor" (1967)
medals and institutional awards of the USSR СССР

International state decorations

Polish Sejm Silver Medal for outstanding contribution to international cooperation, friendship and interaction between Poland and the USSR (Poland, June 1988)
St. Agatha Grand Cross (San Marino, 1994)
Grand Cross of Freedom (Portugal, 1995)
Grand Cross, special class of the Order of Merit (Germany, November 1999)
Order of the White Lion with a ribbon (Czech Republic, 1999)
Order of Christopher Columbus with Grand Gold Cross (the Dominican Republic, July 2001)

International and national awards:

Nobel Peace Prize (October 15, 1990)
1987 Indira Gandhi Award (conferred on November 19, 1988, India)
Golden Dove of Peace for contribution to peace and disarmament (the pacifist organization Italian Center of Documentation on Disarmament and the National League of Cooperatives, Rome, November 1989)
Albert Einstein Award for contribution to peace and mutual understanding among peoples (Washington, D.C., June 1990)
Historic Leader Award by the US influential religious organization, Appeal of Conscience Foundation (Washington, D.C., June 1990)
1991 Martin Luther King International Peace Award "For a Non-Violent World" for contribution to world peace and human rights (Washington, D.C., June 1990)
Fiuggi International Award (Fiuggi Foundation of Italy); as "a personality whose political and public activity sets an outstanding example of work to promote human rights" (Italy, 1990)
Albert Schweitzer Award, Hugh O'Brian Youth Foundation (USA, 1992)
Benjamin M. Cardoso Award "For Democracy" (Yeshiva University of New York, USA, 1992)
Sir Winston Churchill Award to recognize contribution to peace in the Middle East (UK, 1993)
La Pleiade Award (Piacenza, Italy, 1993)
International Journalist and Literary Award (Modena, Italy, 1993)
Hero of the Year Award by the Association of Small and Medium Businesses of Bologna (Bologna, Italy, 1993)
Golden Pegasus International Award (Toscana, Italy, 1994)
University of Genoa Award (Italy, 1995)
King David Award (USA, 1997)
Enron Award by the Baker Institute for outstanding service to society (Houston, USA, 1997)
Wecha Award by "Politika" weekly (Poland, 1997)
Budapest Club Award (Frankfurt, Germany, 1997)
Komet Award (Germany, 1998)
International Women's Zionist Organization (Miami, USA, 1998)
National Liberty Award for effort against oppression (Memphis, USA, 1998)
Terracina City Award (Institute of Russian Language and Culture, Terracina, Italy, 1999)
Reconciliation National Award (Friends for Reconciliation, Italy, 1999)
Giorgio La Pira Award for Culture and Peace (Italy, 1999)
Ritualis Award (Italy, 1999)
Marsala Association for Cultural Studies “Piano Friends” Award (Marsala, Italy, 1999)
Russian National Olympus award with the highest public title "The Era Man" granted (2000)
Aleksandr Men’ Award (2000)
St Valentine’s Award (Italy, 2001)
Carlos V award (Yuste Monastery, Spain, June 3, 2002)
Steiermark for Humanism Award (Austria, 2003)
EUROPA TOUR Award (Bonn, Germany, 2003)
Civil Award for Peace-enforcement (San Diego, USA, 2004)
Global Leadership Award (USA, 2004)
BILD-OSGAR Award (Leipzig, Germany, 2005)
Radio Roegenbogen Award (Germany, 2005)
Checkpoint Alpha Award (Ehrfurt, Germany, 2005)
Augsburg Peace Prize (Augsburg, Germany, 2005)
Athenagoras Award (New York, USA, 2005)
Dr. Friedrich Josef Haas Award (Berlin, 2007)
"Prominence" Award (2008)
Moscow International European Award in the category "Politics and Civil Society" (2008)
Quadriga Award (Berlin, 2009)
Dresden Award (Germany, 2010)
ITA Publishers Golden Bridge Award (2010)

Awards from international and national public organizations

Memorial Golden Medal of Belgrade (Yugoslavia, March 1988)
Memorial Medal of Sorbonne (Paris, July 1989)
Memorial Medal of Rome Municipality (November 1999)
Vatican Memorial Medal (December 1, 1989)
Franklin D. Roosevelt Liberty Medal (Washington, D.C., June 1990)
Hero Star, Ben Gurion University (Israel, 1992)
Gold Medal, Prometheus National Technological University of Athens (Greece, 1993)
Gold Medal of Thessaloniki (Greece, 1993)
Philadelphia Council for World Problems, International Statesman Award (USA, 1993)
Gold Badge, University of Oviedo (Spain, 1994)
Simon Bolivar Grand Cross for Unity and Liberty, Latin American Unity Association in Korea (Korea, 1994)
Memorial Medal "Gate of Freedom" to commemorate the 10th anniversary of Jewish emigration from the former USSR (Israel Bonds Corporation, New York, 1998)
Induction into the International Academy of Achievement (2000)
Netania Academic College Award (Tel Aviv, Israel, 2003)
World Georgaphic Society awards (Barcelona, Spain, 2004)

Honorary academic degrees

Autonomous University of Madrid (Madrid, Spain, October 1990)
Complutence Unviersity (Madrid, Spain, 1990)
Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, Ph.D in political sciences (Moscow, 1991)
Stanford University (USA, 1992)
University of Buenos Aires (Argentina, 1992)
University of Cuyo (Mendoza, Argentina, 1992)
C. Mendes University (Brazil, 1992)
University of Chile (Chile, 1992)
University of Anahuac (Mexico, 1992)
Bar Illan University (Israel, 1992)
Ben Gurion University (Israel, 1992)
Emory University (Atlanta, USA, 1992)
University of VIrginia (USA, 1993)
Jepson School of Leadership Studies (Richmond, USA, 1993)
Pandyon University (Pyreus, Greece, 1993)
Institute of International Law and International Relations, Aristotelian University (Thessalonike, Greece, 1993)
School of Law, Aristotelian University (Thessaloniki, Greece, 1993)
University of Bristol (UK, 1993)
University of Calgary (Canada, 1993)
Carlton University (Canada, 1993)
Soka Gakkai International (President Ikeda) (Japan, 1993)
Kung Khi University (Korea, 1995)
University of Durnham (UK, 1995)
Modern University of Lisbon (Portugal, 1995)
Soka University (Japan, 1997)
University of Tromso (Norway, 1998)
Russian State Humanitarian University (Moscow, 2001)
Dubling Trinity College (Ireland, Dublin, 2002)
University of Sofia (Bulgaria, Sofia, 2002)
Brown University (Providence, USA, 2003)
Nihon University (Japan, 2003)
University of Las Vegas (USA, 2004)
Westphalian Wilhelms-University of Munster (Munster, Germany, 2005)
Bethany College (Lindsburg, USA, 2005)