Lipetsk Regional Council to Consider Candidates of Three Heroes of Russia for Honorary Title

Vitaly Belikov, Evgeny Savvin and Yuri Shcherbakov can receive the title of “Honorary Citizen of the Lipetsk Region”. All three were awarded the title of Hero of Russia. Their candidatures were approved without objection at a meeting of the relevant committee of the regional Council of Deputies.

Now the issue will be submitted to the entire regional parliament. The final decision of the deputies is planned to take on November 5. According to the rules, the honorary title is awarded to no more than three residents of the region per year.

Vitaly Belikov is a retired senior lieutenant. He has been involved in a special military operation since February 2022. The officer received the medal “Golden Star” and the title of Hero of Russia in December 2023.

Yevgeny Savvin - Guards lieutenant colonel, deputy regiment commander and head of the airborne service of the 336th Marine Regiment of the 120th Guards Marine Division of the Baltic Fleet of the Main Command of the Russian Navy. Hero of Russia was awarded to him in 2025. In October 2026 Savvin also received the powers of a senator of the Russian Federation from the Legislative Assembly of the Lipetsk region.

Yuri Shcherbakov is a junior lieutenant, commander of the second howitzer platoon of the third howitzer artillery battery of the howitzer division of the 126th motorized rifle regiment of the 14th Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District. He received the title of Hero of Russia in 2023.