Over his career Kirpichenko received many awards and decorations.[1] He held eight Soviet and Russian orders, including the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Fourth Class, the Orders of Lenin, October Revolution, Red Star, Patriotic War First Class, and the Badge of Honour.[2] He was twice awarded the Order of the Red Banner.[2] He received the badges "Honorary State Security Officer" and "For Service in Intelligence", and had received honours from eight foreign governments, including Vietnam, Peru, Mongolia, the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, the German Democratic Republic and Afghanistan.[1][2] He was awarded the Prize of the Foreign Intelligence Service of Russia [ru] in the field of literature and art.[12] He was also an Honorary Citizen of Kursk.[12] In total he had 54 awards.[1]