Viktor Chernomyrdin (1999), for his contribution to the development of oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan, Gazprom Pyotr Klimuk (1995), former cosmonaut Yuri Koptev, commander of Russian Space Forces Ondasyn Orazalin (2014), Deputy Chief of Staff of Kazakhstan Valeri Polyakov (1999), former cosmonaut Emomali Rahmon (2018), President of Tajikistan[3] Roza Rymbayeva (2000), Soviet and Kazakh singer Yesken Sergebayev (2008), sculptor Umut Shayakhmetova[4] (2011), financier Umirzak Shukeyev (1998), Deputy Prime Minister in the Government of Kazakhstan Kuman Tastanbekov (2016), Kazakh actor during the Soviet period Kassym-Jomart Tokayev (1996) President of Kazakhstan Alla Vazhenina, Russian weightlifter competing for Kazakhstan