Editing Valeri Polyakov (section)

==Honours and awards==
* [[Hero of the Russian Federation]]<ref name=hero>{{cite web
  | script-title = ru:Поляков Валерий Владимирович
  | publisher = Warheroes.ru
  | url = http://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=871
  | access-date = 23 March 2021
| language = ru
  | archive-date = 8 March 2021
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210308073127/http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=871
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref>
* [[Hero of the Soviet Union]]<ref name=hero/>
* [[Hero of the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan]]<ref name="Симонов А">{{cite web|author=[[:ru:Симонов, Андрей Анатольевич|Симонов А.]]|url=http://www.warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=871|title=Поляков Валерий Владимирович|publisher=[[Герои страны]]|date=|accessdate=14 October 2019|archive-date=26 December 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051226041300/http://warheroes.ru/hero/hero.asp?Hero_id=871|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] (France)<ref name=nmmuseum/>
* [[Order of Lenin]]<ref name=nmmuseum/>
* [[Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR]]<ref name=nmmuseum/>
* Prince of Asturias Award (now renamed [[Princess of Asturias Awards]], Spain)<ref>{{cite web |title=1999 PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION |url=https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1999-pedro-duque-john-glenn-chiaki-mukai-and-valery-polyakov.html?especifica=0 |publisher=The Princess of Asturias Foundation |access-date=23 March 2021 |archive-date=19 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210619022956/https://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/1999-pedro-duque-john-glenn-chiaki-mukai-and-valery-polyakov.html?especifica=0 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Order of Parasat]] (Kazakhstan)<ref name=nmmuseum/>
* Order of The Saur Revolution (Afghanistan)<ref name="Симонов А"/>
* Order of the Sun of Freedom (Afghanistan)<ref name="Симонов А"/>