President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin awarded the title of "Honored Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation" to the professor of the Ural State Agrarian University (UrGAU) Boris Voronin. This was reported in the press service of the university.

Such a title is conferred for special merits in pedagogical and scientific work.

"I want to thank Irina Donnik, until recently the rector of the university, now vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences. She appreciated my work and presented me as a candidate for such a high award. Area of ??my interests - agrarian and legal science. All my publications and scientific works are devoted to the issues of legal provision of land use, food security, development of rural areas, legal regulation of environmental problems. Today, agrarian science faces ambitious tasks, and I see my primary role in the search for modern solutions in conjunction with a team of scientists and university students, "he said..

This is not the only award among the scientists of the Urals State University.

For the last couple of years the former rector of the university Irina Donnik was awarded with the diploma of the president of Russia, and the former pro-rector for academic work Olga Loretz - the title of honorary worker of the agrarian and industrial complex of Russia.

It should be noted that Boris Voronin has been leading research work in Urgau for the last 11 years. In the system of higher professional education he has been working for 30 years. Prior to UrGAU, he served as pro-rector and director of the Institute of Agroeconomics, Ecology and Law in the structure of the Urals State University.