The Commissioner for Human Rights in the Sverdlovsk Region Tatyana Merzlyakova became an honorary citizen of the region. The state award was presented to the ombudsman by the provincial governor Evgeny Kuyvashev. The ceremony was held yesterday at Yeltsin Center. In addition to Merzlyakova the title of honorary citizens was awarded to the Honored Master of Sports of Russia Evgeny Vinogradsky and honorary chairman of the veteran organization of the St. Alexander Radnov.

"This title is a huge responsibility. I know those who were given it before me, I know those who receive it with me. Being on this team is a special mission and a special pride.. I really love the Sverdlovsk region and I really love my work. And I must admit that it is easy for me to work with the head of the region Evgeny Vladimirovich Kuyvashev. Every day the residents of the region come to me with their questions, and we perceive these problems with them as personal, "- said Tatyana Merzlyakova.

The Order of Friendship was awarded to the head of the shop "Uralelectromedi" Farit Hafizov. Medals of the Order "For Services to the Motherland» II degree from the hands of the head of the Sverdlovsk region received workers' EVRAZ NTMK ": mechanic-repairman Vyacheslav Andreev, electrician Vladimir Karfidov, Brigadier Nadezhda Kononova, the refractory Andrey Kuzmin, Electrician Sergei Prishchepov and skimmer enrichment branch factory "polymetal Production" company "Uralelectromed" Elena Izdiberskih. The title of "Honored Metallurgist of the Russian Federation" was given to ten Sverdlovsk workers by the decision of the President of Russia, among them the cutter of pipes and blanks of the "Sinarsky Pipe Plant" Anatoly Zharov, the smelter of "Uralelectromedi" Yuri Kondrin, the smith of the enterprise "EVRAZ NTMK" Yuri Teterin.

Lyudmila Rogozhina, deputy head physician of the Territorial Disaster Medicine Center, was awarded the title of Honored Health Worker of the Russian Federation, a fitter of SinTZ, Sergei Pavlushov, the Honored Power Engineer of the Russian Federation.

Rewards for services to the Sverdlovsk Region from the hands of Evgeny Kuyvashev were also received by the director of the Luch sports complex, Rafail Karmanov, the pro-rector of the Ural State Medical University, Nadezhda Davydova, the personnel director of UMMC Holding Viktor Olyunin and other Sverdlov residents.

The award was held on the Day of the National Flag.

"The Russian flag is a symbol of our statehood, something that unites us and unites us. Behind the state symbols there is always a living history of the country, the native land, own family. After all, the common good of the country depends on each of its regions, from each specific person. Knowledge, work and skill of the Ural people from year to year contribute to the development and prosperity of Russia and the Sverdlovsk region, "said Evgeny Kuyvashev.