In accordance with a Presidential decree, Russian national Anatoly Ivanovic Matern was awarded the Order of the Polar Star for his contribution to bilateral friendly relations between Mongolia and Russia, particularly in education in Mongolia, on Tuesday.

Speaker of Mongolian Parliament Z.Enkhbold presented the state award to Matern at the Government House, on December 16^th.

Anatoly Ivanovic Matern is Vice Director of Ural Federal University named after the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.