Tver region honors teachers and parents of large families

Tver region governor Vitaly Korolyov presented state and regional awards to local residents at a ceremony marking the region's Coat of Arms and Flag Day on October 21.

The regional government said Anna Illyuminarskaya, a teacher at Tver's Gymnasium No. 10, had been awarded the title People's Teacher of Russia by presidential decree. Alexei Morozov, an IT teacher at Gymnasium No. 12 and the region's first winner of the Russian Teacher of the Year competition, received a governor's certificate of honor.

Sergei and Yekaterina Abramov of Tver, who are raising five children, received the Medal of the Order of Parental Glory. Andrei and Natalya Preobrazhensky of Konakovo district, also parents of five, received the regional Father's Glory and Mother's Glory awards.

Viktor Vasilyev, a department head at the Firovskoye forestry service, was named an Honored Forester of Russia. Svetlana Trofimova, director of the Toropets residential neuropsychiatric institution, received a presidential commendation.

Lieutenant Alexei Trofimenko was presented with the Order of Courage. Regional veterans' organization chair Larisa Shcherbakova received an award for services to the development of Tver region. Gennady Pereverzev, who heads the regional branch of an interior ministry veterans' organization, received an award for valiant service in the region.

Andrei Ponomaryov of the regional military commissariat and Alexandra Fedotova, head of the Konakovo district administration's physical education and sports department, received the governor's For the Benefit of Tver Land award. Regional fire service employees Igor Yevstafyev and Valery Sidorov received the governor's commendation.

Young residents of Tver, Torzhok, Vyshnevolotsky district and Konakovo district were also presented with passports at the ceremony.