Putin awarded the head of a department at KGMU.

      At the end of December President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awards, including for residents of Kirov Oblast. Thus, for merits in the field of health care and many years of conscientious work he ordered that Vyacheslav Bakhtin, head of a department at KGMU, be awarded the Medal of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland," Second Class. In addition, the honorary title "Honored Worker of Agriculture of the Russian Federation" was conferred on Valentina Galkina, storekeeper of the Lenin collective farm, and the honorary title "Honored Veterinary Doctor of the Russian Federation" on Nadezhda Dolgushina, chief veterinary doctor of the "Leninets" collective farm. They were recognized for their merits in their respective fields and many years of work.