MOSCOW, June 8 Families of military doctors and artists received medals «For Love and Loyalty», which were presented to them by the President of the Foundation for Social and Cultural Initiatives and Chairman of the Organizing Committee of the All-Russian holiday «Day of Family, Love and Fidelity» Svetlana Medvedeva.
The award is given annually to married couples who have been married for at least 25 years. The ceremony was held as part of the opening of the exhibition «The Family is the Soul of Russia» in the Tsaritsyno Museum-Reserve, traditionally dedicated to the Day of Family, Love and Fidelity.
Thus, the medal «For Love and Fidelity» was received by the family of People's Artist of the Russian Federation Viktor Glukhov, the family of a member of the Moscow Union of Artists Yuri Popkov, the family of Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Olga Tikhonova, the family of Honored Artists of the Russian Federation Vera and Sergei Kondulukov, the family of a corresponding member Russian Academy of Arts Andrei Rogov. Also this year, the family of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation, a member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts Ivan Glazunov was also awarded.
The family of Colonel of the Medical Service, Deputy Chief Surgeon of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Nikolai Pogosov received a high award. The family of Colonel of the Medical Service, Deputy Head of the Central Military Clinical Hospital for Medical Affairs Aleksey Demyanenko also received the award.