Mikhail Shvydkoy awarded Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III class
We congratulate Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy, President of the International Chekhov Theatre Festival and Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation for International Cultural Cooperation, on being awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III class.
"For great services in the preparation and execution of a wide range of large‑scale events with foreign countries in the spheres of culture, education and exchanges, to award the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, III class to Mikhail Yefimovich Shvydkoy," reads the text of the decree.