Victor Aksenov awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky
News, 06 May 2019
Scientific Leader of the Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics JINR, Head of the Department of Neutron Diffraction of the MSU Faculty of Physics, RAS Corresponding Member, Professor Victor Lasarevich Aksenov was awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky. The awarding ceremony was held on 16 April 2019 in the House of Scientists named after A. P. Alexandrov (the NRC “Kurchatov Institute”), Moscow.
Staff of JINR congratulates Victor Lasarevich on being decorated with the high State Award!
The Order is awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation who are or have been civil servants for their fruitful work in the fields of nation-building, the military and civil industries, science, culture, health care, for increasing the economic power, the international prestige, and the national defence capability. As a rule, the Order of Alexander Nevsky is not the first award for the holder: it is assumed that a citizen of the Russian Federation presented to the Order has previously received any state encouragement. The Order can be also awarded to foreign citizens for outstanding achievements in establishment of economic, political, cultural, military contacts between Russia and other countries.
The motto of the Order is “For merits and the Fatherland”.