01
November
2010
M.V. Slipenchuk, Head of Metropol Group of Companies, was awarded the Mongolian North Star Order for merits in the development of Russian-Mongolian relations
Today, M.V. Slipenchuk, Head of Metropol Group of
Companies, was awarded the Mongolian North Star Order for merits in
the development of Russian-Mongolian relations. The North Star is
Mongolia’s ultimate decoration given to foreign citizens. The order
was awarded by the Mongolian president Tsakhia Elbegdorj during the
official reception of Metropol’s delegation which had come to Ulan
Bator at the president’s personal invitation.
Reference
The North Star Order was instituted in
1936.
According to the Regulation on Orders and Medals of the
Mongolian People’s Republic (approved by Decree No. 26-27 of the
Presidium of the Lesser Khural and Council of Ministers of
Mongolia, dated 16 May 1941), the North Star Order of the Mongolian
People’s Republic is awarded to soldiers, officers and political
commissars of the Mongolian People’s Revolutionary Army (MPRA),
servicemen of the border guard of the Ministry of Interior,
shepherds, workers, clerks and other citizens who have achieved
outstanding success in strengthening the MPRA’s military power,
improving the country’s defense potential, developing the
agricultural, cultural and health sectors.
The North Star badge is an oval shield coated with
silver-tinted gray-blue enamel.
The badge is ringed with a golden border of embossed rays,
which widens closer to the bottom. In the middle is a red
five-pointed star, with sun rays in the three bottom corners and
red banner poles in the two top corners. The star is decorated with
a Soëmbo coat of arms. Each banner features two syllables of the
old Mongolian alphabet, coated with white enamel. One more letter
is situated on the central ray in the bottom corner. These letters
are an abbreviation of the words Bugd, Nairamdah, Mongol, Ard, Uls,
which are translated “Mongolian People’s Republic”.
