The ceremony of awarding the winner of the international prize «Volunteer of the Year» was held today at the Embassy of Kazakhstan in Russia.

The award was established on the initiative of the Head of State Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev as part of the Year of Volunteer held in Kazakhstan.

In the nomination «For active participation in the search for missing people» the award was awarded to our compatriot, associate professor at NUST MISIS, professor at the Moscow Academy of State and Municipal Administration (MAGMU), member of the Aktobe community of Moscow, Asylbek Toleshov.

Together with his Russian colleagues, he is actively working to search for the Kazakh people who went missing during the Great Patriotic War, to search for their relatives, to preserve the memory of the victims.

Asylbek Kuantaevich Toleshov is an active participant in public events held at the Karaganda Industrial University. On May 5, 2020, he took part in an online teleconference dedicated to the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and the 100th anniversary of the Hero of the Soviet Union Nurken Abdirov, whose platform was our university. In his speech, Asylbek Kuantaevich told about the feat of Kazakhstanis on the battlefields, shared the results of the work being done to find the remains of soldiers.

On behalf of the staff of the Karaganda Industrial University, we congratulate Asylbek Toleshov and do good luck in active social life!