09:06, 08 December 2009 | GMT +5
Group of RK citizens received state awards on threshold of Independence Day
sp;ASTANA. December 8. KAZINFORM On the threshold of the Independence Day of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has decreed to grant state awards to a group of citizens for the contribution to the country's socio-economic and cultural development. Among them are prominent figures of culture, science, education, healthcare, representatives of industry, law-enforcement bodies, military servants, sportsmen, veterans of war and labor.

228 people were awarded with certificate of honor of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
The lists of the awardees will be published in local press.