The Head of the Department of Central and South Asian Studies, the IOM RAS, Dr S.G. Klyashtornyj, was awarded with the Mongolian Order of the Polar Star in accordance with the decree of the President of Mongolia No. 109 from May 27, 2011. Dr S.G. Klyashtornyj received it on October 12, 2011, at the Embassy of Mongolia in Moscow.