... outstanding innovative research work in the field of clinical and experimental rheumatology (Germany). 2004 – Doctor Honoris Causa at the Pleven University (Bulgaria). 2003 – S. Einhorn Tel-Aviv Mayor Award for Life Contribution to the Hebrew Medical Language and Literature (Israel). 2003 – EULAR/Abbot Abstract Award at the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (Portugal). 2002 – Chief editor and founder of Autoimmunity Reviews, the journal with the highest impact-factor in this field. 1998 – Nana Svartz ...

... scientific research (Russia). 2008 – Medal «For Merit in Development of the science of the Sakha Republic» (Russia). 2008 – Certificate of gratitude from the Near East University for the best keynote delivered at the 1st International Symposium on Language and Literature devoted to Mahmud al-Kashgari (Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus). Chair of the Department of Ural-Altaic Languages of the Institute for Linguistic Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)