October 5, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, foreground, takes a tour at the Moscow Planetarium after the 2011 Teacher of the Year award ceremony. Background, from left: Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin and the planetarium's director, Andrei Bordunov.05.10.2011#968649
October 5, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev takes a tour at the Moscow Planetarium after the 2011 Teacher of the Year award ceremony.05.10.2011#968648
The 2011 Teacher of the Year, biology teacher Alexei Ovchinnikov from the village of Balovnevo, Lipetsk Region, at the award ceremony at the Moscow Planetarium.05.10.2011#968647
The 2011 Teacher of the Year, biology teacher Alexei Ovchinnikov from the village of Balovnevo, Lipetsk Region, at the award ceremony at the Moscow Planetarium.05.10.2011#968607
The 2011 Teacher of the Year, biology teacher Alexei Ovchinnikov from the village of Balovnevo, Lipetsk Region, at the award ceremony at the Moscow Planetarium.05.10.2011#968606
October 5, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev, right, presents the Crystal Pelican award to the 2011 Teacher of the Year, biology teacher Alexei Ovchinnikov from the village of Balovnevo, Lipetsk Region. The ceremony took place at the Moscow Planetarium.05.10.2011#968605
October 5, 2011. President Dmitry Medvedev speaks at the 2011 Teacher of the Year award ceremony, at the Moscow Planetarium.05.10.2011#968604