The corresponding decree is published on the official Internet portal of legal information.

It is noted that the medal is awarded "for bold and decisive actions in saving people during the flood in the territory of the Irkutsk region."

Earlier, the Governor of the Irkutsk region Sergey Levchenko said that in the flood-affected cities of Tulun and Nizhneudinsk, it was decided to build five schools and three kindergartens.