His class teacher told RT about this.
She was not surprised when she learned that the boy had saved his nine-month-old sister.
Nine-year-old Zhenya is growing up in a large family: his mother and stepfather have four children.
He is the eldest.
The director of the school where the third-grader studies noted in a conversation with RT that Zhenya is a very friendly and open boy, he has good grades and has many friends.
The schoolboy and his sister have already been discharged from the hospital, the head of the regional Ministry of Health said.
Earlier, the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, Alexander Bastrykin, ordered the boy to be awarded.