Honorary citizen of Naryan-Mar Sergey Popov was 72 years old

Public figure and Honorary Citizen of Naryan-Mar Sergey Aleksandrovich Popov celebrates his 72nd birthday.

Sergey Popov graduated from the Arkhangelsk State Pedagogical Institute named after M.V. Lomonosov in the specialty “teacher of physical education”. He began his career in 1976 as a teacher of physical culture in the Krasnov school of the Nenets district.

Over the years, he successfully combined teaching with extracurricular work. Becoming a coach of a children's and youth sports school, he prepared athletes who successfully performed at competitions of various levels and received the title of candidates and masters of sports.

Sergey Alexandrovich was actively engaged in public activities. He was chairman of the executive committee of the Primorsky-Kui rural council and the public organization "Union of reindeer herders "Erv". He defended the interests of the indigenous people in cooperation with foreign oil corporations.

From 1993 to 2000 he held the position of Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the NAO. A year later, he became a representative of the head of the NAA administration in the Assembly of Deputies of the NAA. From 2005 to 2014, he headed the staff of the Assembly of Deputies of the NAO.

Since November 2014, Sergey Alexandrovich has been on a well-deserved rest, but continues to be interested in the events of Naryan-Mar and the Nenets District.

Sergei Popov was awarded the Order “For Services to the Fatherland of the II degree”, was awarded the Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education of the RSFSR, the gratitude of the President of the Russian Federation.

In 2018, for many years of conscientious work, high professionalism, as well as for special merits in the development of legislation for the benefit of the residents of the Nenets District and Naryan-Mar, Sergey Popov was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen of Naryan-Mar.