Mikhail Nikolayev

Mikhail Yefimovich Nikolayev (Михаил Ефимович Николаев; born 1937), was the president of the Sakha Republic from 1991 to January 2002. He was succeeded by Vyacheslav Shtyrov. He graduated from the Omsk State Veterinary Institute in 1961.

Awards

 * Order For Merit to the Fatherland 2nd class
 * Order For Merit to the Fatherland 3rd class
 * Order For Merit to the Fatherland 4th class
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour
 * Order of Friendship of Peoples
 * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary since the Birth of Vladimir Il'ich Lenin"
 * Medal "For Construction of the Baikal-Amur Railway"
 * Miner's Glory Medal