Morozov wins teaching prize 2026 awards at the Kremlin

Jul 20

Vremya reports that Alexey Sergeyevich Morozov, a computer-science teacher at Tver's Gymnasium No. 12, is named Russia's Teacher of the Year for 2026 at the Kremlin Palace. Dmitry Chernyshenko presents the Crystal Pelican award. Morozov describes his route from marketing to teaching and interest in computers and games; pupils and a school leader praise him. The report describes the competition's 37th edition, tens of thousands of applications, fifty finalists and a prior-day workshop. Sergey Kravtsov briefly discusses Teachers' Week and the president's decree on the special status of teachers. He says ministry regulations, including young-teacher support, are being prepared and will be approved by year-end; their completion is not reported. Vladimir Medinsky praises the profession and the enduring title; a teacher from Donetsk describes the professional community. The same ceremony also recognizes Nikolai Butov of Belgorod School No. 42 as principal of the year and gives preschool and first-teacher awards. The policy remarks and other winners remain in the complete account without turning short asides into separate occurrences.

Putin signs the July 20, 2026 decree on additional measures supporting teachers. In the October 5 ceremony, Mishustin describes special professional status, development opportunities, mentoring for new teachers and improvement of workload requirements. Vremya repeats his status-and-mentoring account. At the October 1 teaching awards, Kravtsov discusses the president's teacher-status decree and says ministry regulations, including young-teacher support, are being prepared for approval by year-end. These passages distinguish the signed decree from implementing work still anticipated; they do not establish that every measure was already implemented.