Milikh Ilkhananovich Yevdayev has been awarded the 1st-Class Order "For Service to the Fatherland."

Operativ Media reports that President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev signed an order to this effect.

According to the decree, Milikh Ilkhananovich Yevdayev received the honor in recognition of his long-standing and fruitful contributions to the public life of Azerbaijan.

Yevdayev serves as the chairman of the Baku Religious Community of Mountain Jews.