The popular Tuvan artist Eduard Ondar, who played the title role in the film “The Secret of Genghis Khan”, received the honorable title “Merited Artist of Republic Sakha (Yakutia)”. The state award was presented to him on May 30 on the stage of the Tuvan Theatre of Music and Drama of P.A.Oyunskiy by the director of the theatre, Anatoliy Nikolaev. The all-Russian premiere of the film took place on March12, 2009. The film will be introduced in the international cinematic festival in Montreal.