Honored Metallurgist of the RSFSR (replaced by the title "Honored Metallurgist of the Russian Federation " by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation dated December 30, 1995) - the title of highly professional workers, craftsmen, engineering and scientific workers of metallurgy organizations, including research , technological and design design organizations for personal merits in the implementation of significantly ahead of the schedule of production tasks, in the implementation of rationalization and innovation, contributing to significant improvement in the quality of manufactured products and their physical properties, as well as highly efficient production functions, with a significant reduction in energy consumption, increased labor productivity and environmental friendliness , in the creation of innovative metallurgical industries in the Russian Federation that will satisfy the demand of the population and organizations of various industries in high-quality modern products and substantial substitution of their imports .