In Honour of the Anniversary of Tamara Petrovna Matyash

Matyash Tamara PetrovnaChief Researcher of the Center for Scientific Competencies, PhD in Philosophy, Professor at Don State Technical University

Dear Tamara Petrovna!

The Rector’s Office and the Academic Council of Don State Technical University extend their warmest and most heartfelt congratulations on your 90th birthday!

Your life’s journey, which has spanned more than 68 years of professional work including more than 20 years as a professor at DSTU and 5 years as the head of the Center for Scientific Competence deserves our sincere respect.

You are a world-renowned scholar in the fields of ontology, epistemology, and the philosophy of culture, and as the founder of a philosophical school in southern Russia.

Your many years of active work in research, teaching, and administration have played a major role in fulfilling the primary mission of higher education: to comprehensively improve the quality of training for professionals with higher education. And today, with deep appreciation, we would like to tell you that as a research assistant, senior lecturer, associate professor, professor, and department chair: in every position you have held, you have consistently demonstrated yourself to be a competent professional and a skilled leader.

Under your insightful academic guidance, 15 master’s theses and 7 doctoral dissertations have been successfully defended. You are the author of more than 25 textbooks on philosophy and cultural studies for college students.

Everyone who has worked with you in the past and continues to do so today is well aware of your openness, intelligence, kindness, and caring concern for your colleagues and students. You are held in the highest regard and enjoy great respect among the university’s faculty, staff, and graduate students. You are sincerely loved by your students.

On this special day, we wish you good health, happiness, and prosperity for you and your wonderful family!

Rector B.Ch. Меskhi

31 August 2026