Best wishes to the Pyak family were also passed on from the cosmonauts members of the ISS Expedition 21 crew, Oleg Novitsky and Marina Vasilevskaya, who were present during the telephone conversation at the Kremlin.
On January 23, 2024, ahead of the launching ceremony of the Year of the Family, the President of Russia met with winners and participants of the national family contests. Back then, Enksya Pyak, head of a large reindeer herder family, said that on April 12 he and his wife Zoya would celebrate the 50th year of their marriage, and invited Vladimir Putin to celebrate with them.
The large Dyachenko family from the LPR, which also attended the meeting with Vladimir Putin in January, came to visit the Pyak family in Yamal.
The Pyak family are the winners of the Family of the Year All-Russian competition of the Ministry of Labour, in the category “Family is the keeper of traditions.”