| State Prize of the Russian Federation | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Outstanding contributions in "Science and Technology", "Literary and Arts", "Humanitarian Work" |
| Presented by | President of Russia |
| Country | Russia |
| First awarded | 1992 |
State Prize of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственная Премия Российской Федерации) is a state honorary prize established in 1992 as the substitute for the USSR State Prize. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award was significantly changed making them closer to such awards as Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin Prize [1]
Every year seven prizes are awarded:
Only three prizes for the humanitarian work were awarded so far: to Patriarch Alexius II of Russian Orthodox Church (2005) [4], to Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006)[5] and to French President Jacques Chirac (2007)[6].
Each prize amounts for 5 million Russian rubles (approximately $200 thousand) the winner also gets the medal and the diploma. If a number of coauthors equally contributed to a winning work the prize is divided between no more than three authors[1].
The prize is usually presented by the President of Russia in a ceremony held in Moscow Kremlin.
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The medal for the State Prize was developed by the artist Yevgeny Ukhnalyov (Евгений Ухналёв). The design is based on the Coat of arms of Russia. It shows a gold double-headed eagle with a scepter and a Globus cruciger with a red shield showing St. George with the dragon. The eagle is crowned by two small and one large crown and put on a silver wreath consisted of palm and laurel branches joined by a red ribbon. The design was adopted in 2005 [7]
Complete listings are available on Russian Wikipedia, For example: Complete listing in Russian for 1992, over 60 names of recipients