The Lenin Prize (, ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the

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for accomplishments relating to

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. It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was not awarded, being replaced largely by the Stalin Prize. On August 15, 1956, it was reestablished, and continued to be awarded on every even-numbered year until 1990. The award ceremony was April 22,

Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov ( 187021 January 1924), better known as Vladimir Lenin, was a Russian revolutionary, politician and political theorist. He was the first head of government of Soviet Russia from 1917 until Death and state funeral of ...

's birthday. The Lenin Prize is different from the Lenin Peace Prize, which was awarded to foreign citizens rather than to citizens of the Soviet Union, for their contributions to the peace cause. Also, the Lenin Prize should not be confused with the Stalin Prize or the later USSR State Prize. Some persons were awarded both the Lenin Prize and the USSR State Prize. On April 23, 2018, the head of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, Sergey Morozov, reintroduced the Lenin Prize for achievements in the humanities, literature, and art to coincide with the 150th birthday of Lenin in 2020.

Awardee

Note: This list is incomplete, short, and differs in detail from the complete and much longer Russian list, and is in chronological order. (See Russian Wikipedia.) * Nikolai Kravkov (1926, Medicine) * Aleksandr Chernyshyov (1930, radio engineering) * Nikolay Demyanov (1930, chemistry) * Sergei Sergeyev-Tsensky (1955, writer) * Andrei Sakharov (1956, physics) * Giorgi Melikishvili (1957, Historian) * Dmitry Nalivkin (1957, geology) * Dmitry Okhotsimsky (1957, space science) * Pyotr Novikov (1957, mathematics, for proving the undecidability of the

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) *

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(1957, music, posthumously, for his Symphony No. 7) * Dmitri Shostakovich (1958, music composition) * Nikolay Bogolyubov (1958, physics) * Mikhail Leontovich (1958, physics) * Mikhail Shumayev (1958, physics) * Grigory Chukhray (1959, contribution to the arts - '' Ballad of a Soldier'') * Vladimir Veksler (1959, physics) *

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(1960, literature, for '' And Quiet Flows the Don'') * Aleksandr Bereznyak (1961, for P-15 missile) * Sviatoslav Richter (1961, pianist) * Juhan Smuul (1961, literature) * Aleksei Pogorelov (1962, mathematics) * Korney Chukovsky (1962, for his book, ''Mastery of Nekrasov'') * Nikolai Nevsky (1962, for his posthumous book ''Tangut Philology'') * Volodymyr Marchenko (1962, mathematics) * Chinghiz Aitmatov (Чингиз Айтматов, 1963, literature) * Hanon Izakson (Ханон Ильич Изаксон, 1964, farm machinery) * Mikhail Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, 1964, AK-47 assault rifle) * Vladimir Kotelnikov, 1964, (Sampling Theory) * Innokenty Smoktunovsky (Иннокентий Смоктуновский, 1965, acting) * Vladimir Igorevich Arnol'd, Andrey Nikolaevich Kolmogorov (Влади́мир И́горевич Арно́льд, Ленинская премия, 1965, mathematics) * Alexander Sergeevich Davydov (1966, physics) * Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov (Алексей Алексеевич Абрикосов, 1966, physics) * Alexander Sergeevich Davydov (1966, physics) * Antonina Fedorovna Prikhot'ko (1966, physics) * Emmanuel Rashba (Эммануил Иосифович Рашба, 1966, physics) * Vladimir L'vovich Broude (1966, Physics) * Igor Grekhov (1966, Semiconductor Technology) * Mikhail Kim (1966, hydraulic engineering) * Igor Moiseyev (Игорь Моисеев, 1967, dance) * Ilya Lifshitz (1967, physics) * Mikhail Svetlov (Михаил Светлов, 1967, poetry, posthumously, for the book ''Verses of the Last Years'') * Valery Panov (1969, dance) * Yevgeny Vuchetich (Евгений (Eugene) Вучетич, 1970, sculpture) * Yuri Nikolaevich Denisyuk (1970, holography) * Agniya Barto (Агния Львовна Барто, 1972, poetry?) * Yuri Ozerov (director) for his work ''

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'', 1972 * Yuri Bondarev writer, for his work ''Liberation (film series)'', 1972 * Cinematographer for his work ''Liberation (film series)'', 1972 * Art Director for his work ''Liberation (film series)'', 1972 * Konstantin Simonov (Константин Симонов, 1974, poetry) * Vladimir Lobashev (1974, physics) * Mikhail Simonov (Михаил Симонов, 1976, aircraft designer) * Gavriil Ilizarov (1979, medicine) * Anatol Zhabotinsky (Oscillating chemical reactions, 1980) * Boris Pavlovich Belousov (Oscillating chemical reactions, 1980) * Otar Taktakishvili (1982, music composition) * Boris Babaian (Борис Арташеcович Бабаян, 1987 for Elbrus-2 supercomputer) * Vladimir Teplyakov (1988, for the development of the RFQ) *Eugene D. Shchukin (1988, physical-chemical mechanics) * Kaisyn Kuliev (Кулиев Кайсын Шуваевич, 1990, ''Man.Bird.Tree.'' Poetry. Post-mortem) * Alykul Osmonov (Алыкул Осмонов, Kyrgyz poet and literary modernizer) * Irena Sedlecká (Sculpture) * Olga Avilova (Surgeon) * Yekaterina Alexandrovna Ankinovich (Geologist) * Natalia Shpiller (1951, opera singer)

Lenin Prize winners in Science

Nuclear Physics

1988 year * Rudolf M. Muradyan :For a series of innovative works “New quantum number – color and establishment of dynamical regularities in the quark structure of elementary particles and atomic nuclei” published during 1965 – 1977.

Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy

1958 year *Alexander M. Andrianov * Lev Andreevich Artsimovich (Лев Андреевич Арцимович) *Olga A. Bazilevskaya *Stanislav I. Braginskiy *Igor' N. Golovin * Mikhail A. Leontovich *Stepan Yu. Lukyanov *Samuil M. Osovets *Vasiliy I. Sinitsin *Nikolay V. Filippov *Natan A. Yavlinskiy :For research of powerful pulse discharges in gas for production of the high-temperature plasma, published in years. 1964 year * Aleksandr Emmanuilovich Nudel'man (Александр Эммануилович Нудельман) :For a series of innovative automatic cannons. 1966 year * Yuri Raizer 1972 year *Vsevolod A. Belyaev * Oleg Borisovich Firsov (Олег Борисович Фирсов) :For a series of work "Elementary processes and non-elastic scattering at nuclear collisions”. *Vadim I. Utkin 1978 year Vladilen S. Letokhov and Veniamin P. Chebotayev 1982 year *Viktor V. Orlov :For the work on fast neutron reactors. 1984 year *Valentin F. Demichev :For production of special chemical compounds and development of conditions of their application. 1984 year *Boris B. Kadomtsev *Oleg P. Pogutse *Vitaliy D. Shafranov :For a series of work "The theory of thermonuclear toroidal plasma".

Mathematics

1976 year * Nikolai Krasovski *Alexander B. Kurzhanski * Yury Osipov *A. Subbotin

Physiology

1965 year * Sergei S. Bryukhonenko (posthumously)

Lenin Prize winners in Technology

Aircraft construction

For his work on Advanced Rocket and Aircraft propulsion systems, Sergei Tumansky was awarded the prize in 1957 For their work on the MiG 25 Heavy Interceptor:Gordon, Yefim. Mikoyan MiG-25 Foxbat: Guardian of the Soviet Borders (Red Star Vol. 34). Hinckley, UK: Midland Publishing Ltd., 2008. . Page 106 *R A Belyakov, General designer *N Z Matyuk, chief project engineer *I S Silayev, Gorkii aircraft factory director (later Minister of Aircraft Industry) *F Shukhov, engine project chief *F Volkov, radar project chief *A V Minayev, Deputy Minister of Aircraft Industry who headed task force 'Det 63' that was sent to Egypt in 1971.

Other

* Nadezhda A. Agaltsova

References

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