State Prize of the Russian Federation


The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award were significantly changed, making them closer to such awards as the Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin Prize.
Every year seven prizes are awarded:
  • Three prizes in science and technology ;
  • Three prizes in literature and the arts;
  • One prize for humanitarian work.
Only three prizes for humanitarian work have been awarded so far: to Patriarch Alexius II, Primate of the Russian Orthodox Church, to Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and to French President Jacques Chirac.
The award consists of a cash prize amounting to 5 million Russian rubles, a medal and a certificate. If a number of coauthors equally contributed to a prize-winning work the prize is divided among no more than three authors.
The prize is presented by the President of Russia in a ceremony held in Grand Kremlin Palace at the Moscow Kremlin, on 12 June, Russia Day, which is broadcast by the major channels in the country.

Medal

The medal for the State Prize was developed by the artist Yevgeny Ukhnalyov. The design is based on the coat of arms of Russia. It shows a gold double-headed eagle holding a scepter and a globus cruciger with a red shield depicting St. George and 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.

Selected laureates

Complete listings are available on Russian Wikipedia; for example: Laureates of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for 1992, over 60 names of recipients.

1992

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  • Alexei Fridman, V. Afanasiev, S. Dodonov, Anatolii Zasov, Valerij Polyachenko, Olga Silchenko, Evgenii Snezhkin, Oleg Khoruzhii, for prediction and discovery of new structures in spiral galaxies

    2005 (for 2004)

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According to the newspaper Kommersant there was a fourth State Prize for Science and Technology awarded by a special decree of President Dmitri Medvedev but the name of the winner is kept secret because of the confidential character of the work.

Science and technology

Science and technology

Science and technology

Science and technology

  • Yuri Oganessian and, for the opening of the new field of stability of superheavy elements
  • Artyom Kobzev, and, for outstanding achievements in the development of domestic and world Sinology and the preparation of the fundamental academic encyclopedia The Spiritual Culture of China
  • Valentin Gapontsev, for a complex of innovative developments and the creation of a high-tech production of fiber lasers and fiber-optic trunk and local communication systems

    Literature and arts

  • , for his contribution to the preservation and popularization of cultural heritage, the development of traditions and the modernization of national cinema education
  • , Molotkov, Valentin Alekseevich and Inatullin, Oleg Zagitovich, for outstanding contribution to the preservation and restoration of unique museum watches and musical mechanisms, the revival of the traditions of Russian masters
  • Yevgeny Mironov, for his contribution to the development of domestic theater and cinema

    Humanitarian activity

  • Juan Carlos I of Spain

    2012 (for 2011)

Science and technology

  • Felix Mitrofanov, for scientific study and discovery of large deposits of platinum-palladium ore in the Kola Peninsula
  • Rem Petrov and Rahim Khaitov, for outstanding achievements in scientific and practical development of the domestic immunology
  • , and, for a major contribution to the development of organic synthesis, the development of innovative technologies for the production of medicines and materials, including special purposes
  • Sergey Fedotovich Boyev, Sergey Dmitrievich Saprykin and Valery Ivanovich Karasev, for the development and creation of high-readiness radar stations of the missile attack warning system

    Literature and arts

  • For contribution to the popularization of the achievements of culture and science, outstanding educational activities:
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  • *Svyatoslav Belza
  • For contribution to the revival and development of traditional cultural and historical values:
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  • *Nikolay Aleksandrovich Mukhin
  • Galina Malanicheva, for her contribution to the preservation of the national cultural heritage

    Humanitarian activities

  • Vladimir Spivakov

    2013 (for 2012)

Science and technology

  • For outstanding discoveries and works in the field of ancient history in Eurasia and the formation of anatomically modern humans
  • *Anatoly Derevyanko
  • For a cycle of fundamental work in the field of studying biological diversity, its conservation and environmental safety:
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  • For the creation of a new class of highly radiation-resistant materials for nuclear reactor vessels and methods for extending their service life:
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  • For the creation of the Yars strategic missile system:
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    Literature and arts

  • , for his contribution to the development of domestic documentary films
  • Tahir Salahov, for his contribution to the development of fine art
  • Karen Shakhnazarov, for his contribution to the development of Russian cinema, the revival and development of the Mosfilm film studio

    Humanitarian activity

  • Valentin Rasputin

    2014 (for 2013)

Science and technology

  • Anatoly Grigoriev
  • Viktor Maslov, for his outstanding contribution to the development of mathematics and the development of the mathematical foundations of modern thermodynamics
  • , for the fundamental results of research on the history of relations between Russia and Europe of the 19th and 20th centuries, as well as for his major contribution to the development of new conceptual approaches to teaching history in secondary and higher education

    Literature and arts

  • Yuri Bashmet, for contribution to the development of domestic and world culture
  • Fazil Iskander, for contribution to the development of domestic literature
  • For the creation of the feature film Legend No. 17:
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  • *Nikolai Lebedev

    Humanitarian activity

  • Yevgeny Primakov

    2015 (for 2014)

Science and technology

Science and technology

  • Eric M. Galimov, for the development of the scientific direction “geochemistry of carbon isotopes”, the theory of diamond formation, for research in the field of oil and gas geology and biogeochemical processes
  • and Eugene D. Sverdlov, for the development and implementation of a set of technologies for analyzing the structure and functions of complex genomes
  • , for a cycle of fundamental and applied work on the study of molecular mediators of immunity, including work on the creation of unique biomedical models

    Literature and arts

  • Lev Dodin, for his contribution to the development of domestic and world theater art
  • , Director General of the Kuban Cossack Choir, for his contribution to the preservation of traditions and the development of domestic musical art
  • Sergei Ursuliak, for his contribution to the development of domestic cinema

    Humanitarian activity

  • Valery Gergiev

    2017 (for 2016)

Science and technology

Science and technology

  • Mikhail Alfimov, Sergey Gromov and Aleksandr Chibisov, for the development of photoactive supramolecular devices and machines
  • , for a cycle of work on fundamental endocrinology and the introduction of an innovative model of personalized medicine in health
  • , for the discovery of genes and molecular genetic mechanisms responsible for human hereditary diseases

    Literature and arts

  • , for her contribution to the study, preservation and promotion of marine heritage
  • Yuri Temirkanov, for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic and world musical culture
  • Boris Eifman, for his contribution to the development of domestic and world choreographic art

    Humanitarian activity

  • Irina Antonova

    2019 (for 2018)

Science and technology

The winners of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for 2019 were named by decrees of the President of the Russian Federation and announced on June 18, 2020 The ceremony took place on June 24, 2020 in the Catherine Hall of the Senate Palace in the Moscow Kremlin.

Science and technology

, head doctor of the Filatov Valery Vechorko City Clinical Hospital No. 15

2021 (for 2020)

Science and technology

  • Eugene Alexandrov, head of the laboratory of the A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute and Valery Zapassky, leading researcher in I. N. Uraltsev Research Laboratory of Spin Optics
  • Alexander Gintsburg, Sergey Borisevich and Denis Logunov, for the development and implementation of effective recombinant vaccines against Ebola and COVID-19 into domestic health care practice

    Literature and arts

  • Hilarion , metropolitan of Volokolamsk
  • Hibla Gerzmava, opera singer
  • Aleksandr Rukavishnikov, sculptor

    2022 (for 2021)

Science and technology

  • For experimental and theoretical work on medical proteomics
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  • *Andrei Lisitsa
  • For the development of preventive and clinical methods aimed at preventing diseases, reducing mortality and increasing the life expectancy of citizens
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  • *Alexander Rumyantsev
  • *Ivan Stilidi
  • For outstanding achievements in the creation of unique high-rise buildings and structures, significant contribution to the development of construction sciences and technologies
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    Literature and arts

  • For educational activities to return, preserve and popularize the heritage of Russian emigration:
  • *Viktor Moskvin, Director of the State Budgetary Cultural Institution of the City of Moscow "Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad".
  • For contribution to the development of Russian and world fine arts
  • *Pavel Nikonov, artist.
  • For contribution to the study, preservation and popularization of the historical and cultural heritage of Russia:
  • *Gulzada Rudenko, General Director of the State Budgetary Cultural Institution of the Republic of Tatarstan "Elabuga State Historical, Architectural and Art Museum-Reserve".

    Humanitarian activity

  • Margarita Urmancheyeva and Yelizaveta Oleshkina.

    2023 (for 2022)

In accordance with a presidential decree, the following received the prize for the year 2022: and announced 9 June 2023.

Science and technology

  • For scientific substantiation and implementation into clinical practice of the concept of minimally invasive surgical treatment of oncological diseases of the abdominal cavity and retroperitoneal space:
  • *Dmitry Pushkar, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Department of Urology of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Moscow State Medical and Dental University named after A. I. Evdokimov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation.
  • *Khatkov, Igor Evgenievich, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the state budgetary healthcare institution of the city of Moscow "Moscow Clinical Scientific and Practical Center named after A. S. Loginov of the Moscow Health Department".
  • *Shabunin, Alexey Vasilievich, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, chief physician of the state budgetary healthcare institution of the city of Moscow City Clinical Hospital named after S. P. Botkin of the Moscow Health Department.
  • For a series of fundamental and applied scientific works that made an outstanding contribution to the development of domestic research on reactor antineutrinos and created the scientific and technical basis for their practical application in the nuclear industry:
  • *Mikhail Skorohvatov, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Head of the Department of Neutrino Physics of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Research Center "Kurchatov Institute"
  • *Vladimir Kopeikin, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, leading researcher at the same institution
  • For a series of fundamental and applied works on the development and implementation of personalized methods of diagnosis, prevention and therapy into the practice of perinatology, oncology and reproductive medicine:
  • *, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, acting director of the federal state budgetary institution "National Medical Research Center for Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Perinatology named after Academician V. I. Kulakov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation,
  • *Levon Ashrafyan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Institute of Oncogynecology and Mammology of the same institution
  • *Dmitry Trofimov, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, director of the Institute of Reproductive Genetics of the same institution

    Literature and arts

  • for many years of fundamental work on the restoration of Ilya Repin’s painting Ivan the Terrible and His Son Ivan:
  • *Andrey Golubeiko, restorer
  • *Alexandra Orlovskaya, restorer
  • For her contribution to the preservation and development of folk art traditions:
  • *Alexandra Permyakova, artistic director of the federal state budgetary cultural institution “State Academic Russian Folk Choir named after M. E. Pyatnitsky”
  • for the creation of the feature film Challenge:
  • *Konstantin Ernst, co-author of the idea, producer
  • *Klim Shipenko, director, cameraman
  • *Yulia Peresild, leading role

    Humanitarian activity

  • Karen Shakhnazarov - General Director of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Mosfilm Cinema Concern"

    Human right activities

  • Olga Demicheva, President of the International charitable public organization “Fair Aid of Doctor Lisa”

    Charitable activities

  • , Deputy Chairman of the Commission of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation on demography, protection of family, children and traditional family values

    2024 (for 2023)

The winners of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for 2023 were named by decree of the President of Russia on June 11, 2024. The decrees were signed on June 11, 2024. The award ceremony took place on June 12, 2024.

Science

  • For the development, scientific substantiation and implementation in the practice of domestic healthcare of original technologies for transplantation of vital organs:
  • *- Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "National Medical Research Center for Transplantology and Artificial Organs named after Academician V. I. Shumakov" of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation"
  • * - Doctor of Medical Sciences, Head of the Moscow City Coordination Center for Organ Donation of the State Budgetary Healthcare Institution of the City of Moscow, the S. P. Botkin City Clinical Hospital of the Moscow Department of Health;
  • * - Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the "Sklifosovsky Research Institute of Emergency Care of the Moscow Department of Health".
  • For a series of fundamental and applied research, development and experimental technological works that have made an outstanding contribution to the development of scientific and technical foundations, substantiation and implementation of the strategy for the two-component development of nuclear energy in the Russian Federation:
  • *Mikhail Kovalchuk - Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, President of the Kurchatov Institute
  • *Yevgeny Adamov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Scientific Director of the Joint-Stock Company "Order of Lenin Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering named after N.A. Dollezhal"
  • *Vladimir Asmolov - Doctor of Technical Sciences, Advisor to the General Director of the State Atomic Energy Corporation "Rosatom".
  • For a series of fundamental and applied works on the study of the functions of the gene of the main tumor suppressor p53 in health and pathology:
  • *- Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Chief Researcher of the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

    Literature and arts

  • For contribution to the development of domestic and world musical art:
  • *Ildar Abdrazakov - singer
  • For the creation of monuments and memorials dedicated to significant events in Russian history:
  • *Andrei Korobtsov — sculptor
  • *Konstantin Fomin — sculptor
  • For contribution to the revival of the Tsarskoye Selo palace and park ensemble:
  • * - Director of the State Artistic and Architectural Palace and Park Museum-Reserve "Tsarskoye Selo"
  • * - Director of the Limited Liability Company "Tsarskoye Selo Amber Workshop"

    Human rights activities

- head of the autonomous non-profit organization "Committee of Families of Warriors of the Fatherland".

Charity

  • - executive director of the interregional charitable public organization Russian Committee "Children's Villages - SOS".

    2025 (for 2024)

The list was published in a presidential decree issued on 10th of June 2025

Science

State Prizes in Science and Technology 2024 were awarded to:
  • Nikolay V. Kuznetsov, Head of Department, Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education "Saint Petersburg State University", Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences for creating and developing a new scientific field - the theory of hidden oscillations;
  • , Director, Federal State Budgetary Scientific Institution "Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences";
  • Maksim Nikitin, Leading Researcher, Head of Laboratory, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.

    Literature and arts

  • Yuri Polyakov, writer, playwright;
  • , director of the federal state budgetary institution of culture Polenov State Russian House of Folk Art;
  • , general director of the federal state budgetary institution of culture "Moscow State Academic Philharmonic";
  • , composer, artistic director of the federal state budgetary institution of culture "Moscow State Academic Philharmonic".

    Humanitarian activities

  • , scientific director of the Institute of General History of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences, academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

    Human rights activities

  • , head of the regional public organization Association of Large Families of the City of Moscow.

    Charitable activities

  • Georgy Evgenievich Stolyarenko, general director of the limited liability company "Center for Diagnostics and Surgery of the Posterior Segment of the Eye".