Pushkin Medal
The Pushkin Medal ( Russian медаль Пушкина ) is a state medal of Russia .
purpose
The Pushkin Medal is awarded "for services in the field of culture, the Enlightenment, the humanities, literature and art, for a great contribution to the study and preservation of cultural heritage, to the rapprochement and mutual cultural enrichment of nations and peoples" .
The award was created on May 9, 1999 by the first President of the Russian Federation , Boris Yeltsin .
Description of the medal
The Pushkin medal is made of solid silver. It has a round shape with a diameter of 32 mm with a curved edge on both sides. On the front side, Alexander Pushkin's signature is emblazoned in relief, including the number of the medal. The reverse of the medal bears the profile of the Russian national poet Pushkin, a self-portrait from 1823.
The medal is worn on a 24 millimeter wide blue ribbon made of moiré silk with a golden longitudinal stripe, the width of which is 2.5 mm and 5 millimeters from the right edge of the ribbon.
The state Pushkin Medal of the Russian Federation should not be confused with:
- the Alexander Pushkin Prize for writers who publish in Russian, which was awarded by the Alfred Toepfer Foundation (1989–2005),
- the Pushkin Prize of the Russian Academy of Sciences (1881–1990),
- the Pushkin Medal of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature MAPRYAL (since 1979).
Medal holder in German-speaking countries
Germany:
- 2013 Christoph Stölzl , President of the Liszt School of Music Weimar
- 2013 Karl Schlögel , historian and writer (Schlögel declared in May 2014 that he would not accept this award).
- 2013 Beate Lehr-Metzger, author (documentary No Comrades )
- 2008 Gabriele Krone-Schmalz , TV journalist and author
- 2008 Wolf Schmid
- 2007 Regina Stephan, director of Schloss Britz in Neuköln
- 2007 Karl-Eugen Engler, Mayor of the Badenweiler Spa
- 2007 Hans-Joachim Schlegel , film scholar, translator and publicist
- 2007 Heinz Setzer, director of the “Chekhov Salon” literature museum in Badenweiler
- 2006 Hermann Falk, head of the Cantica concert agency
- 2006 Jochen Hahn, General Director of the theater and concert agency "Hahn Production"
- 2006 Friedrich Hitzer , translator
- 2006 Robert Leonardi, artistic director of the Saar International Music Festival
- 2006 Volker Neumann , Director of the Frankfurt Book Fair
- 2006 Susanne Reidel, high school teacher for Russian language and literature, Berlin
- 2006 Joachim Sartorius , Festival Director, Berlin
- 2006 Christina Weiss , Minister of State for Culture
- 2002 Rolf-Dieter Kluge , German literary scholar and Slavist
- 2002 Elisabeth Gemein, headmistress i. R. of the girls high school Essen Borbeck
- 2002 Rolf-Dietrich Keil , German Slavist, translator and author
- 2002 Cyrill Pech, German pastor, chairman of the Society of Berlin Friends of the Nations of Russia
- 2016 Brigitte Dreßler, Slavist
Austria:
- 2018 Petja Houdjakov , head of the Bolshoi Don Cossacks
- 2016 Erich Poyntner, Secretary of the Association of Russian Teachers in Austria
- 2007 Wolfgang Eismann , head of the Institute for Slavic Studies, Graz
- 1999 Raoul Kneucker , lawyer and administrative scientist as well as honorary professor in Innsbruck and Vienna
Switzerland:
- 2009 Werner Stauffacher , founder of the Cooperation Council Switzerland / Russia
- 2009 Peter Brang , Professor of Slavic Philology at the University of Zurich (retired)
Liechtenstein:
- 2007 Eduard von Falz-Fein , Russian baron, entrepreneur, journalist and sportsman
A total of 754 Pushkin medals were awarded between 1999 and December 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin Prize
- ^ Pushkin Prize in the English language Wikipedia
- ↑ Pushkin Medal (Медаль А.С. ПУШКИНА) ( Memento of the original from June 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Interview with Schlögel . In: Der Spiegel . No. 19 , 2014 ( online ).
- ↑ Receives a medal for the former owner of the castle, Regina Stephan. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d e RIA Novosti, November 8, 2006
- ↑ a b RIA Novosti, April 6, 2006
- ↑ О награждении медалью Пушкина граждан Федеративной Республики Германия. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ О награждении медалью Пушкина граждан Федеративной Республики Германия. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Honorary Chairman. Retrieved June 5, 2020 (Russian).
- ↑ О награждении медалью Пушкина граждан Федеративной Республики Германия. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ Посол России в Германии вручил медаль Пушкина Бригитте Дресслер | Кубанский государственный университет. Retrieved June 5, 2020 .
- ↑ A Russian medal for Werner Stauffacher . Day indicator
- ^ RIA Novosti, August 23, 2007
