State Prize of the USSR

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State Prize of the USSR

The State Prize of the USSR ( Russian Государственная премия СССР / Gossudarstwennaja premija SSSR) was next to the Lenin Prize the highest civilian award in the Soviet Union . It was created in 1966 as the successor to the Stalin Prize awarded from 1941 to 1954 to honor outstanding achievements in the scientific, literary, artistic or musical field. The prize was often awarded for individual works by an artist.

Winners of the Stalin Prize had the opportunity to exchange their medals and award certificates for those of the new state prize. In Soviet documents and literature from the 1960s to 1980s, the Stalin Prize was also retrospectively referred to as the State Prize and, accordingly, its winners as State Prize winners .

The state prize was awarded to up to 100 people annually. In the Union Republics , state prizes were also awarded by the respective Union republic.

The State Prize of the USSR was awarded until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. Then the State Prize of the Russian Federation was donated in Russia .

Carrier (selection)

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  • Boris Andreev (actor)
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