Stalin Prize

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The Stalin Prize (initially called the Lenin Prize; the name was restored in 1957 as a result of destalinization) was the Soviet Union's highest civilian honour. It was created in 1941 and awarded annually individuals in the fields of science, literatature, arts and mathematics to honour achievements which either advanced the Soviet Union or the cause of socialism. Often the prize was awarded to specific works rather than to individuals.

The Stalin Prize was a different honour than the Stalin Peace Prize which was created in 1947 and was usually awarded to foreign recipients rather than to Soviet citizens.

See also Order of Lenin

Partial list of recipients of the Stalin Prize

• Isaak O. Dunaevsky: Music from the films Circus and Volga-Volga (1941)
• Uzeir Gadzhibekov: Ker oghlu, opera (1941)
• Khachaturian: Violin Concerto (1941)
• Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 21 (1941)
• Shaporin: On the Field of Kulikovo, cantata (1941)
• Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet (1941)
• Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov: literature (1941)
• Andrey Nikolayevich Kolmogorov: mathematics (1941)
• Sergei Sobolev: mathematics (1941)
• Khrennikov: Music to the film The Swineherd and the Shepherd (1942)
• Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7 (1942)
• Ilya Ehrenburg: literature (1942)
• Ashrafi: Symphony No. 1 Heroic (1943)
• Khachaturian: Gayaneh Ballet (1943)
• Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 (1943)
• Shebalin: String Quartet No. 5 (1943)
• Sergei Eisenstein: cinema, for Ivan The Terrible, Part I (1945)
• Mykola Bazhan: literature, for In the Days of War (1945?)
• Alexander Fadeyev: literature, for The Young Guard (1945?)
• Veniamin Kaverin: literature, for The Two Captains (1945?)
• Samuil Feinberg: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1946)
• Gliere: Concerto for voice and orchestra (1946)
• Kabalevsky: String Quartet No. 2 (1946)
• Karaev and Gajiev: The Motherland, opera (1946)
• Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2 (1946)
• Khrennikov: At 6 p.m. after the War, music from the film (1946)
• Liatoshinsky: Ukrainian Quintet (1946)
• Muradeli: Symphony No. 2 (1946)
• Miaskovsky: String Quartet No. 9 - Cello Concerto (1946)
• Popov: Symphony No. 2 (1946)
• Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - Piano Sonata No. 8 - Cinderella Ballet (1946)
• Shaporin: Story of the Battle for the Russian Land (1946)
• Shtogarenko: My Ukraine, symphony (1946)
• Sviridov: Piano Trio (1946)
• Vera Panova: literature, for Sputniki (1946)
• Samuel Marshak: literature, for the play Twelve Months (1946)
• Peretz Markish: literature (1946)
• Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano (1947)
• Shebalin: "Moscow", cantata (1947)
• Vasilenko: Mirandoline Suite (1947)
• Vera Panova: literature, for Kruzhilikha
• Asafiev: Monograph on Glinka (1948)
• Gliere: String Quartet No. 4 (1948)
• Kara Karayev: Leyli and Majnum, symphonic poem (1948)
• Ilya Ehrenburg: literature (1948)
• Anatoly Rybakov: literature, for The Dagger (1948)
• Amirov: Symphonic Mughams (1949)
• Arutiunian: The Motherland, cantata (1949)
• Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto (1949)
• Feodor Vasilyevich Gladkov: literature, for Story of My Childhood (1949?)
• Vera Panova: literature, for The Bright Shore (1949)
• Vasili Nikolaevich Azhaev: literature for Far From Moscow (1949)
• Mikhail Timofeevich Kalashnikov: engineering (1949)
• Gliere: The Bronze Horseman (1950)
• Miaskovsky: Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano (1950)
• Shostakovich: Song of the Forest - The Fall of Berlin for chorus (1950)
• Babadzhanian: Heroic Ballad (1951)
• Dunaevsky: Music to the film The Kuban' Cossacks (1951)
• Galynin: Epic Poem (1951)
• Kabalevsky: Taras's Family, opera (1951)
• Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 27 - String Quartet No. 13 (1951)
• Prokoviev: On Guard for Peace, oratorio (1951)
• Taktakishvili: Symphony No. 1 (1951)
• Anatoly Rybakov: literature (1951)
• Iurii Valentinovich Trifonov, literature for Students (1951)
• Vladimier Belayev: literature for The Old Fortress: A Trilogy (1951)
• Ashrafi (1952)
• Belyi (1952)
• Shaporin: Romances for Voice and Piano (1952)
• Shostakovich: Ten Poems for Chorus opus 88 (1952)
• Shtogarenko: In Memory of Lesya Ukrainka, symphonic suite (1952)
• Taktakishvili: Piano Concerto no 1 (1952)
• Leo Theremin: science for inventing eavesdropping equipment
• Andrei Sakharov: physics (1954)
• Igor Tamm: physics (1954)
• Igor Kurchatov: physics

External links

• Soviet Prize Medals pictures of the medals and accompanying certificates