State Prize of the Russian Federation (Russian: Государственная Премия Российской Федерации the official translation in Russia - Russian Federation National Award) is a state honorary prize established in 1992 as the substitute for the USSR State Prize. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates and the status of the award was significantly changed making them closer to such awards as Nobel Prize or the Soviet Lenin Prize
Every year seven prizes are awarded:
- Three prizes in science and technology (according to newspaper Kommersant there was fourth 2008 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 );
- Three prizes in literature and arts;
- One prize for the humanitarian work (established in 2005 ).
Only three prizes for the humanitarian work were awarded so far: to Patriarch Alexius II of Russian Orthodox Church (2005), to Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (2006) and to French President Jacques Chirac (2007).
Each prize amounts for 5 million Russian rubles (approximately $200,000) the winner also gets the medal and the diploma. If a number of coauthors equally contributed to a winning work the prize is divided between no more than three authors.
The prize is usually presented by the President of Russia in a ceremony held in Moscow Kremlin.
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