Oleg Konstantinovich Popov was a Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. People's Artist of the USSR (1969).
Artyom Genrikhovich Borovik was a Russian investigative journalist and media magnate. He was the son of a Soviet journalist, Genrikh Borovik, who worked for many years as a foreign correspondent in the U.S.
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.
Anzhelika Aleksandrovna Sidorova is a Russian pole vaulter. Sidorova won a gold medal at the 2019 World Championships and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics. She also won silver medals at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and 2013 European Athletics U23 Championships, and a bronze medal at the 2013 European Athletics Indoor Championships.
Alexander Alexeyevich Shevchenko is a Russian wheelchair curler playing as lead for the Russian wheelchair curling team. He and his team won the silver medal at the 2014 Paralympic Games, gold medals at the 2012, 2015, and 2016 World Championships, and the silver medal at the 2017 World Championships
Philanthropist is an international award, given to recognize outstanding achievements of invalids in the field of culture and art. "Philanthropist" is awarded once every two years. The history of the award begins in 1996 at the forum of the Russian Youth Chamber. In 1997 it was registered in the Russian Authors' Society. It is awarded in categories "Performing Arts", "Artistic Creativity", "Literary Creativity", as well as "For the Preservation of Folk Art Traditions", "For Novelty and Originality in Creativity", "Overcoming. Beyond the Limit of Possible","Growing Hopes","State and public figure for rendering effective assistance to disabled people and their social organizations". The organizers of the award are: Government of Russia, Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation, Government of Moscow, Russian Academy of Arts, All-Russian Society of Invalids. Mikhail Zhvanetsky, Alexander Lomakin-Rumyantsev, Igor Luchenok, Sergey Mironov, Alexander Neumyvakin, Vladimir Platonov, Oleg Smolin, Zurab Tsereteli, Mikhail Shvydkoy, Neil Young are on the Board of Trustees.
Ilya Iosifovich Moiseev was a Soviet and Russian chemist. An expert in both kinetics and the coordination chemistry of transition metals, he made significant advances in metal-complex catalysis.
Kaddish is the second feature film directed by Konstantin Fam. Like Konstantin’s previous work, this film is dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust.
Pavel Valeryevich Basinsky is a Russian writer and literary critic. Member of the Union of Russian Writers (1993), academician of the Academy of Russian Literature (1997). Member of the permanent jury of the Solzhenitsyn Prize (1997). The author of the most complete uncensored biography of Maxim Gorky, published in 2005. Laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2018).
The Russian National Music Award, also known as Russian Music Award, or Victoria Award is a music award, established in 2015 by the Academy of Russian Music, to recognise the talent and achievements in the Russian popular and classical music scene.
Valentin Yakovlevich Kurbatov was a Russian literary critic, prose writer, jury member of the Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, member of the Writers' Union of Russia. He was also member of the Public Chamber of Russia from 2010 to 2014 and member of the Presidential Council for Culture. He was holder of the Medal of Pushkin, Order of Friendship and laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation (2020) in the field of literature.
Natalia Ivanovna Zvereva is a Russian economist, manager and public figure. She is an expert in the field of social entrepreneurship, director of the Our Future Foundation. Candidate of Sciences in Economics (2021).
Olesya Valentinovna Shmagun is a Russian investigative journalist. She worked for the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta and the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP). Shmagun is one of the founders of the iStories media outlet.
Valery Semyonovich Kichin is a Russian journalist, film and theater critic, radio host. He is currently a columnist for Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation (2010). Laureate of the Government of the Russian Federation Prize (2019) and Prize of the Russian Guild of Film Critics (2003).
Aleksandr Ionovich Boyarsky is the CEO of the Melnitsa Animation Studio, producer, screenwriter, voice actor, and composer.
Antropogenez.ru is a Russian popular science website about human evolution. It was launched in 2010 by Alexander Sokolov and Stanislav Drobyshevsky.
La Bohemе Magazine is a Russian literary and art magazine founded in 1915.
Marina Alexandrovna Jigalova is an international investor and entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Disney in CIS, Georgia, and Mongolia from 2006 to 2019.
Free Knowledge Award is an award presented by Wikimedia RU, a russian nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting encyclopedic knowledge. The prize is awarded to individuals or organizations who are not active participants in Wikimedia Foundation projects, but who have made a notable contribution to the goals of the Wikimedia movement: the dissemination of free knowledge. It has been awarded annually since 2014.
