Shevchenko National Prize

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Shevchenko National Prize
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Award medal
Awarded for...the most remarkable works of literature and arts, publicity and journalism...
Country Ukrainian SSR / Ukraine
Presented by Government of Ukrainian SSR / President of Ukraine
Established1961
First award1962
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The Shevchenko National Prize (Ukrainian : Націона́льна пре́мія Украї́ни і́мені Тараса́ Шевче́нка; also Shevchenko Award) is the highest state prize of Ukraine for works of culture and arts awarded since 1961. It is named after the inspirer of the Ukrainian national revival Taras Shevchenko. It is one of the five state prizes of Ukraine that are awarded for achievements in various fields.

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History

In May 1961 the Soviet Union was honoring on a large scale the memory of Ukrainian Kobzar Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko. [1] A century from the day of his death became the reason for conducting festive events not only in Ukraine, but throughout the Soviet Union. [1]

Thus, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union used the people's love for the great poet with goals of propaganda for "successes of Lenin National Policy" (such as the Declaration of the Rights of the Peoples of Russia), but it had to consider the national sentiments of Ukrainian people. [1] Such atmosphere contributed to that on May 20, 1961 the Council of Ministers of the Ukrainian SSR issued a resolution "About establishing annual Shevchenko Republican Prize". [2] [1] At the same time there was adopted the Provision on prizes and examples of honoring badges with diplomas for laureates; also there was established a government committee headed by Oleksandr Korniychuk, which consisted along with the party's officials prominent figures of Ukrainian culture. [1] It was awarded to the prominent performers of literature, arts, music, theater, cinematography, architecture, and others.

The first laureates received the Prize on March 9, 1962. They were Pavlo Tychyna (recent speaker of Verkhovna Rada) and Oleksandr Honchar in literature, and Platon Mayboroda in music. As of April 23, 1969 the award was renamed the Shevchenko State Prize of Ukrainian SSR.

In 1992, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the award was renewed as the State Prize of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko.

In September 1999, The President of Ukraine approved the Committee and the Regulations on the National Prize. The award was renamed the National Prize of Ukraine named after Taras Shevchenko. Since then, the Shevchenko National Prize has been awarded each year by a President's decree. [3]

From 1962 to 2018 the award was given to 648 people and eight collective ensembles. [4]

Statute of the Award

Monetary award
YearAmount [a]
19622.5
2008130
2009160
2010170
2014260 [5]
2015240 [6]
2016192 [7]
2017240 [8]
2018240 [9]
2019200 [10]
2020200 [11]
2021240 [12]
2022397 [13]
2025484,480 [14]
2026484,480 [15]

The National Prize is awarded annually by the order of the President of Ukraine. There are up to five prizes in the following nominations:

A special committee is elected to organize a concourse in three stages. Once decided the names of the candidates are forwarded to the State Committee of Awards and Heraldry that petitions them to the President.

The awarded are paid by the committee an amount the size of which is identified annually by the President. The monetary award of the prize for 2009 was ₴160,000 for each prize. [16] For comparison, in 2008 the prize money amounted to ₴130,000 which was equivalent to $25,000+. The first award in 1962 was given along with 2,500 roubles. The monetary award of the prize in 2010 was confirmed at ₴130,000 which by 40,000 less than the last year (implying that it was ₴170,000). The Party of Regions spokesperson Hanna Herman commented that the funds were awarded only that one that were already on the Shevchenko's Fund]. [17] Shevchenko lived modestly, lived in need, and to buy him out of serfdom the Russian Intelligentsia collected 2,500 roubles - she added. [18]

Special conditions

The works that seek the National Prize are presented by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Ukraine, the Ukrainian National Academy of Science, the Ukrainian Academy of Arts, the Ukrainian artistic unions, and the Ukrainian literally and artistically critical associations. It may be awarded to the citizens of Ukraine as well as foreigners.

The literary and artistic works that reached the third stage can be nominated for the second time, but no more than two times. The special committee accepts all the works for the National Prize starting the following year from August 1 to November 1 of the current year. The collective authors of a presented work cannot exceed three persons, no more than five for a collective of performers. The participants that performed any administrative, organizational, or counseling functions cannot be included among the laureates. The National Prize is awarded to an author or a performer only once in the lifetime.

List of winners

YearLiteratureLiterary and art criticismJournalism and opinion journalismMusic artsTheater artsVisual artsCinematography
2026 [19] Pavlo Belianskyi, Liubko Deresh, Vasyl Ivanyna, Stepan Protsiuk, Yuriy Shcherbak Olesia Avramenko, Valeriy Bitayev, Yuriy Mosenkis, Larysa Semenko, Serhiy TrymbachOleh Kryshtopa, Myroslava Lubkivska (Barchuk)Members of the band Pyrih i Batih:

Maryan Pyrozhok, Oleksandr Drachuk, Markiyan Turkanyk

Oleksiy Skrypnyk

 Oksana Dmytriyeva

Personnel of the Lesia Ukrainka Theatre:
Kyrylo Kashlikov, Olena Drobna, Olena Silantyeva, Oleksandr Kobzar, Stanislav Boklan

Nazar Bilyk, Mykyta Titov, Olena TurianskaPavlo Ostrikov, Taras Tomenko
2025 [14] Yuriy Izdryk — Pavlo Kazarin Bohdana Pivnenko, Oleksandr Shymko Vasyl Vovkun Zhanna Kadyrova, Valentyna Karpets-Yermolayeva, Andriy Pikush, Mariya Pikush, Nataliya Rybak Oles Sanin,
Serhiy Mykhalchuk,
Alla Zahaikevych
2024 [20] [21] Dmytro Lazutkin, Yaryna Chornohuz —Authors of the documentary 20 Days in Mariupol:

Evgeny Maloletka, Mstyslav Chernov, Vasylisa Stepanenko

Susana Dzhamaladinova (Jamala),
Karmella Tsepkolenko 		Ivan Uryvskyi, Tetiana Ovsiychuk, Susanna KarpenkoAndriy Yermolenko (artist)—
2023 [22] [23] Kateryna Kalitko Mykhailo Nazarenko Vitaliy Portnikov Members of the band Khoreya Kozatska:

Taras Kompanichenko, Maksym Berezhnyuk, Severyn Danyleiko, Yaroslav Krysko, Serhiy Okhrimchuk

—— Iryna Tsilyk
2022 [24] [25] Tamara Duda Hryhoriy Hrabovych Stanislav Aseev, Mykola Riabchuk — Tamara Trunova, Natalya Vorozhbyt, Yuriy Larionov, Andriy Isaienko and Valeria KhodosMykyta Kadan, Tyberiy Szilvashi Kateryna Gornostai

Discontinued nominations

Field of cinematography

During its history the prize was additionally awarded for featured films (until introduction of the Dovzhenko State Prize in 1994).

Politics

On occasion it was awarded in 1964 on political basis to the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of USSR Nikita Khrushchev.

Architecture

Before introduction of the State Prize of Ukraine in Architecture in 1991, the Schevchenko National Prize was awarded for architecture as well:

See also

Further reading

Notes

  1. ↑ in thousands of hryvnia (previously Soviet roubles)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Art creators of Luhansk region – laureates of the State prize [ dead link ]. Gorki Luhansk Oblast Universal Scientific Library, 2006
  2. ↑ Klymenko, T., Martyniuk, A. Thought. Work. Reward: Scientific bibliographic index . Franko Zhytomyr State University, 2011.
  3. ↑ "НАЦІОНАЛЬНА ПРЕМІЯ УКРАЇНИ ІМЕНІ ТАРАСА ШЕВЧЕНКА". resource.history.org.ua. Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  4. ↑ "Історична довідка | Комітет з Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка". knpu.gov.ua. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  5. ↑ Poroshenko hand out the Shevchenko prizes. Photo. Ukrinform. 7 November 2014
  6. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 5 березня 2015 year № 124/2015 «Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка» (in Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 2 березня 2016 year № 77/2016 «Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка» (in Ukrainian)
  8. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 6 березня 2017 year № 55/2017 «Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка» (in Ukrainian)
  9. ↑ "Архівована копія". Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
  10. ↑ Unknown [ permanent dead link ]
  11. ↑ Unknown [ permanent dead link ]
  12. ↑ Розмір Шевченківської премії зріс до 240 тисяч гривень Archived 2021-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ Decree of the President of Ukraine from 9 березня 2022 year № 118/2022 «Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка» (in Ukrainian)
  14. 1 2 "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №155/2025 Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка". 5 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2026.{{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 34 (help)
  15. ↑ "Щербак, Авраменко, Тримбач, Остріков — серед переможців Шевченківської премії – 2026". 10 March 2026. Retrieved 12 March 2026.
  16. ↑ "Presidential Order of March 2, 2009". Archived from the original on 29 May 2009.
  17. ↑ "Unknown".[ permanent dead link ]
  18. ↑ "Незадоволеним урізаною премією Герман нагадала про скромність Шевченка" [Herman reminded those dissatisfied with the reduced award of Shevchenko's modesty]. www.unian.ua (in Ukrainian).
  19. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №220/2026 Про присудження Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка" . Retrieved 12 March 2026.{{cite web}}: line feed character in |title= at position 34 (help)
  20. ↑ "Шевченківська премія-2024: Уперше імена переможців зустріли лише підтримку". www.ukrinform.ua (in Ukrainian). 11 March 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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  22. ↑ "УКАЗ ПРЕЗИДЕНТА УКРАЇНИ №454/2023 — Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України". Офіційне інтернет-представництво Президента України (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 20 July 2024. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
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  27. ↑ "Гусельникова Тамара Валентинівна | Комітет з Національної премії України імені Тараса Шевченка". knpu.gov.ua. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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