The Lenin Prize ( Russian : Ленинская премия , Leninskaya premiya ) was one of the most prestigious awards of the Soviet Union for accomplishments relating to science , literature , arts , architecture , and technology . It was originally created on June 23, 1925, and awarded until 1934. During the period from 1935 to 1956, the Lenin Prize was not awarded, being replaced largely by the Stalin Prize . On August 15, 1956, it was reestablished, and continued to be awarded on every even-numbered year until 1990. The award ceremony was April 22, Vladimir Lenin 's birthday.
9-833: The Lenin Prize is different from the Lenin Peace Prize , which was awarded to foreign citizens rather than to citizens of the Soviet Union, for their contributions to the peace cause. Also, the Lenin Prize should not be confused with the Stalin Prize or the later USSR State Prize . Some persons were awarded both the Lenin Prize and the USSR State Prize. On April 23, 2018, the head of the Ulyanovsk Oblast, Sergey Morozov , reintroduced
18-510: A pro-Soviet non-governmental organization, has awarded a number of prizes, beginning in 1950. These have been awarded to individuals, organisations, peoples, and places. Typically, several winners would be voted at one WPC congress; these, or their representative, would receive their prize at a later congress, or from a WPC delegation. Extra prizes were awarded in 1959 and 1964, to mark the WPC's 10th and 15th anniversaries. The awards include: The WPC
27-757: The International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples. All previous recipients were asked to return their Stalin Prizes so they could be replaced by the renamed Lenin Prize. By a decision of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of December 11, 1989, the prize was renamed the International Lenin Peace Prize. Two years later, after the collapse of USSR in 1991, the Russian government, as
36-557: The Lenin Prize for achievements in the humanities, literature, and art to coincide with the 150th birthday of Lenin in 2020. Note: This list is incomplete, short, and differs in detail from the complete and much longer Russian list, and is in chronological order. (See Russian Misplaced Pages .) 1988 year 1958 year 1964 year 1966 year 1972 year 1978 year Vladilen S. Letokhov and Veniamin P. Chebotayev 1982 year 1984 year 1984 year 1976 year 1965 year For his work on Advanced Rocket and Aircraft propulsion systems, Sergei Tumansky
45-902: The successor state to the defunct Soviet Union , ended the award program. The Lenin Peace Prize is regarded as a counterpart to the existing Nobel Peace Prize . The International Lenin Prize should not be confused with the International Peace Prize , awarded by the World Peace Council . In 1941 the Soviet Union created the Stalin Prize (later renamed the USSR State Prize ), which was awarded annually to accomplished Soviet writers, composers, artists and scientists. World Peace Council prizes The World Peace Council (WPC),
54-643: Was awarded the prize in 1957 For their work on the MiG 25 Heavy Interceptor: Lenin Peace Prize The International Lenin Peace Prize ( Russian : международная Ленинская премия мира , mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya mira) was a Soviet Union award named in honor of Vladimir Lenin . It was awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government, to notable individuals whom the panel indicated had "strengthened peace among comrades". It
63-594: Was created as the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples on December 21, 1949, by executive order of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet in honor of Joseph Stalin 's seventieth birthday (although this was after his seventy-first). Following Nikita Khrushchev 's denunciation of Stalin in 1956 during the Twentieth Party Congress , the prize was renamed on September 6 as
72-661: Was founded as the International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples , but was renamed the International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples ( Russian : Международная Ленинская премия «За укрепление мира между народами» , Mezhdunarodnaya Leninskaya premiya «Za ukrepleniye mira mezhdu narodami» ) as a result of de-Stalinization . Unlike the Nobel Prize , the Lenin Peace Prize
81-502: Was usually awarded to several people a year rather than to just one individual. The prize was mainly awarded to prominent Communists and supporters of the Soviet Union who were not Soviet citizens. Notable recipients include W. E. B. Du Bois , Fidel Castro , Lázaro Cárdenas , Salvador Allende , Mikis Theodorakis , Seán MacBride , Angela Davis , Pablo Picasso , Oscar Niemeyer , Faiz Ahmad Faiz , Abdul Sattar Edhi , Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti , CV Raman and Nelson Mandela . The prize
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