Lenin Prize

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The Lenin Prize was one of the highest civilian awards in the Soviet Union, granted for outstanding achievements in science, literature, arts, architecture, and technology.


Statements (43)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Soviet award
civilian award
state prize
abolished 1991
associatedWith Soviet cultural policy
Soviet science policy
awardFor outstanding achievements in architecture
outstanding achievements in arts
outstanding achievements in literature
outstanding achievements in science
outstanding achievements in technology
awardingBody Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Council of Ministers of the USSR
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union
distinctFrom Lenin Peace Prize
USSR State Prize
eligibility citizens of the Soviet Union
occasionally foreign citizens
field architecture
arts
literature
science
technology
hasAwardType prize
inception 1925
languageOfName Russian
locationCountry Soviet Union
namedAfter Vladimir Lenin
namedAfterFullName Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
namedAfterOccupation revolutionary leader
officialIdeologyContext Marxism–Leninism
politicalContext Communist Party of the Soviet Union
reinstated 1956
relativeRank one of the highest civilian awards in the Soviet Union
status discontinued
symbolOf state recognition of creative and scientific excellence
timePeriod Soviet era
typicalRecipients architects
artists
engineers
scientists
writers
usedFor promoting ideological and scientific achievements of the USSR


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