President of Russia: Vladimir Putin awarded state prizes to workers of culture and art

The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has bestowed state prizes and titles of honor on workers of culture and art. The relevant document is accessible on the official legal information website.

The Orders of Friendship have been awarded to actresses of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre - Irute Vengalyte and Marina Belyaeva, and the director of Mosfilm company Andrey Malyukov.

Grigory Kozlov, the art director of St. Petersburg State Theatre “Masterskaya”, and Yelena Korobeynikova, the actress of M. Gorky Moscow Art Theatre, have received medals of the Order “For Merit to the Fatherland” of the second class.

Andrey Rumyantsev, the writer and the member of the board of Irkutsk Regional Public Writers’ Organization, has been awarded the Pushkin Medal.