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ThePushkin Prize (Russian:Пушкинская премия) was a Russian literary award presented to a Russian writer considered to have achieved the highest standard of literary excellence. It was established in1881 by theRussian Academy of Sciences to honor one of the greatestRussian poetsAlexander Pushkin (1799–1837), then discontinued during the Soviet period. It was restored in 1989 byAlfred Toepfer Foundation inHamburg.[1] In 1995, the State Pushkin Prize was established byBoris Yeltsin'sdecree, with Vladimir Sokolov being the first laureate. Both lasted till 2005. In 2005 the New Pushkin Prize was established by the Aleksander Zhukov Fund, as well as thePushkin andMikhaylovskoye museums.[2] In 2017 the International Creative Contest "World Pushkin" was established by the Russkiy Mir Foundation and the A. Pushkin State Literary Memorial and Natural Museum-Reserve Boldino.[3]
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