From right: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin talking to artist Shavkat Abdusalamov, winner of the 2011 Russian government award for culture, at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055849
Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev, right, ballet master of Bolshoi Theater Andrei Melanin, General Director of Bolshoi Theater Takhir Iksanov, director of Bolshoi Theater Igor Dronov, rector of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography Marina Leonova, and ballet master of the Bolshoi Theater Yury Grigorovich, left to right, at the 2011 Russian government cultural awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055848
Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev, second right, and award winners: deputy chairman of Dagestan Broadcasting Company Salam Khavchayev, orientalist Amri Shikhsaidov, Head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov, left to right, and president of the Rasul Gamzatov International Public Fund Gamzat Gamzatov, right, at the 2011 Russian government cultural awards ceremony.03.03.2012#1055847
A diploma of the winner of the 2011 Russian government awards for culture and a bunch of one of the winners, at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055846
Singer Iosif Kobzon at the 2011 Russian government cultural awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055845
Artistic director of the Opera Center Galina Vishnevskaya at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055844
From right: Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev presents government award for culture to Head of Dagestan Magomedsalam Magomedov at the 2011 Russian government awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055826
March 3, 2012. Second right: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin between winners of the 2011 Russian government awards for culture at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055825
From right: Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev presents government award for culture to art director of Lenkom Theater Mark Zakharov at the 2011 Russian government awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055824
Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev presenting 2011 government award for culture to singer Iosif Kobzon at the 2011 Russian government awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055823
From left: Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev presenting 2011 government award for culture to artist Shavkat Abdusalamov at the 2011 Russian government awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055822
Minister of Culture Alexander Avdeyev at the 2011 Russian government cultural awards ceremony at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055821
March 3, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the 2011 Russian government awards for culture at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055820
March 3, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin at the 2011 Russian government awards for culture at the Government Reception House.03.03.2012#1055819
Lenkom theater actor Anton Shagin at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian government reception house.03.03.2012#1055783
Artist Shaukat Abdusalamov and artistic director of the Galina Vishnevskaya Opera center at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian government reception house.03.03.2012#1055782
Lenkom theater artist Sergei Stepanchenko at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian government reception house.03.03.2012#1055781
Lenkom theater actors Alexander Zakharov and Anton Shagin (in background) at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian government reception house.03.03.2012#1055780
Principal Chorus Master of the "Stavropol" Cossack song and dance ensemble Natalya Corjova and singer Iosif Kobzon at the awards ceremony of the Minister of Culture for 2011 in the Russian government reception house.03.03.2012#1055779
