Artist Dmitry Zhilinsky receives the Fatherland, Fourth Degree medal at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From right: Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents artist Dmitry Zhilinsky with the Fatherland, Fourth Degree medal at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From right: Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents film director Stepan Puchinianu with the Order of Honor at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From right: Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents film director Stepan Puchinianu with the Order of Honor at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From right: Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents Actor Viktor Sukhorukov with the Order of Friendship at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents Actor Viktor Sukhorukov with the Order of Friendship at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Alexander Sloutsky, conductor of the Yevgeny Svetlanov State Symphony Orchestra of Russia, awarded the medal For Services to the Fatherland, Second Degree, at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents actress Yelena Vorobey with the title Merited Performer at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Yelena Vorobey, recipient of the title Merited Performer of Russia, at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Stage director of the State Academic Theater Vakhtangov Ruben Simonov receives the honorary title Merited Performer of the Russian Federation at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From right: Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky presents Yuri Sosin, a performer with the Russian State Circus Company, the honorary title Merited Performer of the Russian Federation at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Vladimir Laptev, a director at Moscow's Teatr Luny ("Theatre of the Moon"), left, is awarded the title Merited Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture. Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky is on the right.

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Vladimir Laptev, a director at Moscow's Teatr Luny ("Theatre of the Moon"), left, is awarded the title Merited Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Marina Neyolova, recipient of the Order of Honor, and actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Yelena Vorobey, recipient of the title Merited Performer, at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Vladimir Minin, artistic director of the Moscow State Chamber Choir, receives a certificate of gratitude from the Russian President to the choir at a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Alexander Belenky, director general and artistic director of Mosconcert who was awarded the For Services to the Fatherland, Second Degree and actress Yelena Vorobey, recipient of the title Merited Performer, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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From left: Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, and Vladimir Laptev, a director at Moscow's Teatr Luny ("Theatre of the Moon"), who was awarded the title Merited Cultural Worker of the Russian Federation, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Yelena Vorobey, recipient of the title Merited Performer, and actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Yelena Vorobey, recipient of the title Merited Performer, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Marina Neyolova, recipient of the Order of Honor, and actor Viktor Sukhorukov, recipient of the Order of Friendship, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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Actress Marina Neyolova, recipient of the Order of Honor, after a ceremony presenting state awards to cultural figures at the Ministry of Culture.

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