Writer Rustam Rakhmatullin's book "Two Moscows, or the Metaphysics of the Capital" ranked him third at a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.26.11.2008#360721
Writer Vladimir Makanin won the first Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary prize for his novel on the Chechen war "Asan". The award ceremony took place at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360720
From left: winners of the Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award Lyudmila Saraskina (second place), Rustam Rakhmatullin (third place and first place in the Internet vote), and Vladimir Makanin (first place) attending the award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360719
Writers Vladimir Makanin (background) and Andrei Bitov attending a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony. Makanin won first prize for his book on the Chechen war "Asan". The ceremony took place at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360717
Writer Lyudmila Saraskina ranked second at a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony for her book on Alexander Solzhenitsyn. The ceremony took place at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360716
Writer Rustam Rakhmatullin's book "Two Moscows, or the Metaphysics of the Capital" ranked him third at a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360715
Writer Andrei Bitov attending a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360714
Alfa Bank President Pyotr Aven attending a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360713
Natalia Solzhenitsyn, the widow of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, attending a Bolshaya Kniga (Big Book) national literary award ceremony at Pashkov House - the Russian State Library.25.11.2008#360712
Author Vladimir Makanin received the first Big Book award for his novel about the Chechen war, "Asan," in the Russian State Library in the Pashkov House.25.11.2008#360711
