Professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Arkady Inin before the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Film director Alexander Mitta before the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Bolshoi Theater director Vladimir Urin, left, and rector of the Shchukin Theater Institute, actor Yevgeny Knyazev before the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Bolshoi Theater soloist Vladimir Matorin before the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and actress with the School of Contemporary Play Irina Alfyorova, who was presented with the Order of Merit, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and acting rector of the Gnessin Russian Music Academy Galina Mayarovskaya, who was presented with the Culture Ministry's Certificate of Merit, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and rector of the Shchukin Theater Institute, actor Yevgeny Knyazev, who was presented with the Culture Ministry's Certificate of Merit, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and artist Mikhail Shemyakin, who was presented with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Artist Mikhail Shemyakin, who was presented with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, presenting the artist Mikhail Shemyakin with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, presenting the Bolshoi Theater director Vladimir Urin with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Film director Alexander Mitta, awarded with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Bolshoi Theater soloist Vladimir Matorin, awarded with the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and soloist with the Bolshoi Theater Vladimir Matorin, who was awarded the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and professor at the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography Arkady Inin, who was awarded the badge For Contribution to the Russian Culture, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Actress with the Obraztsov Puppet Theater Oksana Chabanyuk, awarded with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Actor with the Obraztsov Puppet Theater Andrei Nechayev, awarded with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Actress with the Mayakovsky Theater Tatyana Orlova, awarded with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and actor with the Russian Academic Youth Theater Ilya Isayev, who was presented with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and actress with the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya Vera Babicheva, who was presented with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and actress with the Moscow Drama Theater on Malaya Bronnaya Vera Babicheva, who was presented with the title Merited Artist of the Russian Federation, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, left, and director of the Moscow Museum of Contemporary Art Vasily Tsereteli, who was awarded with the Medal of the Order for Services to the Fatherland, 2nd rank, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky and actress with the School of Contemporary Play Irina Alfyorova, who was presented with the Order of Merit, at the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards to artists and cultural workers at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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Russian Minister of Culture Vladimir Medinsky, center, and artists and cultural workers during a joint photo session following the ceremony to present state awards and Culture Ministry awards at the Bolshoi Theater Atrium, Moscow.

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