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President Putin awarded State Prizes-2000 and the President’s Prizes-2000 for achievements in literature and the arts, the Pushkin Prize-2001 for poetry and the Okudzhava Prize-2000. Eminent Russian musician Yury Bashmet, famous writers Vladimir Voinovich and Andrei Volos, Diana Vishneva, a dancer with the Mariinsky Theatre, cellist Natalya Gutman and conductor Alexander Dmitriyev all received prizes.
The Pushkin Prize in poetry was awarded to Alexander Kushner.
June 12, 2001, Catherine’S Hall, The Kremlin, Moscow