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The message reads, in part:
” You are duly counted among the most outstanding, talented architects, whose creativity is recognized as an integral part of the world's cultural and historical heritage. Your original ideas and advanced engineering techniques are visible in outstanding architectural creations and have had a significant impact on the development of national schools of design and construction.
We appreciate your significant contribution to strengthening Russian-Brazilian cooperation with regards to the mutual enrichment of the cultures of our peoples. Clear evidence of this is the successful implementation of the construction project of the Bolshoi Theatre's new building in Brazil“.
By decree, in October 2007 the President of the Russian Federation awarded Oscar Niemeyer a Friendship Award.
Vladimir Putin's message and award were presented to Mr Niemeyer during a ceremony in the Russian embassy in Brazil by V. Tiurdenev.
December 15, 2007