Laureate Of The Stalin Prize.

[new world]

Shane and Tal,

I am not sure if he can contribute much of the backfground on the doc.

From dealing with Igor (the owner of the site that sells the Stalin Prize doc) in the past I've got impression that he's not a collector and focuses only on dealer activities. As such, I am not sure he would show much of the interest in our discussions.

But asking is worth a try, as he is very knowledgeable dealer though.

William

[scook17]

Well, expensive or not, I see someone bought the document.

Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.

[Tal Inbar]

I thoght that was you...

Well, if the buyer is from the forum, please let us know...

[scook17]

Oh, it was a lovely book. But three grand, for a book! Tal, the most I've ever paid for any single award is around $450. I'd pay more than this, if I found something I really wanted, but this is a hobby to me.

I'd like my daughter, and hopefully our grandchildren when we get some, to have something of their history. BTW, my daughter's only one year old, so I've got many years of collecting ahead yet :)

Kind Regards,
Shane Cook.

[Tal Inbar]

This is an attempt to make a complete list of types and variations. Please help!


STALIN PRIZE

First class

Type 1 - 1948 on the back
Type 2 - 1949
Type 3 - 1950
Type 4 - 1951
Type 5 - 1952

Second class

Type 1 - 1948 on the back
Type 2 - 1949
Type 3 - 1950
Type 4 - 1951
Type 5 - 1952

Third class

Type 1 - 1948 on the back
Type 2 - 1949
Type 3 - 1950
Type 4 - 1951
Type 5 - 1952

[new world]

Stalin Prize 3rd class

I am not sure the screw nut is original.

[Nota Bene]

New World,

The screwplate is not original.

Alexei

[new world]

Following up the discussion, does anyone have updated data on number of awarded Stalin prizes each year?

I've heard that initially the number was really low - say 20-30 recipients in the first years and the number increased towards the last years of existence of Stalin Prize.

Also, how much would a Diploma form mid-1940s be worth these days?

Rare Stalin Prize document in Presentation case with the name of recipient engraved on the plaque.

Stalin prize 2nd class

This Stalin Prize was awarded in 1946

Awarded to a group of comrades:

page with facsimile (not original like on previous posts) of Stalin's signature

[Tal Inbar]

1941
Isaak O. Dunaevsky: Music from the films Circus and Volga-Volga
Uzeir Gadzhibekov: Ker oghlu, opera
Aram Khachaturian: Violin Concerto
Nikolai Myaskovsky: Symphony No. 21
Shaporin: On the Field of Kulikovo, cantata
Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Quintet
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov: literature
Aleksandr Tvardovsky:literature

1942
Tikhon Khrennikov: Music to the film The Swineherd and the Shepherd
Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 7
Ilya Ehrenburg: literature

1943
Ashrafi: Symphony No. 1 Heroic
Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh Ballet
Sergei Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7
Shebalin: String Quartet No. 5

1945
Sergei Eisenstein: cinema, for Ivan The Terrible, Part I
Mykola Bazhan: literature, for In the Days of War (1945?)
Alexander Fadeyev: literature, for The Young Guard (1945?)
Veniamin Kaverin: literature, for The Two Captains (1945?)

1946
Samuil Feinberg: Piano Concerto No. 2
Gliere: Concerto for voice and orchestra
Kabalevsky: String Quartet No. 2
Karaev and Gajiev: The Motherland, opera
Aram Khachaturian: Symphony No. 2
Tikhon Khrennikov: At 6 p.m. after the War, music from the film
Liatoshinsky: Ukrainian Quintet
Samuel Marshak: literature, for the play Twelve Months
Peretz Markish: literature
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No. 9 - Cello Concerto
Vano Muradeli: Symphony No. 2
Vera Panova: literature, for Sputniki
Popov: Symphony No. 2
Prokofiev: Symphony No. 5 - Piano Sonata No. 8 - Cinderella Ballet
Shaporin: Story of the Battle for the Russian Land
Shtogarenko: My Ukraine, symphony
Sviridov: Piano Trio

1947
Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata No. 1 for violin and piano
Shebalin: "Moscow", cantata
Vasilenko: Mirandoline Suite
Vera Panova: literature, for Kruzhilikha
Aleksandr Tvardovsky: literature

1948
Asafiev: Monograph on Glinka
Gliere: String Quartet No. 4
Kara Karayev: Leyli and Majnum, symphonic poem
Ilya Ehrenburg: literature
Anatoly Rybakov: literature, for The Dagger

1949
Amirov: Symphonic Mughams
Arutiunian: The Motherland, cantata
Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto
Feodor Vasilyevich Gladkov: literature, for Story of My Childhood (1949?)
Vera Panova: literature, for The Bright Shore
Vasili Nikolaevich Azhaev: literature for Far From Moscow (1949)

1950
Gliere: The Bronze Horseman
Nikolai Myaskovsky: Sonata No. 2 for cello and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Song of the Forest - The Fall of Berlin for chorus

1951
Babadzhanian: Heroic Ballad
Isaak O. Dunaevsky: Music to the film The Kuban' Cossacks
Galynin: Epic Poem
Kabalevsky: Taras's Family, opera
Miaskovsky: Symphony No. 27 - String Quartet No. 13
Sergei Prokofiev: On Guard for Peace, oratorio
Taktakishvili: Symphony No. 1
Anatoly Rybakov: literature
Iurii Valentinovich Trifonov, literature for Students
Vladimier Belayev: literature for The Old Fortress: A Trilogy

1952
Ashrafi
Belyi
Shaporin: Romances for Voice and Piano
Dmitri Shostakovich: Ten Poems for Chorus opus 88
Shtogarenko: In Memory of Lesya Ukrainka, symphonic suite
Taktakishvili: Piano Concerto no 1

[Alfred]

Manfred Baron von Ardenne (1907 - 1997) Stalin Prize 1953

Manfred Baron von Ardenne (German) got the Stalin Prize in 1953 and he got 100.000 Rubel with the award.
He got the prize for his work related to the soviet atomic bomb.

He has a quite interesting curriculum vitae:
link to a museum: http://www.dhm.de/lemo/html/biografien/ArdenneManfred/

With 15 years he got his first patent. He invented a multiple electronic tube, which was the basis element for a new radio.

With 18 years he starts to study physics,mathematic and chemistry. But after 2 years he abort the study, because he thought the study is to unflexible and outdated. So he makes self-instruction.

In 1930 he ionvented the "Flying Spot Scanner" which leads to the first fully electronic working television picture tube.

During the war he worked for the german atomic programm.

After the war till 1950 he worked for the soviets in Suchumi in Georgia. He invented a few things in relation to the soviet atomic programm. For that he got 1953 the Stalin Prize.

In 1954 with the 100.000 Roubles he founded the only private research institute in the German Democratic Republik. Till 1990 he lead the institue with 512 workers. He got over 600 patents.