eP 11e11r lllal11Cl Ul Ll l IDWCif aJ ijl m f uwmv llllililml lrs 1 11 ooeuJl ll ooaim lkallill l r 1 · _ _ _ _ _ LENIN AND STATE PRIZES NOW YOU SEE- T_H_E_M_ _ __ - - NOW YOU DON'T ••••••••••••••• I I •• ••• • 8 ' Declassified and Approved for Release by NSA on 03-31-2021 pursuant to E O 13526 Cover Page and Pages 8-11 MDR 109390 J L 86-3 6 5 0 USC 360 5 LENIN AND STATE PRIZES NOW YOU SEE THEM -- NOW YOU DON'Tt -'_ _ _______ r Orders medals and prizes play an important role in the economic and social life of the Soviet Union They provide an extra incentive for people to strive for improvement by appealing to their natural desire for reCDRl ition and approval and in the case of Lenin and State Prizesl by rewarding them financially In the civilian sector the most prestigious of these are the Hero of Socialist Labor Order of Lenin State Prize and Lenin Prize They form the bottom line of official biograph• ic sketches and obituaries -- the measure of a person's success as a productive member of 1 unless otherwise stated references to State Prizes in 'this article do not include the former Stalin Prizes which were discontinued after 19S4 and retroactively redesignated State Prizes State Prizes awarded by individual republics of the USSR as opposed to national-level USSR State Prizes have also been excluded from consideration in this article because they are less significant and are of more recent origin cs3 society and a great source of personal pride To students of Soviet affairs they can be a easure and source of other things as well While all these honors are highly priied by Soviet citizens the Lenin and State Pri1es are the most difficult to obtain The Order of Lenin and Hero of Socialist Labor may be awarded for a wide variety of reasons unrelated to any sin le achievement e on the occasion of one's fiftieth birthday and in appreciation of years of consistently outstanding perfonunce but the Lenin and State Prizes are given only for very specific contributions of national significance such as the design and introduction into series production of a new type 'of airct ft Consequently recipients of the Lenin and State Prizes more than any other group may be considered the elite corps of the technocrats Just what aN these prizes According to the new third edition of the Bot'shaya Sovetskaya Ehntsiklopediya Large Soviet' Encyclopedia BSEh the Lenin Prize is one of the highest forms of rewarding citizens for the most outstanding achievements in the field of Jan 76 CRYPTOLOG • P ie 8 TOP fi§QIHIT I JI IUBA I - ·- -·•· --------------- ---lbf SilORlli ltfRPt science and technology literature art and architecture ••• Re-established in 19572 • • • 30 Lenin Prizes including 25 in science and technology and 5 in literature art and architecture of 10 000 rubles each are awarded once every 2 years Announcements of awards are published on the anniversary of the birth of V I Lenin Persons receiving the Lenin Prize are given the title 'Lenin Prize Laureate ' a certificate an honorary pin and an identification card The Lenin Prize may not be awarded 1110re than once to an individual The same edition of BSEh states that USSR State Prizes are a form of rewarding citizens for outstanding achievements in the field of science and technology literature and art ••• They are awarded for scientific research making a 111 jor contribution to the development of the nation•s science for work creating and introducing the most progressive materials machines and 111achinery into the national economy • A USSR State Prize Laureate may be awarded a USSR State Prize more than once but not within 5 years of any previous award Established in 1966••• as many as SO awards in the field of science and technology and as many as 10 for literature and art are made yearly on the anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Each prize is 5000 rubles • Persons receiving the USSR State Prize are given the title 'USSR State Prize Laureate ' a certificate and an honorary pin indicating the year of the award • • A prize uy go to an individual as sometimes happens in the field of pure science for the development of basic theories More often however the prize is shared by a nwaber of persons throughout the USSR especially when the award is for the development and production of complex and sophisticated equipment On the average prizes are shared by seven or eight persons Prizes are announced in Pravda and I aves ti ya with an indication of the recipient I s · name job title place of employment and reason for the award The following figures help to elucidate the According to published accounts in the fields of science and technology since 1970 nature and scope of the problem 226 people have shared 32 Lenin Prizes while • In 1970 49 Lenin Prize Laureates we r_•-- 1 057 people have shared 126 State Prizes • elected to the USSR Supreme Soviet I But according to BSEh there should have bfen I 75 Lenin Prizes and 250 State Prizes could • The Ukrainian Academy of Sciences was • have been awarded Where have all the prizes given the Order of Lenin in 1969 and cele- gone brated the occasion with the publication • of Akademi ya Hauk Ukrainakoj SSR 1969 g • Academy of Sciences Ukrainian SSR 1969 which identified 48 colleagues of the Academy as Lenin Prize Laureates • IL I I I ----------20riginally established in 1'925 Lenin Prizes • were discontinued after 1934 From 1957 until 1968 Lenin Prizes were awariled yearly ------------ -· EO 3 3b 3 EO 3 3b 6 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 • • Jan '11 c RvProLOG • • Page 9 ICi OIOM 'f lt IIR I l 3 3b 3 PL 86-36 50 USC 3605 EO - 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