The winners were announced at a special briefing by Presidential Adviser Vladimir Tolstoy.
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Vladimir Putin considered the recommendations of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and resolved that the 2018 Presidential Prize for Young Culture Professionals and the honorary title of prize-winner would be awarded to the following individuals:
Nikolai Pereslegin, architect, for the development of Russian architecture and the preservation of cultural heritage;
Valentin Uryupin, artistic director and chief conductor of the Rostov Academic Symphony Orchestra of the Rostov Regional Philharmonic Hall, for his contribution to the development of Russian music art;
Sergei Chekhov, stage director, for his creative development of the Russian theatrical school.
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Vladimir Putin considered the recommendations of the Presidential Council for Culture and Art and resolved that the 2018 Presidential Prize for Writing and Art for Children and Young People and the honorary title of prize-winner would be awarded to the following individuals:
Boris Diodorov, artist, for his significant contribution to the development of Russian and global illustration art;
Sergei Kazarnovsky, Principal of the Klass-Centre general education school in Moscow, for the development and implementation of the concept Theatre as the Foundation of Humanitarian Education;
Francheska Yarbusova, artist, for her significant contribution to the development of Russian and global animation art.