Today, May 14, at the National Library of Tajikistan, on the sidelines of the Forum of Creative and Scientific Intellectuals of the CIS Member States, the main humanitarian award of the CIS “Stars of the Union” was presented to the laureates of this award. This year, 8 outstanding scientists from the CIS countries will receive the Honorary Star.
It should be noted that this award includes three nominations, in which scientists from Tajikistan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Kyrgyzstan competed.
At the same time, the winners of the “Stars of the Union” award in the category “For Outstanding Contribution to Culture and Art” are Eduard TADEVOSYAN – People’s Artist of Armenia, Professor of the Yerevan State Conservatory, Director of the Komitas Quartet, Elena ATRASHKEVICH – composer, Chairman of the Union of Composers of Belarus, Teacher of the Minsk College of Arts, Ayzhan BEKKULOVA – Expert of the National Committee for Intangible Heritage, Chairman of the Union of Artists of Kazakhstan, Denis MATSUEV – Pianist, People’s Artist of Russia, Soloist of the Moscow State Philharmonic, Rustam SADULLOEV – Honored Artist of Uzbekistan, Honorary Professor of the Branch of the All-Russian University of Cinematography named after S. Gerasimov in Tashkent.
The winners of the “Stars of the Commonwealth” award in the nomination “For outstanding contribution and achievements in the field of science and education” are Muhammadyusufi IMOMZODA – academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, professor of the Department of Persian-Tajik Literature of the Tajik National University, and Aziz ALIEV – professor, rector of the Baku branch of the First Moscow State Medical University named after I. Sechenov.
Also, Tugelboy KAZAKOV – People’s Artist of Kyrgyzstan, Chairman of the Commission on State Awards, Chairman of the Union of Musicians was recognized as the winner of the award in the nomination “For outstanding contribution to humanitarian activity”.
It should be noted that the “Stars of the Commonwealth” award is awarded annually to representatives of the CIS countries for significant achievements in the field of humanitarian activity that correspond to the level of world achievements and have contributed to the development of each CIS member state and as a whole. The amount of the award is 2 million rubles. This year, 15 candidates from 8 countries competed for the top prize.
