Irina Maslyonnikova, wife of Triumf prize winner, director Boris Pokrovsky, and Vladimir Vasiliev, background, attend the award ceremony at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow.

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Actor Oleg Menshikov at the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Yury Lyubimov, artistic director of the Moscow Taganka Theater, at the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Director Filipp Yankovsky and actress Liza Boyarskaya at the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Actress Liza Boyarskaya at the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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From left: writer Zoya Boguslavskaya, Oleg Tabakov, artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, ballet dancer Yekaterina Maksimova, poet Andrei Voznesensky, choreographer Vladimir Vasilyev, and conductor Vladimir Spivakov at the ceremony of receiving the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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From left: poet Andrei Voznesensky, Oleg Tabakov, artistic director of the Chekhov Moscow Art Theater, writer Zoya Boguslavskaya, and ballet dancer Yekaterina Maksimova at the ceremony of receiving the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Former Culture Minister Natalya Dementyeva and actor Yevgeny Stychkin at the ceremony of receiving the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Actor and director Konstantin Raikin won the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Actor and director Konstantin Raikin, foreground, won the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Actress Inna Churikova at the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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Pianist Alexander Melnikov won the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts. The ceremony took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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The winners of the Triumph Award, from left: pianist Alexander Melnikov, artist Tatyana Nazarenko, and actor and director Konstantin Raikin. The ceremony of receiving the first independent Triumph Award for outstanding achievements in the arts took place at the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts.

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