Valentin Kurbatov, jury member of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, literary critic, at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727714
Writer Alexei Varlamov, jury member of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award, at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727710
Andrei Bitov, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in modern classics category for his novel "Lessons of Armenia," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727686
Andrei Bitov, center, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in modern classics category for his novel "Lessons of Armenia," at the ceremony to present the award. Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi, background.28.10.2015#2727680
Writer Guzel Yakhina, second left, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the 21st Century category for her novel "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes," at the ceremony to present the award. From right: Director of Yasnaya Polyana Museum-Estate Yekaterina Tolstaya and Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky.28.10.2015#2727672
Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy at the ceremony to present the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award.28.10.2015#2727670
American writer of Japanese origin Ruth Ozeki, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the foreign literature category for her novel "A Tale for the Time Being," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727626
Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy at the ceremony to present the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award.28.10.2015#2727625
American writer of Japanese origin Ruth Ozeki, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the foreign literature category for her novel "A Tale for the Time Being," at the ceremony to present the award. Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy, right.28.10.2015#2727624
Andrei Bitov, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in modern classics category for his novel "Lessons of Armenia," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727623
Andrei Bitov, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in modern classics category for his novel "Lessons of Armenia," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727622
Andrei Bitov, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in modern classics category for his novel "Lessons of Armenia," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727621
Writer Guzel Yakhina, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the 21st Century category for her novel "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes," and Russian President's Special Representative for International Cultural Cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi after the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727619
Valery Bylinsky, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in Childhood. Adolescence. Youth category for his collection of stories of the Modern Novella series, at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727618
Valery Bylinsky, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in Childhood. Adolescence. Youth category for his collection of stories of the Modern Novella series, at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727617
Writer Guzel Yakhina, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the 21st Century category for her novel "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727616
Writer Guzel Yakhina, winner of the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award in the 21st Century category for her novel "Zuleikha Opens Her Eyes," at the ceremony to present the award.28.10.2015#2727615
Russian Presidential Adviser on Culture Vladimir Tolstoy, left, and Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky at the ceremony to present the annual national Yasnaya Polyana Literary Award.28.10.2015#2727614