Awarding the Lenin Prizes in the Sverdlov Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace. Speech by Chairman of the Committee of the Lenin Prize in Literature and Art N. Tikhonov. Among the winners: People's Artist of the RSFSR and the Armenian SSR Z. Dolukhanova, People's Artist of the GSPC SA Zakariadze, People's Artist of the USSR AA Plastov, People's Artist of the RSFSR M. A. Ulyanov. Among those present at delivery: Minister of Culture of the USSR EA Furtseva, People's Artist of the USSR MK Anikushin and others.