More than 60 cultural figures were awarded in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

      On April 2, 2026, at 11:43, Culture and Leisure In the Nizhny Novgorod region, a solemn award ceremony took place, during which awards of various levels were presented to more than 60 employees of cultural institutions in the region. The event was timed to coincide with the Day of Culture Workers and the Day of Theater. This was reported by the Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod region. The award ceremony was held at the "Mayak" Academy named after A.D. Sakharov. It was attended by the Minister of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod region, Natalia Sukhanova, and the chairman of the Nizhny Novgorod branch of the Union of Theater Workers of Russia, Sergey Kabailo. For their significant contribution to the development of the cultural space of the Nizhny Novgorod region and fruitful creative activity, the titles of "Honored Worker of Arts of the Nizhny Novgorod Region" were awarded to the artistic director of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after A.S. Pushkin, Alexey Trifonov, and the chief conductor of the theater, Dmitry Sinkovsky. The titles of "Honored Worker of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod Region" were awarded to the director of the Semyonov Historical and Art Museum, Oksana Tsvetkova, and the teacher of the children's art school in the city of Sarov, the leader of the folk song ensemble "Gornitsa," Irina Oskina. A certificate from the Ministry of Culture of Russia awarding the title of "Honored Collective of Folk Art" was presented to the ensemble "Serpantin" of the Borshch Children's Art School named after F.I. Shalyapin. For active participation in the socio-cultural life of society aimed at the benefit of the population of the Nizhny Novgorod region, the gratitude of the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation was awarded to the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Theater for Young Spectators, Igor Avrov, the director of Children's Music School No. 16, Oksana Vetrov, the director of the Children's Music School named after V.B. Trifonov of the Uren Municipal District, Yulia Gudkova, the teacher of Children's Music School No. 12 named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, Irina Lemyaskina, the director of the State Museum of A.M. Gorky, Larisa Motorina, the artist of the drama of the Nizhny Novgorod Comedy Theater, Nadezhda Pavlova, the sculptor, member of the Nizhny Novgorod regional branch of the All-Russian Creative Public Organization "Union of Artists of Russia," Alexey Shchitov, as well as the artistic director of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet named after A.S. Pushkin, Alexey Trifonov, and the chief conductor of the theater, Dmitry Sinkovsky. For their significant contribution to the development of culture and art in the Nizhny Novgorod region, honorary certificates from the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region were awarded to the director of Children's Art School No. 8 named after V.Yu. Villuan, Margarita Gubchenko, the director of Children's Music School No. 12 named after P.I. Tchaikovsky, Olga Guryanova, the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Theater of Drama named after M. Gorky, Valery Nikitin, and the teacher of the Nizhny Novgorod Theater School named after E.A. Evstigneev, Olga Shchelushkina. Honorary diplomas and letters of gratitude from the governor of the Nizhny Novgorod region were awarded to the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Academic Theater of Drama named after M. Gorky, Margarita Bagoley, the methodologist of the Nizhny Novgorod Art School, Lyudmila Budaragina, the bibliographer of the Uren Central Library, Anastasia Kapitanova, the director of Children's Art School No. 1 in Balakhna, Elena Chaputina, the director of the district center for folk crafts, crafts, and tourism "Rassvet" from Lyskov, Elena Karpova, the artistic director of the Center for Theater Mastery, Evgeny Pyhtin, and the artistic director and conductor of the Russian Folk Orchestra named after V.A. Kuznetsov, Boris Skhirtladze. Letters of gratitude from the government of the Nizhny Novgorod region were awarded to the leading librarian of the department of musical literature of the Nizhny Novgorod State Regional Universal Scientific Library named after V.I. Lenin, Irina Bolshukhina, the teacher of the theater school named after E.A. Evstigneev, Elena Bogdanova, the head of the artistic creativity department of the Cultural Development Center of Lukoyanov, Evgenia Guryanova, the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Comedy Theater, Maria Krom, the director of the Tamboles House of Creativity in the city of Vyksa, Elizaveta Paltseva, the chief director of the Nizhny Novgorod Theater for Young Spectators, Ivan Pachin, the head of the department for supporting and implementing creative initiatives of the Regional Department of Cultural and Educational Projects, Natalia Khamova, and the deputy director for branches of the district house of culture in Balakhna, Olga Tsyganova. For effective work in the federal personnel project "Captains of Culture," letters of gratitude from the Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod region were awarded to the head of the cultural center "Tradition" of the headquarters of Zakhar Prilepin, Vladimir Bezdenezhnye, the head of the Department of Culture, Tourism, Sports, and Youth Policy of the city of Chkalovsk, Anna Krestyaninova, the director of the Cultural Development Center of the city of Arzamas, Yuri Lomov, and the director of the Dzerzhinsk Music College, Andrey Pankratov. For high performance in the implementation of the "Pushkin Card" program among urban and municipal districts of the Nizhny Novgorod region, gratitude from the Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod region was awarded to the Bolshie Boldino, Vorotynsky, and Voskresensky municipal districts. For their significant contribution to the development of the cultural potential of the region within the framework of the implementation of events of the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives, gratitude from the Ministry of Culture of the Nizhny Novgorod region was awarded to the Bogorodsky and Pavlovsky municipal districts, as well as the urban district of the city of Chkalovsk. On the same day, the main theatrical award of the Nizhny Novgorod region — the N.I. Sobolshchikov-Samarin Prize — was presented. It was awarded to the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Theater for Young Spectators, Igor Avrov, the artist of the children's theater "Vera," Vladimir Ganin, and the artist of the Nizhny Novgorod Comedy Theater, Igor Smelovsky. The winners of the "Season Premieres" festival were awarded the "Creative Success" awards. Recall that the award in the nomination "Best Performance" was received by the production of the Sarov Drama Theater "Three Sisters" based on the play by A.P. 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