Philanthropist (award)

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| name           = Philanthropist
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| awarded_for    = Outstanding achievements of invalids in the field of culture and art
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| country        = Russia
| year           = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1996}}
| website        = {{url|http://www.filantrop.ru}}
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'''Philanthropist''' is an international award, given to recognize outstanding achievements of invalids in the field of culture and art.<ref>[https://www.hab.kp.ru/daily/26529/3546210/ Юная художница из Хабаровска стала лауреатом престижной международной премии «Филантроп»]</ref><ref>[https://riavrn.ru/news/nevidyashchiy-muzykant-iz-voronezha-poboretsya-za-pobedu-v-konkurse-pesen-pro-krymskiy-most/ Незрячий музыкант из Воронежа поборется за победу в конкурсе песен про Крымский мост]</ref> "Philanthropist" is awarded once every two years.<ref>[http://barnaul.org/news/dve-zhitelnitsy-barnaula-stali-nominantami-mezhdunarodnoy-premii-filantrop.html Две жительницы Барнаула стали номинантами Международной премии «Филантроп»]</ref> The history of the award begins in 1996<ref>[https://rg.ru/2016/05/20/reg-cfo/pobediteliu-detskogo-golosa-vruchili-premiiu-filantrop.html Победителю детского "Голоса" вручили премию "Филантроп"]</ref> at the forum of the Russian Youth Chamber. In 1997 it was registered in the Russian Authors' Society. It is awarded in categories "Performing Arts", "Artistic Creativity", "Literary Creativity", as well as "For the Preservation of Folk Art Traditions", "For Novelty and Originality in Creativity", "Overcoming. Beyond the Limit of Possible","Growing Hopes","State and public figure for rendering effective assistance to disabled people and their social organizations". The organizers of the award are: [[Government of Russia]], [[Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the Russian Federation]], [[Government of Moscow]], [[Russian Academy of Arts]], [[All-Russian Society of Invalids]]. [[Mikhail Zhvanetsky]], Alexander Lomakin-Rumyantsev, [[Igor Luchenok]], [[Sergey Mironov]], Alexander Neumyvakin, Vladimir Platonov, Oleg Smolin, [[Zurab Tsereteli]], [[Mikhail Shvydkoy]], [[Neil Young]] are on the Board of Trustees.

== References ==
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[[Category:International awards]]
[[Category:Russian awards]]


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