Aram Khachaturian - Honours and Awards

Honours and Awards

  • Honored Artist of the Armenian SSR (1938)
  • Three Orders of Lenin (1939, 1963, 1973)
  • Stalin Prize second class (1941) for Concerto for Violin and Orchestra
  • Stalin Prize first class (1943) for the ballet "Gayane"
  • Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1944)
  • Order of the Red Banner of Labour, twice (1945, 1966)
  • Stalin Prize first class (1946) for the Second Symphony
  • People's Artist of RSFSR (1947)
  • Stalin Prize first class (1950) for the music to two-part film The Battle of Stalingrad
  • People's Artist of the USSR (1954)
  • People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (1955)
  • Lenin Prize (1959) for the ballet Spartacus
  • Order of "Science and Art", 1st degree (1961, United Arab Republic) for his outstanding musical career
  • People's Artist of the Georgian SSR (1963)
  • State Prize of the Armenian SSR (1965)
  • Commemorative medal of the 25th anniversary of accession to the throne Shahin-Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1965)
  • Doctor of Fine Arts (1965)
  • Honored Worker of Arts of the Uzbek SSR (1967)
  • Order of the October Revolution (1971)
  • Hero of Socialist Labour (1973)
  • People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1973)
  • Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War of 1941–1945 Medal
  • Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"
  • Medal "For the Defence of the Caucasus"
  • Medal "For the Defence of Moscow"
  • "For Valiant Labor. To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin "
  • USSR State Prize (1971) for Triad Concerto-Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra, Cello, Piano
  • Honored Artist of the People's Republic of Poland for services to Polish culture

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