Demidov Prize

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Demidov Prize (Russian: Демидовская премия) used to be a national scientific prize in the Russian Empire awarded annually to the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. One of the oldest scientific awards in the world, it was restored by the government of the Sverdlovsk Oblast in 1993.

In 1831 Pavel Nikolaevich Demidov, representative of the famous Demidov family, established a scientific prize after his name. The Petersburg Academy of Sciences (now Russian Academy of Sciences) was choisen as an awarding institution. In 1832 the president of the Petersburg Academy of Sciences Sergei Uvarov awarded the first prizes. The Demidov Prize was a national scientific award, the most prestgious in Russia. From 1832 to 1866 The Academy awarded 55 full prizes (5,000 rubles) and 220 part prizes. Among the winners there were many prominent Russian scientists: founder of the field surgery and inventor of the gypsous immobilisation method in treatment of fractures Nikolai Pirogov, seafarer and geographer Ivan Kruzenshtern, creator of the periodic table of elements Dmitri Mendeleev, inventor of the electric engine Boris Yakobi and many others.

Since 1866, in 25 years after Pavel Demidov's death and according to his testament, there were no any awarding ceremony. In 1993 on the initiative of the vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences Gennady Mesyats and the governor of the Sverdlovsk Oblast Eduard Rossel the Demidov Prize traditions were restored. The prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in natural sciences and humanities. The winners are elected annually among the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. According to the tradition every year the Demidov Scientific Foundation choose three or four academicians to receive the award. The prize include a medal, a diploma and $10,000 as a money reward. The awarding ceremony take place every year at the Palace of the Governor of Sverdlovsk Oblast in Yekaterinburg, Russia. The recipients of the Prize also give lectures at the Ural State University (Demidov Lecturing).

The Demidov Prize in one of the most prestigious and oldest scientific awards. Its traditions deeply influenced other awards of this kind including Nobel Prize.

[edit] Winners of full prizes

1832

• G. Pauker, physics
• Y. Gagemeyster, economics

1833

• A. Vostokov, philology
• F. Reyf, philology

1835

• F. Sidonskiy, philosophy
• N. Bichurin, history
• P. Sokolov, philology

1836

• F. Litke, geography
• N. Brashman, mathematics
• A. Mikhaylovsky-Danilevsky, history

1837

• I. Kruzenshtern, geography
• F. Argelander, astronomy
• N. Ushakov, history

1838

• S. Shoduar, history

1839

• N. Bichurin, philology
• A. Kazembek, philology
• N. Medem, military sciences

1840

• M. Pogodin, philology
• D. Chubinov, philology
• B. Yakobi, physics

1841

• A. Postels, biology
• F. Ruprekht, biology

1842

• F. Wrangel, geography

1844

• A. Vostokov, philology
• G. Pavsky, philology
• N. Pirogov, medicine

1845

• F. Adelung, geography

1846

• A. Savich, astronomy
• O. Kovalevsky, philology
• K. Klaus, chemistry

1847

• A. Kayzerling, geography
• P. Kruzenshtern, geography
• A. Demidov, geography
• D. Tolstoy, history
• D. Tchubinov, philology

1850

• F. Goremykin, military sciences

1851

• N. Pirogov, medicine
• M. Reyneke, geography

1852

• K. Nevolin, history
• L. Zeddler, military sciences

1853

• D. Milyutin, history

1854

• M. Bulgakov, teology
• K. Nevolin, history

1855

• D. Zhuravsky, technical sciences

1857

• N. Turchaninov, biology
• H. Pander, geography

1858

• O. Goshkeviych, philology

1859

• K. Maksimovich, biology

1860

• N. Pirogov, medicine
• F. Dmitriyev, law

1861

• P. Pekarsky, philology
• M. Bogdanovich, history

1862

• M. Korf, history
• D. Mendeleev, chemistry

1863

• G. Butakov, maritime sciences

1865

• F. Smit, history
• L. Shwarts, geodesy

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1993

• S. Vonsovsky, physics
• N. Kotchetkov, chemistry
• B. Chesnokov, geology
• V. Yanin, history
• A. Karpov, economics

1994

• B. Rauschenbach, mechanics
• A. Bayev, biology
• P. Kropotkin, geology
• N. Tolstoy, philology

1995

• A. Gaponov-Grekhov, physics
• G. Tolstikov, chemistry
• V. Magnitsky, geophysics
• N. Pokrovsky, history

1996

• N. Krasovsky, mathematics and mechanics
• V. Sokolov, biology
• G. Golitsyn, earth sciences
• E. Chelyshev, philology

1997

• A. Skrinsky, physics
• N. Vatolin, chemistry
• N. Laverov, earth sciences
• A. Zaliznyak, linguistics

1998

• O. Gazenko, biology
• A. Gonchar, mathematics
• V. Sedov, history
• N. Yushkin, earth sciences

1999

• Zh. Alferov, physics
• N. Dobretsov, earth sciences
• V. Tartakovsky, chemistry

2000

• V. Maslov, mathematics
• N. Semikhatov, mechanics
• R. Petrov, earth sciences
• T. Zaslavskaya, economics and sociology

2001

• A. Prokhorov, physics
• V. Kabanov, chemistry [1]
• I. Gramberg, earth sciences [2]

2002

• L. Faddeev, mathematics
• V. Savelyev, medicine [3]
• V. Kudryavtsev, law [4]
• G. Mesyats, physics [5]

2003

• B. Litvinov, physics [6]
• I. Beletskaya, chemistry [7]
• O. Bogatikov, earth sciences [8]

2004

• G. Marchuk, mathematics [9]
• V. Bolshakov, biology [10]
• A. Derevyanko, history and archeology [11]

2005

• O. Krokhin, physics [12]
• N. Lyakishev, physicochemistry [13]
• A. Kontorovich, earth sciences [14]

2006

• T. Eneev, mathematics [15]
• V. Alekseyev, history [16]
• V. Kulakov, medicin [17]

[edit] External links

• Demidov Foundation short history
• List of all the winners of full Demidov Prize
• Demidov Prize and Demidov Lecturing at Lebedev Phisical Institute web site