The names of the new winners were announced in Moscow on Tuesday.

      This time the winners are ten in number, among them there are actors Sergey Bezrukov, Igor Kostolevsky, Igor Gordin, Ilya Isaev, the Russian President's special representative on international cultural cooperation Mikhail Shvydkoi and others.

      The actors nomination had four winners. This is Sergey Bezrukov (for his works of the recent years), Igor Kostolevsky (for contribution into performing arts), Igor Gordin (for his works of the recent years) and the leading actor of the Russian Youth Theater, Ilya Isaev (for high achievements in performing arts). The award in the field of drama teaching goes to Natalya Zvereva, whereas the theatrical critic Inna Solovyova is awarded for her book "Chekhov. The First Studio. Second Moscow Art Theatre".

      The Fedor Volkov Yaroslavl Drama Theater is the collective winner of the Stanislavsky Award.