Writer NS Tikhonov, chairman of the committee for Lenin Prizes in the field of literature and art, speaking. Tikhonov presents the diploma and badges of the laureates: Ionas Avizius, Secretary of the Board of the Writers' Union G.M. Markov, I.L. Andronnikov, E.V. Obraztsova, Zurab Tsereteli. The prize, awarded posthumously to V. M. Shukshin, is being awarded to his widow L. Fedoseeva-Shukshina. Among those present - S.V. Mikhalkov.