The Aelita Award is an award for

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writers founded by the Union of Writers of the Russian Federation (formerly the Soviet Writers Union) and " Uralsky Sledopyt Magazine" in 1981. It was named after the classic Russian science fiction novel ''

Aelita ''Aelita'' (russian: Аэли́та, ), also known as ''Aelita: Queen of Mars'', is a 1924 Soviet silent film, silent science fiction film directed by Yakov Protazanov and produced at the Gorky Film Studio, Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio. It was b ...

.'' The prize is awarded during the

, a Soviet/Russian

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convention. In 1989, the Start Award was created as a runner-up award to the Aelita. A number of other awards are or have been given in conjunction with the Aëlita ceremony. These include: The Ivan Yefremov Memorial Award, named in honor of science fiction writer and paleontologist

Ivan Yefremov Ivan Antonovich (real patronymic Antipovich) Yefremov ( ru , Ива́н Анто́нович (Анти́пович) Ефре́мов; April 23, 1908 – October 5, 1972; last name sometimes transliterated as Efremov) was a Soviet paleonto ...

(1908-1972) and recognizes great contributions to the development of Soviet science fiction studies. The Vitaly Bugrov Memorial Award is given in honor of science fiction writer, editor and critic Vitaly Bugrov (1938-1994) for great contributions to the writing of story collections and nonfiction works. He was also instrumental in the founding of the Aëlita Award. The Order of the Knights of Science Fiction & Fantasy is given for great contributions to Russian fandom. The Europe-Asia Award is given for writers who reflect or represent Ekaterinburg and the Urals in their writing. The Order of Kindness & Light is given for writers who promote in their works ideas of humaneness, kindness and a positive attitude towards humanity. The Master of Science Fiction & Fantasy Award is like the Grand Master Award given by the Science Fiction Writers of America (SFWA). The Velikoye Koltso (Great Ring) Award was established by Boris Zavgorodny and was re-established by the Alkor Fan Club. It is given by Soviet fandom for their favorite novel, and physically resembles the American Hugo Award.

Aelita Award winners

*1981 – (tie)

Arkady and Boris Strugatsky The brothers Arkady Natanovich Strugatsky (russian: Аркадий Натанович Стругацкий; 28 August 1925 – 12 October 1991) and Boris Natanovich Strugatsky ( ru , Борис Натанович Стругацкий; 14 A ...

, Alexander Kazantsev *1982 – Zinovi Yuriev *1983 –

Vladislav Krapivin Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin (russian: Владислав Петрович Крапивин; 14 October 1938 – 1 September 2020) was a Russian children's books writer. Biography Vladislav Petrovich Krapivin was born in the city of Tyumen on ...

*1984 – Sergej Snegow *1985 – Sergey Pavlov *1986 – Viktor Kolupaev *1987 – Olga Larionova *1988 – Viktor Kolupaev *1989 – Sever Gansovsky *1990 – Oleg Korabelnikov *1991 – Vladimir Mikhailov *1992 – Sergei Drugal *1993 – Vasily Zvyagintsev *1994 –

Gennadiy Prashkevich Gennadiy Martovich Prashkevich (russian: Генна́дий Ма́ртович Прашке́вич; born May 16, 1941, in Pirovskoye, Krasnoyarsk Krai) is a Russian science fiction writer, critic, editor, translator and International PEN member. ...

*1995 – No award given. *1997 –

Kir Bulychov Kir Bulychev (russian: Кир Булычёв ir Bulychyov 18 October 1934 – 5 September 2003) is a pen name of Igor Vsevolodovich Mozheiko (И́горь Все́володович Може́йко), a USSR, Soviet Russian science fiction wri ...

*1998 – Eugeniy Gulyakovskiy *1999 –

Sergey Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, ...

*2000 –

Vadim Shefner Vadim Sergeevich Shefner (russian: Вади́м Серге́евич Ше́фнер); (December 30, 1914 (January 12, 1915) - January 5, 2002) was a Soviet and Russian poet and writer who started publishing poetry in 1936. His first poetry collectio ...

*2001 –

Marina and Sergey Dyachenko Spouses Maryna Yuryivna Dyachenko (born 23 January 1968) and Serhiy Serhiyovych Dyachenko (14 April 1945 – 5 May 2022) (Marina Yuryevna Dyachenko (Shirshova) and Sergey Sergeyevich Dyachenko) (rus. Марина и Сергей Дяченко, ...

*2002 – Eugeniy Lukin *2003 – Vladimir Savchenko *2004 –

Vasili Golovachov Vasili Vasilievich Golovachov (russian: Василий Васильевич Головачёв; born June 21, 1948, Russia) is a modern Russian science fiction writer, known in Russian-speaking countries for writing both hard science fiction and sc ...

*2006 –

Alexander Gromov Alexander Nikolayevich Gromov () is a Russian science fiction writer, who began writing in 1986 and was first published in the early 1990s. His work is influenced by that of the Strugatsky brothers, and he has stated a preference for the soc ...

*2007 – No award given. *2008 –

Svyatoslav Loginov Svyatoslav Vladimirovich Vitman, primarily known under the pen name Svyatoslav Loginov (russian: Святослав Логинов, Святослав Владимирович Витман) (born October 9, 1951 in Ussuriysk, Russia (then Voroshi ...

*2009 –

Vladimir Vasilyev Vladimir Vasiliev may refer to: * Vladimir Vasiliev (dancer) (born 1940), dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet * Vladimir Vasilyev (rower) (born 1948), Soviet Olympic rower * Vladimir Vasilyev (politician) (born 1949), Russian politician * Vladimir Vas ...

*2010 – Andrey Lazarchuk *2011 –

H. L. Oldie Henry Lion Oldie or H. L. Oldie (russian: Генри Лайон Олди, Г. Л. Олди) is the pen name of Ukrainian science fiction and fantasy writers Dmitry Gromov and Oleg Ladyzhensky. Both authors reside in Kharkiv, Ukraine, and write i ...

*2012 – Pavel Amnuel *2013 – Roman Zlotnikov *2014 – Isay Davydov *2015 –

Vyacheslav Rybakov Vyacheslav Rybakov (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Рыбаков; born January 1954 in Leningrad), is a Russian science fiction author and an orientalist, interested in the medieval bureaucracy of China. He is a frequent collab ...

*2016 – Evgeny Filenko *2017 –

Andrei Belyanin Andrei Olegovich Belyanin (born 24 January 1967, Astrakhan) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy writer, who wrote at least 15 novels with many of them selling over 2 million copies. He is especially known for humour and parody in his fiction. ...

*2018 – Vadim Panov

Start Award winners

*1989 – Boris Shtern *1990 – Andrei Stolyarov *1991 –

*1992 –

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& Alexander Shchiogolev *1993 –

Sergei Lukyanenko Sergei Vasilyevich Lukyanenko (russian: Серге́й Васи́льевич Лукья́ненко, ; born 11 April 1968) is a Russian science fiction and fantasy author, writing in Russian. His works often feature intense action-packed plots, ...

*1994 – Andrei Shcherbak-Zhukov *1995 – No award given. *1996 – No award given. *1997 – Andrei Valentinov *1998 – Mikhail Tyrin *1999 – Andrey Plekhanov *2000 – Natalya R'azanova *2001 – Victor Burtsev *2002 – Leonid Kaganov *2003 – Vitaly Kaplan Award discontinued?

Ivan Yefremov Memorial Award winners

*1987 – Georgi Gurevich *1988 – (tie) Dmitri Bilenkin & Vitaly Bugrov *1989 – Georgii Grechko *1990 – Viktor Babenko *1991 – Igor Khalymbahdza *1992 – Andrei Balabukha *1993 – *1994 – *1995 – *1996 – *1997 – Evgeniya Sterligova *1998 – Alexander Kashirin *1999 – Alexander Sidorovich *2000 – Nina Berkova *2001 – Vladimir Borisov *2002 – Bella Kl'ueva *2003 – Dmitriy Vatolin *2004 – *2005 – *2006 – *2007 – *2008 – *2009 – *2010 – *2011 – *2012 – Andrey Sinitsin Award discontinued?

Vitaly Bugrov Memorial Award winners

*1997 – Vladimir Gakov *1998 – Sergei Kazantsev *1999 – Yevgeny Kharitonov *2000 – Vladimir Gopman *2001 – Alexander Royfe *2002 – Dmitriy Baykalov *2003 – Eugeny Permyakov *2004 – *2005 – *2006 – *2007 – *2008 – *2009 – *2010 – *2011 – *2012 – Sergei Chekmaev Award discontinued?

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