The Big Book National Literary Award ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Writer Mikhail Elizarov (left), winner of the Audience Award for the book Earth, during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications Mikhail Seslavinsky during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin (left) and Deputy Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications Vladimir Grigoriev (right) during a ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Natalya Dementyeva (left), representative to the Federation Council of Russia from the State Assembly of the Republic of Mari El, and Vladimir Grigoriev, deputy head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications (right), during a ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Head of the Federal Agency for Press and Mass Communications Mikhail Seslavinsky (left) and Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin (right) during a ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Writer Shamil Idiatullin, winner of the Big Book Prize for his novel The Former Lenin, during a ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Writer Shamil Idiatullin (left), winner of the Big Book prize for the novel "Former Lenin", during a ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. President of the Russian Book Union Sergei Stepashin during the ceremony.

The Big Book National Literary Prize ceremony at the Stanislavsky Electrotheatre. Director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin during the ceremony.