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22/04/2022. The awarding ceremony of the competition "The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2021"
April 22, 2022:
The National Library of Karelia held the awarding ceremony of the XXII competition ”The Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia 2021”.
The ceremony was attended by the representatives of the founders and organizers of the competition, members of expert groups, publishers and authors, distributors of book products and lovers of reading.
From the 1st of February till the 5th of March, a collection of applications was organized. The competition received 100 applications, and 48 books competed for the title of "Book of the Year of the Republic of Karelia".
Traditionally, along with the competition, the exhibition "The Book of the Year" was opened, and everyone could be acquainted with the publications received by the Book Chamber of the Republic of Karelia during the past 2021.
From March 14 to March 27, expert commissions worked to determine the winners of the following categories:
Karelia = Karjala
Book Art
Cool Book
Science Light
Read and Re-read
My Land and Its’ People
At the ceremony, the winners in 6 categories were awarded with diplomas and prizes.
The Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia, the Administration of the Petrozavodsk City District, the Tourism Department of the Republic of Karelia awarded special diplomas and prizes to a number of publishers and authors. The National Library gave the prize "Readers' Choice" according to the voting results of the virtual and real book exhibition.
Since 2022, the prize became the Kantele Book, which was the symbol of the library capital of Russia in 2020 and 2021.
The title The Book of the Year and a commemorative sign was awarded to
The Publishing House ”Periodika”
Bylinas of Obonezhie: Retold for Children by V. P. Kuznetsova / editor: O. V. Zakharova; illustrator: D. A. Dmitriev. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2020. 183 p. Coloured illustrations
Winners of the categories
In the category ”Karelia=Karjala”
The Publishing House ”Periodika” for the book
Bylinas of Obonezhie: Retold for Children by V. P. Kuznetsova / editor: O. V. Zakharova; illustrator: D. A. Dmitriev. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2020. 183 p. Coloured illustrations
In the category ”Science Light”
The Editorial and Publishing Department of KarRC of RAS for the book
Geological Heritage of Karelia: Guide to Historical and Geological Excursions around the City of Petrozavodsk and Central Karelia / [Kondrashova N. I., Kuleshevich L. V., Lavrov O. B. and others] ; editorial board: L. V. Kuleshevich, S. A. Svetov; The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Geology of KarRC RAS. Petrozavodsk: The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 207 p. Illustrations.
In the category ”Cool Book”
The Publishing House ”Periodika” for the book
Bylinas of Obonezhie: Retold for Children by V. P. Kuznetsova / editor: O. V. Zakharova; illustrator: D. A. Dmitriev. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2020. 183 p. Coloured illustrations
In the category ”Read and Re-read”
The Publishing House ”Periodika” for the book
Bylinas of Obonezhie: Retold for Children by V. P. Kuznetsova / editor: O. V. Zakharova; illustrator: D. A. Dmitriev. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2020. 183 p. Coloured illustrations
In the category ”Book Art”
The Publishing House ”Verso” for the book
Alexander Kharitonov : Watercolors, Drawings, Collages: [Album / authors and compilers: E. A. Rychkova, L. I. Kharitonova; text: E. A. Rychkova; The Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia, The Kizhi Museum]. Petrozavodsk: VERSO, 2021. 223 p. Illustrations.
The Publishing House ”Scandinavia” for the book
Shatenev K. V. To the Bear Kingdom - with a Camera: [A Large Photo Album by Konstantin Shatenev about the Life of brown Bears]. Petrozavodsk: Scandinavia, 2021. 287 p. Illustrations.
In the category ”My Land and Its People”
The Publishing House ”Periodika” for the book
An Unusual Journey from Kondopoga to Tolvoja: Fairy-tales collected by A. A. Shakhmatov in the Olonets Guvernement / painter, compiler, author of texts about villages of the Olonets Guvernement: Irina Soboleva; processing of fairy-tale texts, introduction, annotator and compiler of obsolete dictionary: Liudmila Viktorova. Petrozavodsk: Periodika, 2021. 247 p. Illustrations.
Special diplomas and prizes
From the Legislative Assembly of the Republic of Karelia
A diploma to the team of authors for the book
Karelia: 100 Years of Statehood, [1920 - 2020] : Collective Monograph / [I. A. Achepovski, B. G. Badanov, V. N. Birin and others]; editorial board: V. G. Badanov [and others] ; Karelian branch of the the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Petrozavodsk: The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 353 p. Illustrations.
From the Administration of the Petrozavodsk City District
for a book about Petrozavodsk
Special prize
To an author and compiler Sergey Chinenov for the book
A Coeval of the Northern Palmyra: the History of the Birth and Formation of the Glorious city of Petrozavodsk, Founded at the behest of Peter the Great on the Shores of Lake Onega in 1703 / author and compiler: Sergey Chinenov; editor: Yana Zhemoitelite [painters: Sergey Chinenov and Valentina Chinenova]. Petrozavodsk: Severnoye Siyaniye, 2021. 127 p. Illustrations.
Letters of thanks
The Editorial and Publishing Department of KarRC of RAS for the book
Geological Heritage of Karelia: Guide to Historical and Geological Excursions around the City of Petrozavodsk and Central Karelia / [Kondrashova N. I., Kuleshevich L. V., Lavrov O. B. and others] ; editorial board: L. V. Kuleshevich, S. A. Svetov; The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Geology of KarRC RAS. Petrozavodsk: The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 207 p. Illustrations.
The Publishing House ”Scandinavia” for the book
Hearts are Reaching out to Your Origins … : to the 90th Anniversary of the Petrozavodsk Railway Transport College /authors and compilers: M. G. Dmitriev, A. G. Kondratyeva, N. N. Senko; edited by M. G. Dmitriev, L. A. Khimich. Text. Petrozavodsk: Scandinavia, 2021. 199 p. Illustrations.
From the Tourism Department of the Republic of Karelia
Diploma to the Editorial and Publishing Department of KarRC of RAS for the book
Geological Heritage of Karelia: Guide to Historical and Geological Excursions around the City of Petrozavodsk and Central Karelia / [Kondrashova N. I., Kuleshevich L. V., Lavrov O. B. and others] ; editorial board: L. V. Kuleshevich, S. A. Svetov; The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, The Institute of Geology of KarRC RAS. Petrozavodsk: The Karelian Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, 2021. 207 p. Illustrations.
Special diploma ”Readers' Choice”
Diploma to an author and photographer Konstantin Shatenev for the book
Shatenev K. V. To the Bear Kingdom – with a Camera: [A Large Photo Album by Konstantin Shatenev about the Life of brown Bears]. Petrozavodsk: Scandinavia, 2021. 287 p. Illustrations.
