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The '''International Stalin Prize''' or the '''International Stalin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples''' (renamed {{lang-ru|Международная Ленинская премия «За укрепление мира между народами»}}, the '''International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples''' as a result of [[deStalinization]]) was the [[Soviet Union]]'s equivalent to the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]. It was awarded by a panel appointed by the Soviet government, to notable individuals whom the panel felt had "strengthened peace among peoples".
Following [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s denunciation of Stalin at the [[20th Congress of the CPSU|Twentieth Party Congress]] held in [[1956]], on [[September 6]] the prize was renamed the International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples. All previous recipients were asked to return their Stalin Prizes so they could be replaced by the renamed Lenin Prize. By a decision of [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] of [[December 11]] [[1989]], the prize was renamed the International Lenin Peace Prize ({{lang-ru|международная Ленинская премия мира}})<ref>{{cite web|title=ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПРЕЗИДИУМА ВС СССР ОТ 11.12.1989 N 905-1 О МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ЛЕНИНСКОЙ ПРЕМИИ МИРА|date=2006-10-12|url=http://pravo.levonevsky.org/baza/soviet/sssr1118.htm|language=Russian}}</ref>. Two years later, following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia ended the award program.
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Following [[Nikita Khrushchev]]'s denunciation of Stalin at the [[20th Congress of the CPSU|Twentieth Party Congress]] held in [[1956]], on [[September 6]] the prize was renamed the International Lenin Prize for Strengthening Peace Among Peoples. All previous recipients were asked to return their Stalin Prizes so they could be replaced by the renamed Lenin Prize. By a decision of [[Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR]] of [[December 11]] [[1989]], the prize was renamed the International Lenin Peace Prize ({{lang-ru|международная Ленинская премия мира}})<ref>{{cite web|title=ПОСТАНОВЛЕНИЕ ПРЕЗИДИУМА ВС СССР ОТ 11.12.1989 N 905-1 О МЕЖДУНАРОДНОЙ ЛЕНИНСКОЙ ПРЕМИИ МИРА|date=2006-10-12|url=http://pravo.levonevsky.org/baza/soviet/sssr1118.htm|language=Russian}}</ref>. Two years later, following the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia ended the award program.
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