TITLES. PRIZES. AWARDS

1938 Title of Honored Art Worker of the Armenian SSR

1939 Order of Lenin

1941 State Prize of the USSR (for Violin Concerto)

1943 State Prize of the USSR (for ballet “Gayane”)

1944 Title of Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation

1945 Order of the Red Banner of Labor

1946 State Prize of the USSR (for the Second Symphony)

1947 Title of People’s Artist of the Russian Federation

1950 State Prize of the USSR (for the film “Stalingrad Battle”)

1954 Title of People’s Artist of the USSR

1955 Title of People’s Artist of the Armenian SSR

1956 Medal “In Memory of Franz Liszt” (Vienna)

1956 Medal “In Memory of Bedrich Smetana” (Praha)

1956 Medal “In Memory of Bela Bartok” (Budapest)

1959 Lenin Prize (for ballet “Spartacus”)

1959 Medal “In Memory of Joliot-Curie” of the World Peace Council

1961 Order of the “Science of Art of the United Arab Republic” (“for outstanding musical achievements”)

1963 Order of Lenin

1963 Diploma of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan SSR

1963 Title of People’s Artist of the Georgian SSR

1963 Medal of Pope John XXIII (Vatican)

1963 Doctor of Arts

1965 Medal of the Iranian Shah

1966 Order of the Red Banner of Labor

1966 Medal “In Commemoration of the 400th Anniversary of the Establishment of the National Italian Academy of Musical Art Santa Cecilia” (Rome)

1967 Title of Honored Art Worker of the Uzbek SSR

1971 State Prize of the USSR (for the Triad of Concerto-Rhapsodies: for violin and orchestra; for cello and orchestra; for piano and orchestra)

1971 Order of the October Revolution

1972 Title of Honored Art Worker of Poland (“for contribution to the Polish culture”)

1973 Title of Hero of Socialist Labor; Order of Lenin and gold medal “Hammer and Sickle”

1973 Title of People’s Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR

1974 Order of the French Republic “For Musical Merits” and title of “Commander”