The Academic Council of Bakoulev CCVS RAMS together with international fund «Generation» instituted these two premiums, named after outstanding surgeons of our time. The premiums are awarded for remarkable personal contribution to development of cardiovascular surgery and allied branches of science. The premium winner is presented with a gold medal featuring portrayal of Bakoulev or Bourakovsky, diploma and monetary reward.

The first Bakoulev Prize (1997) was presented to Bourakovsky (posthumously) for outstanding contribution to the development of cardiovascular surgery. Bourakovsky premiums for the remarkable contribution to organization and successful performance of operations in 1997 in Bourakovsky Institute of Cardiac Surgery went to Bakoulev Center’s employees G. V. Lobacheva and K. V. Shatalov.

The Premiums are announced and presented at the Center’s annual scientific sessions (mid May).

Bakoulev and Bourakovsky memorial lectures

The right to deliver these lectures at the annual session of the Center is granted by commission of leading specialists. The right to give the first Bakoulev and Bourakovsky memorial lectures was granted to RAMS academicians M. I. Perelman and L. A. Bockeria respectively. In succeeding years Bourakovsky lecture was delivered by RAMS academicians V. A. Bukharin and V. P. Podzolkov, professors V. S. Rabotnikov and R. Chitwood (USA), Bakoulev lectures were delivered by RAMS academicians L. A. Bockeria, professors G. I. Tsukerman, F. Fontain (France) and A. A. Spiridonov. Lectures are honored with small gold medal and a diploma.

Bakoulev and Bourakovsky silver medals

These medals are awarded to employees for significant personal contribution to the development of Bakoulev CCVS RAMS. Bourakovsky silver medal for significant personal contribution to scientific personnel training system was presented to professor B. G. Alekyan.

Association of Cardiovascular Surgeons and its highest award

The Association was set up on the initiative of leading cardiovascular surgeons and registered in the Ministry of Justice. It holds annual All-Russia congresses of cardiovascular surgeons (late November), conferences of young scientists and a number of international conferences and symposia.

In 2000 the Association instituted its highest award – diploma and remuneration equivalent of 2.5 thousand dollars.

Alexander N. Bakoulev was the first to be honored (posthumously) with the Association’s highest award for institution and development of specialty «cardiovascular surgery».
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Bakoulev Premium winners:
1998Vladimir I. Bourakovsky (posthumously)
For outstanding contribution to the development of cardiovascular surgery
1999 Grigory I. Tsukerman
Anatoly I. Malashenkov
Ivan I. Skopin


For remarkable contribution to the surgical treatment of acquired heart diseases
2000Natalya B. Dobrova
For remarkable achievements in creation and studying of various artificial valves for regenerative operations in cardiovascular surgery

Sergey A. Shanoyan
For remarkable contribution to cardiovascular surgery, expressed in creation of new service of blood transfusion

Tatiana I. Yushkevich
For remarkable contribution in the field of licensing and the organization of intellectual support basis of cardiovascular surgery
2001Elena Z. Golukhova
Anatoly V. Ivanitzky
Yuri I. Buziashvili


For remarkable contribution to development of noninvasive diagnostics of heart and vessels diseases
2002Jury L. Shevchenko
Anatoly V. Pokrovsky
Victor S. Savelyev
Boris A. Konstantinov


For remarkable personal contribution to development of cardiovascular surgery and it’s new scientific directions
2003Boris V. Petrovsky
For creation of cardiac surgery school and the unprecedented personal contribution to clinical medicine

Valery I. Shumakov
For development of the new direction – clinical transplantology

Mikhail I. Perelman
For basic works in thoracic surgery, including the first in the country operations on heart
2004Fyodor G. Uglov
For remarkable personal contribution to development of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery

Valentin I. Pokrovsky
For remarkable contribution to development of a medical science and assistance in reorganization of the Institute for Cardiovascular Surgery to Bakoulev Center for Cardiovascular Surgery RAMS

Leonid S. Barabash
For creation of modern Center of Cardiac Surgery and remarkable personal contribution to the problem of Bioprosthetics

Sergey P. Glyanzev
For the organization, first in Russia, the museum of cardiovascular surgery and remarkable personal contribution to research the problem of history of surgery
2005Alexander M. Karaskov
For remarkable contribution to development of cardiovascular surgery in Siberian region of Russia

Victor P. Polyakov
For remarkable personal contribution to development of cardiac surgery in the country

Victor A. Porchanov
For the organization of the modern center for cardiac surgery in the city of Krasnodar
2006Boris A. Korolev
To one of the founders of cardiovascular surgery in the Russian Federation

Yuri F. Isakov
For remarkable personal contribution to development of pediatric surgery

Armen A. Bunatyan
For remarkable personal contribution to development of anesthesiology and intensive care

Igor I. Zatevachin
For remarkable personal contribution to development of vascular surgery
2007Nikolai N. Malinovsky
For special achievements in surgery of heart

Alexander B. Zorin
For remarkable personal contribution to cardiovascular surgery

Tatiana B. Averina
For achievements in carrying out of artificial blood circulation at neonates and the maintenance more than 4000 heart-lung perfusions annually in Bakoulev CCVS RAMS during several years
2008Natalya V. Beloborodova
For great personal contribution to diagnosis and treatment of infectious septic complications in patients after cardiovascular surgery

Sergey A. Kovalev
For establishment of a modern Center for cardiovascular surgery in Voronezh and for stimulation of growth in provision of highly qualitative healthcare services (Voronezh)

Leonid M. Mirolyubov
For establishment of a modern Department for cardiovascular surgery of neonates and infants in Kazan and for stimulation of growth in provision of highly qualitative healthcare services (Kazan)

Vladimir M. Shipulin
For great personal contribution to cardiovascular surgery (Tomsk)
2009Mikhail R. Chiaureli
For great contribution to the development of extracorporeal blood purification methods for complex congenital heart diseases

Alexander I. Kiriyenko
For outstanding contribution to phlebology

Boris V. Shabalkin
For outstanding contribution to the development of surgery for ischemic heart disease
2010Jurgis Yu. Bredikis
For great personal contribution to surgical treatment for heart rhythm disorders

Gennady V. Knyshov
For great contribution to cardiovascular surgery and for enduring fruitful cooperation with Russian colleagues

George E. Falkowski
For great personal contribution to the development of surgery for congenital heart diseases and for staff training

Svetlana P. Novikova
For invention of a series of innovative vascular prostheses and their implementation into practice
2011Denton A. Cooley (the USA)
To the great cardiac surgeon of the present, who together with his colleagues has performed more than 100 thousand operations on the heart

Vladimir V. Alexi-Meskishvili (Germany)
For a great contribution to the problem of congenital heart disease

Konstantin V.  Shatalov 
For a great personal contribution to the organization and implementation of the heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support program, including fully implantable artificial heart

Nina S. Buslenko 
For a great personal contribution to cardiology, for commitment to Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS

Sergey V. Gorbachevsky 
For scientific contribution to the pulmonary hypertension problem

Mikhail I. Davydov 
For outstanding achievements in oncology and innovative studies in the field of interactive (with cardiovascular) pathology

Ivan I. Dedov 
For outstanding achievements in endocrinology and innovative studies in the field of interactive (with cardiovascular) pathology

Igor N. Stupakov 
For a great personal contribution to modern problems of the cardiovascular surgery

Vincent Dor (Monaco)
For an outstanding contribution to the development of cardiac surgery, for invention of a new method of surgical treatment for critical heart failure”

Adib Jatene (Brazil)
For an outstanding contribution to the development of cardiac surgery, for invention of a new method of treatment for transposition of the great vessels in neonates

Alain Carpentier (France)
For an outstanding contribution to the development of cardiac surgery, for founding of a new branch in heart valve surgery

Randolph Chitwood (the USA)
For an outstanding contribution to the development of cardiac surgery, for the development of new methods of minimally invasive aids, including employment of robots

Bourakovsky Premium winners:
1998Galina V. Lobacheva
Konstantin V. Shatalov


For remarkable contribution to the organization of the first operations in Bourakovsky Institute of Cardiac Surgery of Bakoulev CCVS RAMS
1999Vitaly A. Boukharin
Vladimir P. Podzolkov


For outstanding achievements in the field of surgical treatment of congenital heart diseases
2000Vladimir S. Rabotnikov
For outstanding achievements in the field of surgical treatment of ischemic heart disease

Aleksei A. Spiridonov
For outstanding achievements in the field of surgical treatment of aortas, the main arteries and veins pathology
2001Bagrat G. Alekyan
Amiran Sh. Revishvili


For outstanding achievements in the field of endovascular treatments of cardiovascular diseases
2002Yevgeny N. Meshalkin (posthumously)
Mikhail A. Zelenikin
Vladimir N. Ilyin


For outstanding personal contribution to development of surgical treatment of toddlers with congenital heart diseases and new scientific directions
2003Feliks V. Ballouzek
Mikhail L. Semenovsky


For outstanding contribution in cardiac surgery

Alexander A. Dyugikov
For creation the modern Center for Cardiac Surgery in the city of Rostov-na-Donu

Mikhail B. Yarustovsky
For introduction of new methods in postoperative treatment of critical conditions of patients undergoing cardiac operations
2004Osman A. Makhachev
For fundamental researches on the problem of the congenital heart diseases, promoted the progress of cardiovascular surgery

Marina V. Zatevakhina
For remarkable personal contribution to development of intensive cardiac care

Yuri A. Schneider
For remarkable contribution to development of minimally invasive coronary surgery
2005Eduard M. Idov
For the organization of the modern Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in the city of Sverdlovsk

Aleksei I. Kim
For remarkable personal contribution to development of surgery for neonates and babes under one year of age with congenital heart diseases

Zurab K. Pirzkhalaishvili
For remarkable personal contribution to development of surgical treatment of cerebral circulation pathology

Sergei G. Sukhanov
For remarkable personal contribution to development of cardiovascular surgery in the Country
2006Renat M. Muratov
For remarkable personal contribution to the problem of Bioprosthetics and development of the acquired heart diseases urgent surgery

Yuri V. Nemitin
For creation the unique Cardiac Surgery Complex in A.V. Vishnevsky Military Hospital

Vladimir P. Prikhodko
For the organization of the modern Center for Cardiac Surgery in the city of Chelyabinsk
2007Iliya I. Berishvili
For remarkable personal contribution to the science about congenital heart diseases and ischemic heart disease and practical introduction

Vladimir A. Vyaznikov
For remarkable personal contribution to cardiovascular surgery

Kiril V. Gorbatikov
For creation of the modern Center for Pediatric Cardiac Surgery in the city of Tyumen

Genadi G. Khubulava
For remarkable personal contribution to cardiovascular surgery
2008Mikhail M. Alshibaya
For great personal contribution to the knowledge on ischemic heart disease and successful operations on patients with complicated forms of ischemic heart disease

Sergey F. Nikonov
For ensuring within the last years execution of more than 9000 operations on the heart and vessels annually at the Bakoulev CCVS and for great personal contribution to the popularization in mass media of latest achievements in Russian cardiac surgery

Nikolay A. Chigoguidze
For great personal contribution to the development of endovascular surgery and development of new high-tech treatment methods for cardiac and vascular diseases
2009Irakly P. Aslanidi
For implementation of innovative methods of nuclear diagnosis to cardiovascular surgery

Vyacheslav A. Bazayev
For great contribution to the development of intervention and intensive treatment for heart rhythm disorders

Kirill O. Barbukhatti
For the development and implementation of modern technologies to cardiovascular surgery in Krasnodar Krai

Boris R. Gelfand
For outstanding achievements in anesthesiology and intensive care medicine and for great personal contribution to the knowledge on sepsis
2010Yuri V. Belov
For great personal contribution to surgical treatment for aortic diseases

Vladimir N. Makarenko
For great personal contribution to organization of the Modern cardiovascular diagnostics service and new data on congenital heart diseases

Vadim Yu. Merzlyakov
For outstanding results in surgery for ischemic heart disease
2011Eduard N. Kazakov 
For a great personal contribution to organization and performing of the first and consequent heart transplantation procedures

David G. Ioseliani 
For a great personal contribution to the problem of interventional cardiology

Irina G. Krasnopolskaya 
For a great personal contribution to the popularization of latest achievements in cardiac surgery and in other branches of clinical medicine, for active standpoint in foundation of a healthy life pattern

Igor Y. Sigaev
For a great personal contribution to the development of the problem and practical realization of combined procedures for multifocal atherosclerosis

Andrey I. Vorobyev 
For an outstanding contribution to hematology and to reorganization of the Institute of Cardiovascular Surgery into a Center of the same name and for enduring friendship with V.I. Bourakovsky

Boris N. Yeltsin (post mortem)
For the state support in completion of the construction of a new set of buildings of Bourakovsky Institute for Cardiac Surgery and personal engagement in safeguarding the team of Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS

Igor S. Ivanov 
For active support and effective help in implementation of the construction project of a new complex of Bourakovsky Institute for Cardiac Surgery

Alla I. Lagutina 
To the first staff physician of Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS (1956), for a great contribution to cardiac anaesthesiology, for commitment to Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS

Tatyana G. Nikitina 
For a great contribution to cardiology of acquired heart diseases, for commitment to Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS

Eugeny M. Primakov 
For support of the team, for the permanent assistance in implementation of the projects of Bakoulev CCVS of RAMS and enduring friendship with V.I. Bourakovsky

Nikolay I. Ryzhkov 
For state support and personal engagement in realization of the construction project of a new complexes of Bourakovsky Institute for Cardiac Surgery

Valery L. Stolyar 
To one of those, who pioneered in Russia the development of telemedicine diagnostic and coaching methods in the field of cardiovascular surgery

Eugene I. Chazov 
For an outstanding contribution to cardiology, effective support of the construction project of a new building of a new complex of Bourakovsky Institute for Cardiac Surgery and for enduring friendship with V.I. Bourakovsky