Liberty Prize was established in 1999 and is awarded once a year to prominent Russian writers, poets, artists, musicians or other cultural fugures who made an outstanding contribution to the American society. The jury members are Grisha Bruskin, Alexander Genis and Solomon Volkov. The prize is sponsored by the American University in Moscow and Media Group Kontinent USA
(Eduard Lozansky and Margo Grant).
Year 2000 winners were artist Vagrich Bakhchanian and  literary scholar and essayist Mikhail Epstein.

Irina Genis, Alexander Genis, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian
 
 

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                    Grisha Bruskin, M. Epstein
 

M.Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian
 

M. Epstein, V. Bakhchanian
 
 

Grisha Bruskin, Solomon Volkov, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian,  Alexander Genis
 
 

Grisha Bruskin, Solomon Volkov, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian, Eduard Lozansky, Alexander Genis
 
 

Grisha Bruskin, Margo Grant, Solomon Volkov, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian
 
 
 

Margo Grant, Grisha Bruskin, Solomon Volkov, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian, Eduard Lozansky, Alexander Genis
 

Boris Grebenshchikov, Irina Grebenshchikova, Alexander Genis, Mikhail Epstein, Vagrich Bakhchanian, Raisa Vajl'
 

Boris Grebenshcikov, Irina Grebenshchikova, A. Genis, M. Epstein, V. Bakhchanian, R. Vajl'