Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Semyon Isaakovich Volfkovich (October 23, 1896 - 1980) was a Soviet chemist, technologist, and academician (1946). In 1941 he was awarded the Stalin Prize and in 1976 he received the Lomonosov Gold Medal. The USSR State Prize was the Soviet Union's state honour. It was established on September 9, 1966. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, the prize was followed up by the State Prize of the Russian Federation. The State Stalin Prize (Государственная Сталинская премия), usually called the Stalin Prize, existed from 1941 to 1954 - some sources give an incorrect termination date of 1952. It essentially played the same role, therefore upon the establishment of the USSR State Prize, the diplomas and badges of the recipients of Stalin Prize were changed to that of USSR State Prize.