Because he tied Salo Flohr for the world’s championship in the international chess tournament which concluded here last week, Michael Botwinnik, a Jewish boy of twenty-four, was awarded an automobile by the Soviet government today.
Botwinnik is an electrical engineer employed in doing research work for the Soviet second Five Year Plan.
Lazar Kaganovitch, the brother-in-law of Stalin and one of the leading figures in Soviet Russia, at the same time was awarded the Order of Lenin for his service to the Soviet Union.
The authorities today also decorated members of the family of the Jewish composer Gniessin in recognition of his contributions to Russian Jewish music.
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