An annual prize of one thousand roubles to be awarded for the best work in belles lettres of the scientific field was established by the Ukrainian government.
The award was established on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of the Jewish writer, Sholom Abramowitz, known by the name of his most famous work, Mendele Mocher Sphorim.
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