DUSHANBE, 07.09.2022 (NIAT Khovar) – The results of the VII International Contest of the CIS Member States “The Art of the Book” were announced last Saturday in Moscow.

The contest was organized by the Interstate Council for Cooperation in the Field of Periodicals, Book Publishing, Book Distribution, and Printing with the support of the Interstate Fund for Humanitarian Cooperation of the CIS Member States.

President Emomali Rahmon’s A Look at the History and Civilization of the Aryans published by Irfon in 2009 became the winner in the nomination Science and Life.

Over 155 publications from Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine, and Estonia were submitted to the contest.

The international jury considered books in nine nominations such as Commonwealth, My Country, Book for Children and Juniors, Our Contemporary, Science and Life, Art Book, Printed in the Commonwealth, Grand-Pri, and Victory.

In the nomination Book for Children and Youth, the winner was another publication from Tajikistan — a book of selected works by Ubaidi Zokoni, published by Maorif va Farhang.