Group of artists, consisting of Porfiry Krylov, Mikhail Kupriyanov, and Nikolai Sokolov. Worked together (from 1925) as painters and illustrators, creating political posters and caricatures. Drew under the joint signature Kukryniksy (KUpriyanov, KRYlov, NIK. Sokolov) (from 1929). Winners of the Stalin Prize (1942, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1951), Lenin Prize (1965), State Prize of the USSR (1975), State Prize of the RSFSR (1982), Ilya Repin State Prize of the RSFSR (1982). Silver medal from the USSR Ministry of Culture (1958), gold medal at the World Exhibition in Brussels (1958), gold medal from the USSR Academy of Arts (1974).