1st prize at the 2nd All-Union Conductors Competition in Moscow
(1966)

State prize of the Russian Federation, named after M.I.Glinka, for concert programs 1968-1970 (1971)

Honoured artist of Russian Federation 
(1971)

Honoured artist of Kabardino-Balkaria  
(1973)

People's artist of Russian Federation 
(1976)

State prize of the USSR for the production of the opera "Peter the Great" by A.Petrov
(1976)

People's artist of USSR
(1981)

The Order of Lenin
(1983)

State prize of the USSR for the production of "Eugene Onegin"
(1985)

Nominations for Grammy Awards for his recordings of "Alexander Nevsky" by S.Prokofiev (1996) and Schostakovich's Symphony
No.7 (1998)

Order of Kirill and Mefody (Bulgaria, 1998)

Honorary member of the International Academy of the Sciences, Industry, Education and Art
(USA, 1998)

Order "For Merit for the Country" of III degree
(1998)

State prize of the Russia
(1999)

Order of the Science and Culture "Catherine the Great" (2002)

Abbiati Prize awarded by The Association of Italian Music Critics
(2003)

Prize of the President of the Russian Federation
(2003)

Honorary doctor of the St.Petersburg University of Humanities and Social Sciences
(2003)

Honorary doctor of the Rimsky-Korsakov St. Petersburg State Conservatory (2003)

Order "For Merit for the Country" of II degree
(2003)

"Triumph" Prize (2003)

Honorary Academician of The Accademia Nazionale
di Santa Cecilia
(Italy, 2007)

Abbiati Prize awarded by The Association of Italian Music Critics (2007)

Order "For Merit for the Country" of I degree 
(2008)

Honorary freeman  of St.Petersburg (2009)

The Baltic Star International Prize, (2011)

Commander of the Order of the Star
of Italy
(2012)