The Demidov prize of one million rubles on Thursday received three academician of the Russian Academy of science: astrophysicist Nikolai Kardashev, chemist Oleg Nefedov and breeder Bagrat Sinduhije. The award was presented in Yekaterinburg in the 22nd time.

Bagrat Sinduhije created 15 winter wheat varieties combining high yield and high baking quality. "A hundred years ago in the Central regions, there was virtually no winter wheat, and 99 percent of the wedge took a winter rye. Today, 99 percent is winter wheat, which winters better than rye. The yield was 7-8 quintals per hectare. Today we have up to 110, and this year is 130 tons per hectare. Seek out 150 quintals. Introducing promising varieties, we can his wheat to feed the world. Russia can produce 300-400 million tons of grain for food and livestock production will be about 100 million the Rest you can sell, "he told interviewer. TASS.

Demidov prize is awarded for outstanding achievements in physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, Earth science, Humanities. Each year the winners are awarded in three categories.

According to the Governor Yevgeny Kuyvasheva, who presented certificates and medals to the academicians, Demidov Fund is unique in the domestic practice of non-state scientific Fund, which over two decades supports the Russian science and eminent scientists.

The award was established in 1832 Ural industrialist and philanthropist Paul Demidov. Among the winners - great Russian chemist Dmitri Mendeleev, a famous surgeon Nikolai Pirogov, known travelers and geographers Ivan Kruzenshtern and Fedor Wrangell. In 1993 the award was revived in Yekaterinburg on the initiative of academician Gennady Month, which at that time was Chairman of the Ural branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences.