In 1949, at the start of the Cold War, the Stalin Peace Prize -- later renamed the Lenin Peace Prize -- saw itself as an alternative to the Nobel and was presented until the Soviet Union's collapse.

In 1949, at the start of the Cold War, the Stalin Peace Prize — later renamed the Lenin Peace Prize — saw itself as an ...

Previously, there was a practice of awarding peace prizes in Moscow. For example, in 1956, instead of the Stalin Prize (that had been awarded since 1949), the International Lenin Prize For ...