The
Nika Award is the main annual national
film award in
Russia presented by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Science. It was established in 1987 in
Moscow by
Yuli Gusman, and ostensibly modelled on the
Oscars. The Russian Academy Award takes its name from
Nike, the goddess of victory. Accordingly, the prize is modelled after the sculpture of the
Winged Victory of Samothrace.