Golden Eagle Award for Best Documentary (Russia)

The Golden Eagle Award for Best Documentary (Russian: Золотой Орёл за лучший неигровой фильм) is one of twenty award categories presented annually by the National Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences of Russia.

It is one of the Golden Eagle Awards, which were conceived by Nikita Mikhalkov as a counterweight to the Nika Award established in 1987 by the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences.

[1] Each year the members of the academy shortlist three films for the award.

The first film to be awarded was Охота на ангела или Четыре любви поэта и прорицателя.

[3] Sergey Miroshnichenko holds the record for the most nominations and wins (six and two, respectively).

Renata Litvinova 's documentary Зеленый театр в Земфире was nominated in 2008