The Kharlamov Trophy is an ice hockey award given to the best Russian player of the previous season.
The Trophy was established by Sovetsky Sport in 2002, and is named after the legendary Soviet ice hockey player Valeri Kharlamov.
Every Russian player, who'd played at least one game in the NHL during that season, would be allowed to name his top 3 candidates in a 1st-2nd-3rd format.
As the KHL is a predominantly Russian league, the number of potential contenders for the award is now in the hundreds.
It is then voted on by a selection committee composed of five groups of experts, each consisting of 13 individuals, plus the past award winners.