People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation, all outstanding in the performing arts, whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).

It succeeded both the all-Soviet Union "People's Artist of the USSR" award (Народный артист СССР), and more directly the local republic's "People's Artist of the RSFSR" award (Народный артист РСФСР), after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Now, the status of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation has risen above that of the earlier RSFSR award.

There are presently two levels to this award: The lower Honored Artist of Russia (Заслуженный артист Zasluzhenniy artist) also translates as "Meritorious Artist". This was equivalent to the earlier «Заслуженный артист РСФСР», which became «Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации». The higher People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России, Narodny artist) is the highest honorary title of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of theater, music, circus, vaudeville, and film art.

Receiving the lower "Honored" (Заслуженный, Zasluzhenniy artist) award makes the recipient eligible to receive the higher "People's" (Народный, Narodny) award at a later time. For example, the light entertainment singer Sergei Zakharov was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР) in 1988, then People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России) in 1996.

Categories awarded The awards may be issued to people working in the following fields:

Teacher Artist Agronomist Architect Chemist Miner Veterinarian Military Pilot Military Expert Military Navigator Doctor Geologist Scientist Land surveyor Husbandry Inventor Designer Forester Test Pilot Mechanic Metallurgist Meteorologist Border Guard Community services worker Foreign Service Employee Health Worker Cultural Worker Forestry Worker Oil & Gas Industry Worker Employee of the Food Industry Employee of the Aerospace Industry

Other professionals are open to attaining the title as well as those listed.

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People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list) 1990s 1992 February 21, 1992 Ivan Krasko (1930–2025) — actor April 6, 1992 Boris Diev (1924–2008) — composer May 8, 1992 Lyudmila Fedotova (1939–2004), actress and singer Vladimir Bylkov (1938–2004) — theater director June 10,1992 Gennady Frolov (1937–2019) — actor Tamara Krasnyuk-Yablokova (1939–2008) — actress Tatyana Samoylova (1934–2014) – actress June 23, 1992 Tamara Nosova (1927–2007) — actress Harry Grodberg (1929–2016) — organist Yaroslav Baryshev (1942–2013) — actor June 24,1992 Pavel Rudakov (1915–1993), concertina player Gelena Velikanova (1923–2008) — singer June 25,1992 Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000) — singer Tatyana Vasilyeva (b.1947) — actress August 25,1992 Vera Alentova (b.1942) — actress August 26,1992 Vadim Abdrashitov (1945–2023) — film director Anatoly Solodilin (1937—2006) — theater actor August 27,1992 Svetlana Bragarnik (1944–2023) — theater & films actress August 31,1992 Fasil Akhmetov (1935–1998) — Tatar composer Vyacheslav Mochalov (1938–2010) — choirmaster September 21,1992 Irina Nekrasova (b.1938) — Gypsy actress September 28,1992 Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014) — actor October 13,1992 Viktor Smirnov (1945–2017) — actor Albina Zotova (b.1939) — circus performer, equestrian, illusionist November 20,1992 Gennady Bortnikov (1939–2007) — actor Margarita Kypriyanova (1924–2005) — theater actress Liya Radina (1921–2000) — theater actress Vladimir Chermyaninov(1929–2009) — theater actress December 8,1992 Raisa Ibragimova (1951–2012) — tamer Grant Ibragimov (b.1951) — tamer Rustam Kaseev (1929–1997) — tamer Nikolay Pavlenko (b.1943) — tamer Vladimir Petrunin (b.1948) — ballet dancer Konstantin Raikin (b.1950) — actor December 31,1992 Zhanna Polovtseva — soloist of the choir Pavel Lebeshev (1940–2003) —cinematographer Aleksandr Knyazhevskiy (1936–1996) — cinematographer Nikolay Ivanov (1943–2020) – actor

1993 January 15,1993 Vadim Zhukov (1934–2021) — director of the puppet theater Aleksandr Lomonosov (b.1939) — opera singer February 2,1993 Orzeta Bekuzarova (1934–2007) — Ossetian theater actress Yuri Gorobets (1932–2022) — actor February 20,1993 Leonarda Brushtain (1935–1999) — violinist March 2,1993 Mikhail Kopelman (b.1947) — violinist March 18,1993 Lyalya Bobrova (1939–2021) — Gypsy actress April 23,1993 Gennady Piskunov (1939–2020) — opera singer Olga Volkova (b.1939) — actress May 7,1993 Tahir Mateulin (1935–2005) — actor May 13,1993 Pyotr Fomenko (1932–2012) — director Yevgeny Steblov (b.1945) — actor Emilia Tsallagova (b.1947) — opera singer (soprano) Leonid Heifets (1934–2022) — theater director Leonid Psenichnyi (b.1944) — soloist of the song and dance ensemble Anatoly Lubimov (b.1941) — oboist Ludmila Kravtsova (1947–2010) — theater actress Valentina Zavorotnyk (b.1943) — theater actress May 22,1993 Irina Zhurina (b.1946) – opera singer Boris Khimichev (1933–2014) – actor June 1,1993 Valentina Tokarskaya (1906–1996) — actress June 16,1993 Ivan Stepanov (b.1945) — opera singer Semyon Okoshnikov (1944–2019) — opera singer Jule 3,1993 Georgy Garanian (1934–2010) — musician Jule 14,1993 Pavel Slobodkin (1945–2017) — composer Jule 27,1993 Viktor Ivanov (b.1941) — military conductor, colonel Mirian Dzhangisherashvili (1943–2018) — theater director August 20,1993 Vladimir Kydryashov (1939–2006) — opera singer Vladimir Tonha (b.1941) — violinist October 26,1993 Raisa Dement (b.1941) — Gypsy actress Lev Dodin (b.1944) — theatre director October 28,1993 Mikhail Matveev (1937–2000) — actor Yuri Evtushenko (b.1943) — guslar November 23,1993 Ruzhena Sikora (1916–2006) — singer November 30,1993 Iosif Mataev (1940–2018) — choreographer Vasiliy Shtefutsa (b.1936) — singer December 16,1993 Andrey Abramenkov (1935–2023) — fiddler Sergei Solovyov (1944–2021) — director Gugren Tonunst (1922–1997) — actor Olga Ostroumova (b.1947) — actress December 18,1993 Gleb Lapiado (1926–2007) — jockey Galina Petrinskaya (1935–2000) — aerialist December 20,1993 Evgeny Knyazev (b.1942) — theater actor Valentina Morozova (b.1953) — ballet dancer Leonid Nikolaev (1940–2009) — conductor Tatyana Sterling (b.1942) — opera singer Vitaliy Tihonov (b.1938) — acrobat Tatyana Bochtaryova (b.1953) — soloist of the Cossack choir

1994 January 6, 1994 Pavel Ovsyannikov (b.1951) —military conductor Oleg Baglukov (b.1940) — theater actor Vladimir Knestikov (1950–1999) — theater actor Aleksander Sklyarov (1949–2023) — accordion player January 11, 1994 Andrey Kozhevnikov (1933–2011) — conductor Igor Voronov (b.1953) — soloist of the male vocal quartet Valeriy Volhovskiy (1938–2003) — director of the puppet theater Yulia Abakumovskaya (b.1942) — opera singer Semyon Aranovich (1934–1996) — director of photography Aleksey German (1938–2013) —director of photography Ernst Romanov (1936–2024) — actor February 9, 1994 Valentin Feigin (1934–1995) — cellist Vladimir Matveev (1939–2017) — actor Boris Kiselyov (1943–2016) —theater actor Valentina Iltsaranova (1939–2010) — Kalmyk singer Georgy Butuhanov (b.1932) — theater actor February 12, 1994 Valeriy Ivchenko (1939–2024) — actor Nina Usatova (b.1951) — actress Temur Chkheidze (1943–2022) — theater director March 1, 1994 Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. (1949–2001) — actor Andrey Martynov (b.1945) — actor Valery Nosik (1940–1995) — actor Irina Muravyova (b.1949) — actress March 14, 1994 Eduard Bernadskiy (1942–2014) — circus performer Aleksandr Popov (b.1940) — circus performer Maria Bulova (b.1956) — ballet dancer Tatyana Erastova (b.1947) — opera singer March 21, 1994 Eduard Markin (b.1941) — choirmaster April 11, 1994 Mikhail Sales (b.1946) — theater director & actor Yuriy Novohizhin (b.1942) — Theater actor Ivan Permyakov (b.1944) — soloist of the folk choir Vera Chaika (b.1947) — opera singer Albert Tarakanov (b.1938) — pianist Nikolay Kuchev (1927–2002) — actor Elena Mishina (b.1941) — actress of the puppet theater Vladimir Lubyshkin (b.1946) — soloist of the folk choir Gennadi Yukhtin (1932–2022) — actor Georgy Natanson (1921–2017) — director Yevgeni Gerasimov (b.1951) — actor Pavel Kogan (b.1952) — conductor May 6, 1994 Anatoly Sobolev (1939–2012) — conductor May 26, 1994 Raisa Goncharova (b.1954) — soloist of Cossaks choir Anatoly Lizvinskiy (1947–2008) — soloist of Cossaks choir Boris Shcherbakov (b.1949) — actor June 3, 1994 (1941–2009) — theater director Alexander Galkovsky (1945–2016) — violist Aleksander Korchagin (1945–2022) — violist Sergey Pishugin (b.1941) — violist Andrey Shishlov (1945–2016) — violist June 28, 1994 Olga Antonova (b.1937) July 6, 1994 Igor Gavrish (b.1945) — violist Natalia Gerasimova (b.1950) — soloist of choir Leonid Nevedomsky (1939–2018) — actor Anatoly Pustokhin (b.1938) — actor Lidiya Yatsunuch (b.1950) — opera singer Natalya Tenyakova (b.1944) — actress Sergey Baikov — opera singer Aleksander Vetrov (b.1961) — ballet dancer Alla Vasilyeva (1933–2018) — violist August 29, 1994 Albert Filozov (1937–2016) — actor Boris Novikov (1925–1997) — actor Mikhail Ivanov (1929–1995) — circus performer Oleksandr Bondurianskyi (b.1945) — pianist Vladimir Ivanov (b.1948) — violist Mikhail Utkin (b.1952) — violist Aleksei Zharkov (1948–2016) — actor September 12, 1994 Kapitolina Lazarenko (1925–2007) December 1, 1994 Valentina Baranova (b.1951) — opera singer Iya Bobrakova (1927–2012) — theater actress Vladislav Verestnikov (b.1947) — opera singer Vadim Derbenyov (1934—2016) — director Tatyana Klanidchkina (b.1956) — ballet dancer Faina Kostina (b.1939) — actress of puppets theater Ivan Krivoruchko (b.1940) — actor Yevgeny Krylatov (1934–2019) — composer Aleksander Kuimov (1958–2021) — ballet dancer Asiyat Kumratova (b.1940) — soloist of choir Nadezhda Kuular (b.1947) — singer Friedrich Lips (b.1948) — accordionist Rimma Markova (1925–2015) — actress Emilia Moskvitina (b.1939) —harpist Viktor Pliner (1915–1999) — circus performer Igor Shibanov (1944–2019) — actor Stepan Denisov (b.1941) — tiger and bear trainer Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti (1928–2014) — circus performer December 29, 1994 Liya Akhedzhakova (b.1938) — actress Yevgeny Bilyauar (b.1947) — circus performer Anatoly Vasilyev (b.1946) — actor Adam Visitaev (b.1948) — circus performer Edison Denisov (1929–1996) — composer Yuriy Loevskiy (b.1939) — violist

Viktor Pavlov (1940–2006) — actor Lyubov Polishchuk (1949–2006) — actress

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov (1939–2012) — actor, director Mikhail Rozhkov (1918–2018) — balalaika player Aleksey Sarach (b.1943) — circus performer

1995 January 27,1995 Yuri Avsharov (1937–2010) — actor Boris Arzhanov (1942–2021) — actor Zinire Atnabaeva (1934–2013) — theater actress Irina Bochkova (1938–2020) — violist Vladimir Bychkov (1928–2024) — ballet dancer Boris Vetrov (b.1943) — Theater actress Vladimir Vlasenko (b.1932) — singer and bassoonist Rustem Gabdullin (b.1944) — contrabass player Pyotr Karpov (1947–2020) — the operetta artist Vyacheslav Kruglov (b.1945) — performer on domra and mandolin Roman Ledenev (1930–2019) — composer Galina Midzyaeva (b.1941) — theater actress Natalya Pankova (b.1951) — pianist Vladimir Rubin (1924–2019) — composer Nikolay Simachev (1927–1996) — ballet dancer Leonid Solovyov (1940–2010) — theater actor Larisa Cycheva (b.1954) — ballet dancer Nina Terentieva (b.1946) — opera singer Ekaterina Shavrina (b.1942) — folk-singer Anatoly Bazhalkin (b.1949) — Lieutenant Colonel March 17,1995