People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Awarded for	Outstanding achievements in the performing arts
Country	Russian Federation
Presented by	President of Russia
First awarded	February 21, 1992; 32 years ago (1992-02-21)

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (Russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, 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.).^[1]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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».^[2]
• 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.^{[citation needed]}

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 Georgievich Zakharov was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР) in 1988, then People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России) in 1996.^[3]

Categories awarded

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

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

Gallery

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  Stage actor Yuri Lyubimov
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  Ballet dancer Nina Ananiashvili
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  Operatic singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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  Singer Valery Leontiev
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  Conductor Valery Gergiev
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  Composer and singer Yuri Antonov
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  Musician Andrey Makarevich
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  Composer Eduard Artemyev
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  Composer David Tukhmanov
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  Bard Alexander Rosenbaum
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  Composer Aleksandr Zatsepin
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  Filmmaker Alexander Sokurov
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  Singer Philipp Kirkorov
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  Ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova
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  Actor Sergey Bezrukov
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  Operatic singer Anna Netrebko
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  Singer Nikolay Baskov
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  Classical pianist Denis Matsuev
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  Writer, satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky
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  Actor Konstantin Khabensky
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  Actress Chulpan Khamatova
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  Conductor Valery Khalilov
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  Actress Kseniya Rappoport
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  Singer Lev Leshchenko
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  Poet Ilya Reznik

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list)

1992

February 21, 1992

• Ivan Krasko (b.1930)— actor^[4]

April 6, 1992

• Boris Diev (1924–2008) — composer^[5]

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 Dgangisherashvili (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

• Anatoly Ivanov (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)

Jule 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

• Viktor Pavlov – actor

• Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov – actor, director
• Nina Usatova – actress
• Anatoly Vasilyev – actor

1995

• Nina Ananiashvili – ballet dancer
• Yevgeniya Glushenko – actress
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky – singer
• Igor Kostolevsky – actor
• Savva Kulish – director
• Gennady Pasko – painter
• Vladimir Rubin – composer
• Yevgeniya Simonova – actress
• Vladimir Verbitsky – conductor

1996

• Svetlana Bezrodnaya – violinist
• Alexander Burdonsky – theater director
• Nikolai Burlyayev – actor
• Vyacheslav Dobrynin – composer, singer
• Valery Fokin – theatre director
• Valery Gergiev – conductor
• Nadezhda Gracheva – ballet dancer
• Igor Krutoy – composer
• Valery Leontiev – singer
• Tamara Miansarova – singer
• Yuriy Norshteyn – director
• Valery Polyansky – conductor
• Natalya Seleznyova – actress
• Nikolay Serebryakov – director
• Mikhail Svetin – actor
• Margarita Terekhova – actress
• Sergei Zakharov – singer

1997

• Yuri Antonov – musician
• Victor Balashov – radio host
• Valery Lantratov- ballet dancer
• Alexander Lenkov – actor
• Alexander Malinin – musician
• Vladimir Matorin – singer
• Klara Novikova – actress
• Kirill Tikhonov – conductor

1998

• Olga Barnet – actress
• Vitali Konyayev – actor
• Fuat Mansurov – conductor
• Sergey Migitsko – actor
• Yuri Nikolaev – TV and radio host, actor
• Maria Pakhomenko – singer
• Boris Plotnikov – actor
• Gennadi Poloka – actor, director
• Nina Ruslanova – actress
• Sergei Skripka – conductor
• Larisa Udovichenko – actress
• Emmanuil Vitorgan – actor
• Sergei Makovetsky – actor

1999

• Alla Bayanova – singer
• Andrei Chistyakov – conductor
• Valentin Dikul – circus performer
• Vladimir Ilyin – actor
• Alexander Gradsky – musician
• David Goloschekin – musician
• Nadezhda Kadysheva – singer
• Mikhail Kononov – actor
• Aristarkh Livanov – actor
• Lyudmila Polyakova – actress
• Andrey Makarevich – musician
• Tatyana Piletskaya – actress
• Joseph Raihelgauz – theatre director
• Alexey Rybnikov – composer
• Alexey Sheynin – actor
• Nikolai Sorokin – actor
• Eduard Artemyev - composer

2000s

2000

• Ivan Bortnik – actor
• Tatyana Dogileva – actress
• Taisia Kornilova — circus performer
• Evgeny Brazhnik – conductor
• Aleksandr Misharin (screenwriter)
• Dmitry Nazarov – actor
• Emilyano Ochagaviya – actor
• Yuri Sarantsev – actor
• Alla Surikova – director
• Svetlana Morgunova – dictor

2001

• Lev Borisov – actor
• Zakhar Bron – violinist
• Boris Bystrov – actor
• Lydia Davydova – singer
• Sergei Filin – ballet dancer
• Oleg Gazmanov – singer
• Boris Khmelnitsky – actor
• Georgi Movsesyan – composer
• Ilya Oleynikov – actor
• Yuriy Stoyanov – actor
• Slava Polunin – circus performer, actor
• Alexander Rosenbaum – musician
• Vladimir Steklov – actor
• Nikolay Tsiskaridze – ballet dancer
• Alexandra Zakharova – actress

2002

• Olga Borodina – singer
• Gennady Gladkov – composer
• Boris Klyuyev – actor
• Tatyana Kravchenko – actress
• Vladimir Ponkin – conductor
• Stahan Rakhimov – singer
• Nikolay Rastorguyev – singer
• Karen Shakhnazarov – filmmaker
• Elena Yakovleva – actress
• Leonid Yakubovich – actor
• Alla Yoshpe – singer
• Ludmila Senchina – singer

2003

• Kama Ginkas – theatre director
• Igor Kashintsev – actor
• Andrey Kovalchuk – sculptor
• Oleg Menshikov – actor
• Leonid Nechayev – director
• Viktor Rakov – actor
• Ilya Reznik – poet
• Andrei Smirnov – actor, director
• Zinovy Vysokovsky – actor
• Aleksandr Zatsepin – composer
• Mikhail Tanich – poet

2004

• Oleg Anofriyev – actor, musician
• Igor Yuryevich Ivanov – actor
• Zinaida Ignatyeva – pianist
• Tamara Gverdtsiteli – singer
• Yevgeny Mironov – actor
• Alexander Mitta – director
• Alexander Morozov – composer
• Vladimir Nazarov – musician
• Andrey Smolyakov – actor
• Alexander Sokurov – director
• Maurice Yaklashkin – conductor
• Valeriya Zaklunna – actress

2005

• Sergei Artsibashev – director
• Yuriy Nazarov – actor
• Sergei Roldugin – cellist
• Boris Romanov – actor
• Raisa Ryazanova – actress
• Valentin Smirnitsky – actor
• Svetlana Smirnova – actress
• Valentin Yudashkin – fashion designer
• Era Ziganshina – actress

2006

• Svyatoslav Belza – critic
• Yuri Bosco – artist
• Aleksandr Galibin – actor
• Sergei Garmash – actor
• Vitaly Logvinovsky – actor
• Ulyana Lopatkina – ballet dancer
• Alexander Pyatkov – actor
• Angelina Vovk – actress
• Slava Zaitsev – fashion designer
• Marina Zudina – actress

2007

• Irina Alfyorova – actress
• Aleksandr Domogarov – actor
• Margarita Fyodorova – pianist
• Vladimir Galouzine – singer
• Aleksei Guskov – actor
• Dmitry Kharatyan – actor
• Irina Rozanova – actress
• Diana Vishneva – ballet dancer
• Konstantin Lopushansky – director

2008

• Sergey Bezrukov – actor
• Yuri Chernov – actor
• Philipp Kirkorov – singer
• Yulia Makhalina – ballet dancer
• Anna Netrebko – singer
• Svetlana Zakharova – prima-ballerina

2009

• Maria Alexandrova – ballet dancer
• Nikolay Baskov – singer
• Alexey Buldakov – actor
• Oleg Mityaev – musician
• Anatoly Mukasei – cinematographer
• Valentina Telichkina – actress
• Roman Viktyuk – actor, director

2010s

2010

• Irina Allegrova – singer
• Vladimir Khotinenko – actor, director
• Dmitry Malikov – musician
• Vladimir Mashkov – actor
• Aleksei Serebryakov – actor
• Vyacheslav Spesivtsev – actor
• Alexander Buinov – singer

2011

• Igor Butman – saxophonist
• Fyodor Dobronravov – actor
• Vera Glagoleva – actress and film director
• Andrei Khrzhanovsky – film director
• Denis Matsuev – pianist
• Lev Matyushin - sculptor
• Boris Nevzorov – actor, director
• Irma Nioradze – ballet dancer

2012

• Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer
• Konstantin Khabensky – actor
• Chulpan Khamatova – actress
• Bedros Kirkorov – singer
• Hibla Gerzmava – opera singer
• Mariya Aronova – actress

2013

• Nikolai Chindyajkin – actor
• Nikolai Lugansky – pianist
• Natalya Gvozdikova – actress
• Lev Prygunov – actor
• Igor Sklyar – actor
• Aleksandr Trofimov – actor
• Valeriya – singer

2014

• Valery Khalilov – conductor, composer

2015

• Arkady Arkanov – actor (posthumous)
• Kseniya Rappoport – actress

2016

• Vladimir Nosik – actor
• Yuliya Rutberg – actress
• Alexander Sladkovsky – conductor
• Igor Vernik – actor

2017

• Olga Pogodina – actress

2018

• Viktoria Tereshkina – ballet dancer^[6]
• Nikolai Lebedev - actor
• Yekaterina Shipulina - principal dancer

2019

• Mikhail Porechenkov - actor
• Angelina Vovk - presenter
• Igor Nikolayev - composer, singer

2020s

2020

• Anna Kovalchuk - actress
• Felix Korobov - conductor
• Aleksei Kravchenko - actor
• Maria Mironova - actress

2021

• Andrey Ilyin - actor
• Galina Tyunina - actress
• Anita Tsoy - singer
• Natalia Vdovina - actress

2022

• Vladislav Vetrov - actor
• Elena Sanayeva - actress
• Alexander Kniazev - cellist, organist
• Vadim Repin - violinist
• Diana Gurtskaya - singer
• Stas Mikhaylov - singer
• Grigory Leps - singer
• Igor Matvienko - composer, producer

See also

• Awards and decorations of the Russian Federation
• Ministerial Awards of the Russian Federation
• List of awards of independent services of the Russian Federation

References