People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of the Russian Federation
Type	Honorary title
Country	Russian Federation
Precedence
Next (lower)	Meritorious Artist of Russia

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (Народный артист Российской Федерации Narodny artist Rossiiskoi Federatii), 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 artists, 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.

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.

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:

- Architect - 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.

Gallery

• 
  Stage Actor Yuri Lyubimov
• 
  Operatic Singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky
• 
  Composer and Singer Yuri Antonov
• 
  Actor Konstantin Khabensky
• 
  Singer Philipp Kirkorov
• 
  Operatic Singer Anna Netrebko
• 
  Singer Nikolay Baskov
• 
  Conductor Valery Gergiev
• 
  Musician Andrey Makarevich
• 
  Actress Kseniya Rappoport
• 
  Conductor Yuri Bashmet
• 
  Actor Sergey Bezrukov
• 
  Filmmaker Alexander Sokurov
• 
  Actress Chulpan Khamatova
• 
  Prima ballerina Svetlana Zakharova
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  Writer, Satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky
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  Сlassical Pianist Denis Matsuev
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  Composer David Tukhmanov
• 
  Composer Eduard Artemyev
• 
  Singer Valeriya

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list)

1920's

1925

• Yekaterina Geltzer – ballet dancer

1930's

1933

• Varvara Massalitinova – actress
• Concordia Antarova - opera singer ^[4]

1938

• Reinhold Glière – composer

1940's

1948

• Boris Alexandrov – composer

1949

• Nikolay Annenkov – actor

1950's

1950

• Isaak Dunayevsky – composer
• Yelena Kuzmina – actress

1953

• Igor Moiseyev – ballet dancer

1957

• Edouard Grikurov – conductor

1959

• Maya Plisetskaya – ballet dancer

1960's

1963

• Dmitry Kabalevsky – composer

1965

• Mark Bernes actor, singer
• Matvey Blanter – composer

1966

• Mstislav Rostropovich – cellist
• Galina Vishnevskaya – singer

1969

• Margarita Nazarova – circus performer, actress
• Vladimir Osenev – actor
• Mikhail Ulyanov – actor

1970's

1970

• Rina Zelyonaya – actress

1972

• Tatyana Pelttser – actress

1973

• Rolan Bykov – actor
• Sofia Golovkina – ballet dancer
• Lyudmila Zykina – singer

1974

• Makhmud Esambayev – actor, dancer
• Lev Knipper – composer
• Yevgeny Matveyev – actor, director

1975

• Vladimir Zeldin – actor

1976

• Lev Kulidzhanov – director
• Elena Obraztsova – singer
• Gennady Rozhdestvensky – conductor
• Yury Yakovlev – actor
• Oleg Yefremov – actor

1977

• Ivan Dzerzhinsky – composer
• Nina Menshikova – actress

1978

• Elina Bystritskaya – actress

1979

• Vyacheslav Shalevich – actor

1980's

1980

• Vladimir Fedoseyev – conductor
• Lyudmila Maksakova – actress
• Zurab Tsereteli – artist
• Georgiy Zhzhonov – actor

1981

• Alisa Freindlich
• Roman Kachanov – film director
• Karen Khachaturian – composer
• Stanislav Lyubshin – actor
• Spartak Mishulin – actor
• Rodion Shchedrin – composer
• Yuri Temirkanov – conductor

1982

• Veniamin Basner – composer
• Baqi Urmançe – artist

1983

• Alexander Kalyagin – actor, director
• Galina Mezentseva – ballet dancer

1984

• Alla Demidova – actress
• Vladimir Etush – actor
• Valentin Gaft – actor
• Tatyana Lioznova – director
• Oleg Lundstrem – musician
• Nikita Mikhalkov – actor, director
• Aleksandra Pakhmutova – composer
• Nadezhda Pavlova – ballet dancer
• Eldar Ryazanov – director

1985

• Armen Dzhigarkhanyan – actor

1986

• Natalya Gundareva – actress
• Andrey Myagkov – actor
• Vladimir Shainsky – composer
• Mikael Tariverdiev – composer

1987

• Joseph Kobzon – singer
• Igor Maslennikov – director
• Valeri Zolotukhin – actor

1988

• Igor Dmitriev – actor
• Fyodor Druzhinin – violist
• Georgy Millyar – actor
• Aleksei Petrenko – actor
• Edita Piekha – singer
• Oleg Tabakov – actor
• Anastasiya Vertinskaya – actress

1989

• Georgiy Daneliya – director
• Edison Denisov – composer
• Natalya Durova – circus performer
• Larisa Luzhina – actress
• Alexander Schirvindt – actor

1990's

1990

• Dmitri Bashkirov – pianist
• Mikhail Boyarsky – actor
• Zinovy Gerdt – actor
• Mikhail Schweitzer – director
• Vladimir Spivakov – conductor, violinist

1991

• Gennady Khazanov – comedian
• Igor Morozov – singer
• Nikolai Petrov – pianist
• Alla Pugacheva – singer
• Andrei Tolubeyev – actor

1992

• Vadim Abdrashitov — film director
• Vera Alentova – actress
• Gennadi Bortnikov – actor
• Ivan I. Krasko – actor
• Yuri Lyubimov – actor
• Tamara Nosova – actress
• Tatiana Samoilova – actress
• Vitaly Solomin – actor
• Tatyana Vasilyeva – actress

1993

• Lev Dodin – theatre director
• Pyotr Fomenko – film and theatre director
• Georgy Garanian – musician
• Boris Khimichev – actor
• Olga Ostroumova – actress
• Ruzhena Sikora – singer
• Sergei Solovyov – director
• Evgeniy Steblov – actor
• Olga Volkova – actress
• Irina Zhurina – singer

1994

• Liya Akhedzhakova – actress
• Oleksandr Bondurianskyi – pianist
• Boris Novikov – actor
• Albert Filozov – actor
• Yevgeny Krylatov – composer
• Rimma Markova – actress
• Andrey Martynov – actor
• Irina Muravyova – actress
• Georgy Natanson – director
• Valery Nosik – actor
• Victor Pavlov – actor
• Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti – circus performer
• Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov – actor, director
• Boris Shcherbakov – actor
• Nina Usatova – actress
• Anatoly Vasilyev – actor
• Gennadi Yukhtin – actor
• Aleksei Zharkov – actor

1995

• Nina Ananiashvili – ballet dancer
• Yevgeniya Glushenko – actress
• 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
• 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

1999

• Alla Bayanova – singer
• Andrei Chistyakov – conductor
• Valentin Dikul – circus performer
• Vladimir Ilyin (actor) – 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
• Nikolai Sorokin – actor

2000's

2000

• Ivan Bortnik – actor
• Tatyana Dogileva – actress
• Taisia Kornilova — circus performer
• Evgeny Brazhnik – conductor
• Dmitry Nazarov – actor
• Emilyano Ochagaviya – actor
• Yuri Sarantsev – actor
• Alla Surikova – director

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
• 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
• Elena Yakovleva – actress
• Leonid Yakubovich – actor
• Alla Yoshpe – 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

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
• Vladimir Galouzine – singer
• Aleksei Guskov – actor
• Dmitry Kharatyan – actor
• Irina Rozanova – actress
• Diana Vishneva – ballet dancer

2008

• Sergey Bezrukov – actor
• Yuri Chernov – actor
• Philipp Kirkorov – singer
• Yulia Makhalina – ballet dancer
• Anna Netrebko – singer

2009

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

2010's

2010

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

2011

• Fyodor Dobronravov – actor
• Andrei Khrzhanovsky – film director
• Denis Matsuev – pianist
• Boris Nevzorov – actor, director
• Irma Nioradze – ballet dancer

2012

• Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer
• Konstantin Khabensky – actor
• Chulpan Khamatova – actress

2013

• Nikolai Chindyajkin – actor
• 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

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

1. ↑ http://award.gov.ru/zv_artist.html
2. ↑ http://award.gov.ru/zv_zas_artist.html
3. ↑ Закон РСФСР от 25 декабря 1991 года № 2094-I «Об изменении наименования государства Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика»
4. ↑ Эльзон (Elzon), М. Д. (M. D.) (6 May 2016). "Антарова Конкордия (Кора) Евгеньевна" [Antarova, Concordia (Cora) Evgenievna]. National Library of Russia (in Russian). Moscow, Russia: Employees of the National Library of Russia-scientists and cultural workers Biographical Dictionary, vol 1-4. Archived from the original on 24 April 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2017.