Merited (Performing) Artist of Ukraine (also translated as Honored (Performing) Artist of Ukraine, uk, Заслужений артист України) is a state honorary title of decoration awarded by the
Ukrainian SSR
The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...
and later
Ukraine
Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...
for outstanding achievement in the
performing arts
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Perform ...
. It is regulated by the ''Law of Ukraine Regarding the State Awards of Ukraine'' (#1549-14).
Definition
The title is the state award of Ukraine that is given for the personal merit by the State of Ukraine to citizens who have worked in their respective economic or socio-cultural fields as a rule for no less than ten (10) years, obtaining high on-the-job achievements and professional mastery.
Conditions
The title is awarded by the
President of Ukraine
The president of Ukraine ( uk, Президент України, Prezydent Ukrainy) is the head of state of Ukraine. The president represents the nation in international relations, administers the foreign political activity of the state, condu ...
. It is given to citizens of Ukraine, foreigners, and persons with no citizenship.
[Law of Ukraine Regarding the State Awards of Ukraine, No.1549-14, 01.01.2011](_blank)
This title is lower than the
People's Artist of Ukraine
People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).
Establ ...
which can only be awarded ten (10) years after obtaining the Merited Artist of Ukraine. This title is not awarded posthumously. All recipients must have completed Tertiary studies.
The Merited Artist of Ukraine can be awarded to motion picture directors; actors of theatres, films, and circus; singers; members of professional ensembles and chorus'; orchestral conductors; composers; musicians; TV and Radio network broadcasters for their highly executed mastery, creating a highly artistic images, performances, motion movies that became a property of the native culturally artistic heritage.
The recipients are awarded a badge (40 mm high x 30 mm wide, made of silver) and a certificate. The presentation must be conducted publicly.
Recipients
Past recipients include:
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Lidiya Belozyorova
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Rostyslav Derzhypilsky
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Tina Karol
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Alla Kudlai
Alla Petrivna Kudlai (born 23 July 1954) is a Ukrainian singer. In 1987 she was awarded Merited Artist of Ukraine (''Заслужений артист України''), and in 1997, People's Artist of Ukraine (''Народний артист У ...
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Ani Lorak
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Sergei Polusmiak
Sergei Polusmiak (russian: Сергей Полусмяк uk, Сергій Полусм'як) born in 1951 in Kharkiv, Ukraine is a Ukrainian Pianist "Merited Artist of Ukraine". He graduated from Kharkiv Music College in 1969 and from Kharkiv Co ...
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Oleksandr Ponomaryov
Oleksandr Ponomariov ( ua, Олександр Пономарьов; born August 9, 1973) is a Ukrainian singer. He has been awarded the country's "Singer of the Year" seven times.
Ponomariov was born in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine. One of his early ...
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Oleksandr Semchuk
Alexander is a male given name. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history.
Variants listed here are Aleksandar, Al ...
2002.03.15 Указ Президента України "Про присвоєння почесного звання"
* Oksana Shvets
Oksana Oleksandrivna Shvets (; 10 February 1955 – 17 March 2022) was a Ukrainian actress. She worked for the Kyiv National Academic Molodyy Theatre from its foundation in 1980 until her death, and was awarded the title Merited Artist of Ukra ...
(1996)Alexandr Stoyanov
Alexander Afanasevich Stoyanov, (born 10 June 1987) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer. He is principal dancer at the Taras Shevchenko National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Ukraine. He was made a People's Artist of Ukraine in 2019, and Honore ...
* Evgeniy Svetlitsa
Evgeniy Svetlitsa ( uk, Євгеній Свєтліца, russian: Евгений Светлица; born 24 February 1983) is a Ukrainian ballet dancer, and former soloist at Lviv Theatre of Opera and Ballet from 2000 until 2022. Merited Artist of ...
See also
* People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union.
Nomenclature and significan ...
* People's Artist of Ukraine
People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).
Establ ...
* Merited Artist (disambiguation) Merited Artist or Honored Artist is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union Republics, and autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern Bloc states, as well as in a number of post-Soviet states. Specifically, the term ma ...
* List of European art awards
References
External links
The document About the State Awards of Ukraine
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Ukrainian art awards
Honorary titles of Ukraine