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 Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...

, all outstanding 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. Perfo ...

, whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors or actresses, to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a stage. The perfor ...

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspe ...

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoire ...

circus A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclis ...

cinema Cinema may refer to: Film * Cinematography, the art of motion-picture photography * Film or movie, a series of still images that create the illusion of a moving image ** Film industry, the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking ...

, etc.). It succeeded both the all-Soviet Union "

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 significa ...

" award (Народный артист СССР), and more directly the local republic's "

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...

" award (Народный артист РСФСР), after the

dissolution of the Soviet Union The dissolution of the Soviet Union, also negatively connoted as rus, Разва́л Сове́тского Сою́за, r=Razvál Sovétskogo Soyúza, ''Ruining of the Soviet Union''. was the process of internal disintegration within the Sov ...

. 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 Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(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 Georgievich Zakharov Sergey Georgievich Zakharov (russian: Серге́й Гео́ргиевич Заха́ров; May 1, 1950 – February 13, 2019) was a Russian singer who had a rare lyrical baritone. Biography Zakharov was born May 1, 1950 in Mykolaiv in the ...

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 *

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* Architect * Chemist * Miner *

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* Military Pilot * Military Expert * Military Navigator * Doctor *

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* Scientist *

Land surveyor Surveying or land surveying is the technique, profession, art, and science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points and the distances and angles between them. A land surveying professional is ...

* Husbandry * Inventor * Designer * Forester * Test Pilot * Mechanic * Metallurgist *

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* 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

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

Gallery

File:Yuriy Lyubimov.jpg, Stage actor

Yuri Lyubimov Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov (russian: Ю́рий Петро́вич Люби́мов; 5 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was on ...

File:Nino Ananiashvili.jpg, Ballet dancer

Nina Ananiashvili Nina Ananiashvili (born: ''Nino Ananiashvili'', ka, ნინო ანანიაშვილი; born March 19, 1963) is a Georgian ballerina and artistic director of the State Ballet of Georgia. She has been described by the ''Daily Teleg ...

File:Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky in Vitebsk.jpg, Operatic singer

Dmitri Hvorostovsky Dmitri Aleksandrovich Hvorostovsky (russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Хворосто́вский, ; 16 October 1962 – 22 November 2017) was a Russian operatic baritone. Early life and education Hvorostovsky was born i ...

File:Valery Leontiev at Laima Rendez Vous Jurmala 2017 (2).jpg, Singer

Valery Leontiev Valery Yakovlevich Leontiev (russian: link=no, Валерий Яковлевич Леонтьев; born 19 March 1949) is a Soviet and Russian pop singer, sometimes songwriter and actor whose popularity peaked in the early 1980s. He was titled a ...

File:Valery Gergiev David Shankbone 2010.jpg, Conductor

Valery Gergiev Valery Abisalovich Gergiev (russian: Вале́рий Абиса́лович Ге́ргиев, ; os, Гергиты Абисалы фырт Валери, Gergity Abisaly fyrt Valeri; born 2 May 1953) is a Russian conductor and opera company d ...

File:Yuriy Antonov.jpg, Composer and singer Yuri Antonov File:MIBF2013 img 06 Andrey Makarevich.jpg, Musician

Andrey Makarevich Andrey Vadimovich Makarevich PAR (russian: link=no, Андре́й Вади́мович Макаре́вич; born 11 December 1953 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian rock musician and the founder of Russia's oldest ...

File:Artemev eduard 1.jpg, Composer

Eduard Artemyev Eduard Nikolayevich Artemyev ( rus, Эдуа́рд Никола́евич Арте́мьев, p=ɨdʊˈart ɐrˈtʲemʲjɪf; born 30 November 1937) is a Soviet and Russian composer of electronic music and film scores. Outside of Russia, he is ...

File:David Toukhmanov.jpg, Composer

David Tukhmanov David Fyodorovich Tukhmanov PAR (russian: Дави́д Фёдорович Тухма́нов, was born on July 20, 1940, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian composer. People's Artist of Russia (2000), State Prize of R ...

File:Rozenbaum.jpg,

Bard In Celtic cultures, a bard is a professional story teller, verse-maker, music composer, oral historian and genealogist, employed by a patron (such as a monarch or chieftain) to commemorate one or more of the patron's ancestors and to praise ...

Alexander Rosenbaum Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, ''Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum'') (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg. Graduated from the First ...

File:Alexander Zatsepin M2017-05.jpg, Composer

Aleksandr Zatsepin Aleksandr Sergeyevich Zatsepin (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Заце́пин; born 10 March 1926) is a Soviet and Russian composer, known for his soundtracks to movies, notably comedies directed by Leonid Gaidai. People's ...

File:Alexander Sokurov in Fajr International Film Festival 01.jpg, Filmmaker

Alexander Sokurov Alexander Nikolayevich Sokurov, PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Николаевич Сокуров; born 14 June 1951) is a Russian filmmaker. His most significant works include a feature film, ''Russian Ark'' (2002), filmed in a s ...

File:Philipp Kirkorov in Vitebsk.jpg, Singer

Philipp Kirkorov Philipp Bedrosovich Kirkorov PAR (russian: Филипп Бедросович Киркоров; bg, Филип Бедросов Киркоров, Filip Bedrosov Kirkorov; born 30 April 1967) is a Bulgarian-born Russian pop singer. He is a five ...

File:Svetlana Zakharova in Moscow 06-2015.jpg, Ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova File:Sergei Bezrukov 2008.jpg, Actor

Sergey Bezrukov Sergey Vitalyevich Bezrukov (russian: link=no, Серге́й Вита́льевич Безру́ков, born 18 October 1973) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor, singer, People's Artist of Russia, the laureate of the State Prize of th ...

File:Anna Netrebko - Romy 2013 a.jpg, Operatic singer

Anna Netrebko Anna Yuryevna Netrebko (russian: Анна Юрьевна Нетребко; born 18 September 1971) is an Austrian operatic soprano with an active international career and performed prominently at the Salzburg Festival, Metropolitan Opera, Vienna ...

File:Nikolay Baskov.jpg, Singer

Nikolay Baskov Nikolay Victorovich Baskov (russian: link=no, Николай Викторович Басков; born 15 October 1976) is a Russian tenor who performs in both operatic and popular music styles. His honors include commendations as Meritorious ...

File:Matsuev.JPG, Classical pianist

Denis Matsuev Denis Leonidovich Matsuev ( rus, Дени́с Леони́дович Мацу́ев /ma'tsujef/; born June 11, 1975) is a Russian classical pianist and occasional jazz performer. Biography Born in Irkutsk, Soviet Union, Matsuev is the only child o ...

File:Mikhail Zhvanetsky Odessa International Film Festival 1.jpg, Writer, satirist

Mikhail Zhvanetsky ) , birth_date = , birth_place = Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Ukraine) , death_date = , death_place = Moscow, Russia , genre = Satire , subject = , influences = , influe ...

File:Константин Хабенский.jpg, Actor

Konstantin Khabensky Konstantin Yurievich Khabensky, PAR (russian: link=no, Константин Юрьевич Хабенский; born 11 January 1972) is a Russian actor of stage and film, director and philanthropist. From 1997 he was part of the Saint Petersbur ...

File:Чулпан Хаматова.jpg, Actress

Chulpan Khamatova Chulpan Nailevna Khamatova PAR (russian: Чулпан Наилевна Хаматова; tt-Cyrl, Чулпан Наил кызы Хаматова; born 1 October 1975) is a Russian film, theater and TV actress Biography Early life and theat ...

File:Валерий Халилов.jpg, Conductor Valery Khalilov File:Ksenia Rappoport.jpg, Actress

Kseniya Rappoport Kseniya Aleksandrovna Rappoport (russian: link=no, Ксе́ния Алекса́ндровна Раппопо́рт; born 25 March 1974) is a Russian actress. She graduated in 2000 from Saint Petersburg Academy of Theatrical Arts and was immedi ...

File:Lev Leschenko (cropped).jpg, Singer

Lev Leshchenko Lev Valerianovich Leshchenko (russian: link=no, Лев Валерьянович Лещенко; born 1 February 1942), is a Russian singer, who is best known for his rendition of "Den Pobedy" and the 1980 Summer Olympics closing ceremony theme ...

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list)

1992

Vadim Abdrashitov Vadim Yusupovich Abdrashitov (russian: Вадим Юсупович Абдрашитов, tt-Cyrl, Вадим Йосыф улы Габдерәшитов) is one of Russian cinema's most notable independent director (film), directors. He is inter ...

— film director *

Vera Alentova Vera Valentinovna Alentova (russian: Ве́ра Валенти́новна Але́нтова; born 21 February 1942) is a Soviet and Russian actress famous for her leading role in '' Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears''. Biography Vera Alentova wa ...

– actress * Gennadi Bortnikov – actor *

Ivan I. Krasko Ivan Ivanovich Krasko (russian: Иван Иванович Краско; born September 23, 1930) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and writer. People's Artist of Russia (1992). Biography He studied acting at Russian State Institute o ...

– actor *

Tamara Nosova Tamara Nosova (russian: Тамара Макаровна Носова; 21 November 1927 – 25 March 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actress, who was awarded the title of People's Artist of Russia in 1992. She appeared in 27 films between 194 ...

– actress *

Tatiana Samoilova Tatiana Yevgenyevna Samoilova (russian: link=no, Татья́на Евге́ньевна Само́йлова; 4 May 1934 – 4 May 2014) was a Soviet and Russian film actress best known for her lead role in ''The Cranes Are Flying'' (1957). She ...

– actress *

Vitaly Solomin Vitaly Mefodievich Solomin (russian: link=no, Виталий Мефодьевич Соломин; 12 December 194127 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor, director and screenwriter, best remembered for playing Dr. Watson in a series of Sherlock ...

– actor *

Tatyana Vasilyeva Tatyana Grigoryevna Vasilyeva (russian: Татья́на Григо́рьевна Васи́льевa; born 28 February 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress, and TV presenter. She has appeared in more than seventy films since 1 ...

– actress

1993

* Lev Dodin – theatre director *

Pyotr Fomenko Pyotr Naumovich Fomenko (russian: Пётр Нау́мович Фоме́нко; 13 July 1932 in Moscow – 9 August 2012 in Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater director, teacher, artistic director of the Moscow theater Pyotr Fomenk ...

– film and theatre director *

Georgy Garanian Georgy Aramovich Garanian (russian: Гео́ргий Ара́мович Гараня́н; 15 August 1934 – 11 January 2010) was an ethnic Armenian Russian jazz saxophone player, bandleader and composer. He was the People's Artist of Russia in ...

– musician *

Boris Khimichev Boris Petrovich Khimichev (russian: Борис Петрович Химичев; 12 January 1933 – 14 September 2014) was a Ukrainian-born Russian actor who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. Khimichev worked at the Mayakovsky Theatre ...

– actor *

Olga Ostroumova Olga Mikhailovna Ostroumova (russian: О́льга Миха́йловна Остроу́мова; born 21 September 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Best known for her roles in films '' We'll Live Till Monday'' (1968, her de ...

– actress *

Ruzhena Sikora Ruzhena Vladimirovna Sikora (russian: Ружена Владимировна Сикора, 20 August 1918 in Novorossiysk, Soviet Russia – 23 December 2006 in Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Soviet traditional pop and jazz performer of Czech ...

– singer * Sergei Solovyov – director *

Evgeniy Steblov Yevgeny Yurievich Steblov (russian: Евге́ний Ю́рьевич Стебло́в; born December 8, 1945, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, honored as a People's Artist of Russia in 1993. He serves as First Deputy Chair ...

– actor *

Olga Volkova Olga Volkova may refer to: * Olha Volkova (born 1986), Ukrainian freestyle skier * Olga Volkova (actress) Olga Vladimirovna Volkova (russian: Ольга Владимировна Волкова; born 15 April 1939 in Leningrad) is a Russian theat ...

– actress * Irina Zhurina – singer

1994

Liya Akhedzhakova Liya Medzhidovna Akhedzhakova (russian: link=no, Лия Меджидовна Ахеджакова; born 9 July 1938) is a Soviet and Russian film, stage and voice actress who received the title of People's Artist of Russia in 1994. She received tw ...

– actress *

Oleksandr Bondurianskyi Oleksandr Zynoviiovych Bondurianskyi ( uk, Олександр Зиновійович Бондурянський) (born 1945) is a Ukrainian pianist and 1994 recipient of the People's Artist of Russia. who was born in Kherson, Ukraine and used t ...

– pianist *

Boris Novikov Boris Kuzmich Novikov (russian: Бори́с Кузьми́ч Но́виков; 13 July 1925, Ryazhsk, Ryazan Governorate, RSFSR — 25 July 1997, Moscow) was a Soviet actor of theater and cinema. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Bo ...

– actor *

Albert Filozov Albert Leonidovich Filozov (russian: Альбepт Лeoнидoвич Филозoв; 25 June 1937 – 11 April 2016) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia.Yevgeny Krylatov Yevgeny Pavlovich Krylatov (russian: Евге́ний Па́влович Крыла́тов; 23 February 1934 – 8 May 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer who wrote songs for over 120 Soviet and Russian movies and animated films. Biogr ...

– composer *

Rimma Markova Rimma Vasilievna Markova (russian: Римма Васильевна Маркова; 3 March 1925 – 15 January 2015) was a Russian film actress. She was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1994, whereas her younger brother Leonid Markov was nam ...

– actress * Andrey Martynov – actor *

Irina Muravyova Irina Vadimovna Muravyova (russian: link=no, Ирина Вадимовна Муравьёва; born 8 February 1949) is a Russian film, television and stage actress, who is most known for her performances in ''Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears'' (19 ...

– actress *

Georgy Natanson Georgy Grigorievich Nathanson (russian: Гео́ргий Григо́рьевич Натансо́н; 23 May 1921 – 17 December 2017) was a Soviet and Russian theater and cinema director, screenwriter and playwright. Worked as director at Mosfilm ...

– director * Valery Nosik – actor *

Victor Pavlov Viktor Pavlovich Pavlov (russian: Ви́ктор Па́влович Па́влов; October 5, 1940 – August 24, 2006) was a Russian stage and film actor. Pavlov worked in some of the most popular theatres of Moscow: 1963–1965 - Sovremenn ...

– actor * Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti – circus performer *

Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov Aleksandr Shalvovich Porokhovshchikov (russian: Александр Шалвович Пороховщиков, 31 January 1939, Moscow – 15 April 2012, Moscow) was a Russian film and theatre actor and film director, People's Artist of Russia ...

– actor, director *

Viktor Alexejewitsch Romanko The name Victor or Viktor may refer to: * Victor (name), including a list of people with the given name, mononym, or surname Arts and entertainment Film * ''Victor'' (1951 film), a French drama film * ''Victor'' (1993 film), a French sho ...

– bayan-virtuoso *

Boris Shcherbakov Boris Vasilevich Shcherbakov (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Щербако́в; born 11 December 1949) is Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russian Federation (1994). Winner of USSR State Prize (1985). ...

– actor *

Nina Usatova Nina Nikolayevna Usatova (russian: Ни́на Никола́евна Уса́това; born October 1, 1951, Altai Krai) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress. People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography She graduated from high school n ...

– actress *

Anatoly Vasilyev Anatoly Alexandrovitch Vasiliev (russian: Анато́лий Алекса́ндрович Васи́льев, link=no; born May 4, 1942, Penza Oblast) is a Russian theatre director. He is artistic director of the Moscow Theatre "School of Dramat ...

– actor *

Gennadi Yukhtin Gennadi (birth name Geniy) Gavrilovich Yukhtin (russian: Геннадий (Гений) Гаврилович Юхтин; 30 March 1932 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian film and stage actor. Life and career At the age of fourteen, Yukhtin wa ...

– actor *

Aleksei Zharkov Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharkov (russian: Алексей Дмитриевич Жарков; 27 March 1948 – 5 June 2016) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. He was a People's Artist of Russia (1994). Biography Aleksei Dmitrievich Zharko ...

– actor *

– singer

1995

– ballet dancer *

Yevgeniya Glushenko Yevgeniya Konstantinovna Glushenko (russian: Евгения Константиновна Глушенко; born on September 4, 1952 in Rostov-na-Donu) is a Russian actress, best known for her role as Vera in the Soviet melodrama '' Love by Req ...

– actress *

– singer *

Igor Kostolevsky Igor Matveyevich Kostolevsky (russian: Игорь Матвеевич Костолевский; born 10 September 1948) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He has received the People's Artist of Russia title in 1995. Kostolevsky is best k ...

– actor *

Savva Kulish Savva Yakovlevich Kulish (russian: Са́вва Я́ковлевич Кули́ш; 17 October 1936 – 9 June 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed eight films between 1966 and 1994. His 1979 film ''Takeoff'' won the ...

– director * Gennady Pasko – painter *

Vladimir Rubin Vladimir Ilich Rubin (russian: Владимир Ильич Ру́бин; 5 August 1924 – 27 October 2019) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He was born in Moscow, and was a People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation ...

– composer *

Yevgeniya Simonova Yevgeniya Pavlovna Simonova (russian: Евгения Павловна Симонова, born 1 June 1955) is a Soviet and Russian theatre and film actress best known for her parts in films ''Afonya'' (1975), '' An Ordinary Miracle'' (1978), ''Tw ...

– actress * Vladimir Verbitsky – conductor

1996

Svetlana Bezrodnaya Svetlana Borisovna Bezrodnaya (russian: Светла́на Бори́совна Безро́дная; nee Levina (russian: Ле́вина), born 12 February 1934, Barvikha, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian violinist and conductor. Artistic director ...

– violinist *

Alexander Burdonsky Alexander Vasilyevich Burdonsky (russian: Александр Васильевич Бурдонский; October 14, 1941 – May 23, 2017) was a Russian theater and film director and grandson of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the S ...

– theater director *

Nikolai Burlyayev Nikolai Petrovich Burlyayev (russian: Николай Петрович Бурляев; born 3 August 1946) is a Soviet and Russian actor and film director. Born into a family of actors, Burlyayev started his career in film and theatre when he was ...

– actor *

Vyacheslav Dobrynin Vyacheslav Grigoryevich Dobrynin ( rus, Вячесла́в Григо́рьевич Добры́нин, born Antonov/Анто́нов on January 25, 1946, Ryazanskaya oblast, Russia) is a popular Russian composer and singer also known as ''Docto ...

– composer, singer *

Valery Fokin Valery Vladimirovich Fokin (russian: Валерий Владимирович Фокин; born 28 February 1946) is a Soviet and Russian theatrical and film director, actor and pedagogue. He is the Artistic Director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre in ...

– theatre director *

– conductor * Nadezhda Gracheva – ballet dancer *

Igor Krutoy Igor Yakovlevich Krutoy (russian: Игорь Яковлевич Крутой) or Ihor Yakovych Krutyi ( uk, Ігор Якович Крутий, born on July 29, 1954), is a Ukrainian and Russian music composer, performer, producer and musical p ...

– composer *

– singer *

Tamara Miansarova Tamara Grigoryevna Miansarova (née Remnyova, russian: Тамара Григорьевна Миансарова, links=no; 5 March 1931 – 12 July 2017) was a Soviet Ukrainian lyric soprano, pop singer and professor of Russian Academy of Theatre ...

– singer *

Yuriy Norshteyn Yuri Borisovich Norstein, PAR (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Бори́сович Норште́йн; born 15 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian animator best known for his animated shorts '' Hedgehog in the Fog'' and '' Tale of Tales''. Sin ...

– director *

Valery Polyansky Valery Kuzmich Polyansky (Russian: ''Валерий Кузьмич Полянский''; born April 19, 1949 in Moscow) is a Russian orchestral and choral conductor. He is a professor of the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of Russia (1996), ...

– conductor *

Natalya Seleznyova Natalya Igorevna Seleznyova (russian: Ната́лья И́горевна Селезнёва; born 19 June 1945) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. Biography She first took the stage at the age of six, participating in the Red A ...

– actress *

Nikolay Serebryakov Nikolay Nikolayevich Serebryakov (russian: Николай Николаевич Серебряков; 14 December 1928, Leningrad – 9 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian director of animated films and a People's Artist of Russia Peop ...

– director *

Mikhail Svetin Mikhail Semyonovich Svetin (russian: Михаил Семёнович Светин; born Michail Solomonovitch Goltsman; 11 December 1929 – 30 August 2015) was a Soviet, Russian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films. Svetin's room 2 ...

– actor *

Margarita Terekhova Margarita Borisovna Terekhova (russian: Маргари́та Бори́совна Те́рехова; born August 25, 1942 in Turinsk, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian SFSR) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. She was awarded the title Pe ...

– actress * Sergei Zakharov – singer

1997

* Yuri Antonov – musician *

Victor Balashov Viktor Ivanovich Balashov (Russian: Виктор Иванович Балашов; 24 December 1924 – 23 June 2021) was a Soviet and Russian radio and television presenter. He was best known as the host for the USSR Union Radio, from 1944. Fr ...

– radio host * Valery Lantratov- ballet dancer *

Alexander Lenkov Alexander Sergeyevich Lenkov (russian: Алекса́ндр Серге́евич Ленько́в; 17 May 1943 – 21 April 2014) was a Soviet Union, Soviet-Russians, Russian film, stage and voice actor. He is probably best known for his voic ...

– actor *

Alexander Malinin Aleksandr Nikolaevich Malinin (russian: Александр Николаевич Малинин, born Vyguzov, russian: Выгузов; 16 November 1958) is a Russian singer who was named a People's Artist of Russia in 1997. Career Malinin was bo ...

– musician *

Vladimir Matorin Vladimir Anatolyevich Matorin (russian: Влади́мир Анато́льевич Мато́рин; May 2, 1948) is a famous Russian opera singer. He is considered one of the greatest contemporary bass singer in Russia. Biography Vladimir was ...

– singer *

Klara Novikova Klara Borisovna Novikova (russian: Клаpа Бopисoвна Нoвикoва; born Herzer (russian: Ге́рцер), December 12, 1946, Kiev) is a Soviet and Russian pop artist, humorist. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1992), People's Art ...

– actress *

Kirill Tikhonov Kirill Tikhonov (1921–1998) was a Russian conductor and a recipient of the People's Artist of Russia award. Biography Kirill Tikhonov graduated from Moscow Conservatory in 1947 and by 1952 was graduated from symphonic conducting department of t ...

– conductor

1998

Olga Barnet Olga Borisovna Barnet (russian: О́льга Бори́совна Ба́рнет; 3 September 1951 – 25 June 2021)Vitali Konyayev – actor *

Fuat Mansurov Fuat Mansurov ( tt-Cyrl, Фоат Шакир улы Мансуров, russian: Мансуров, Фуат Шакирович) (January 10, 1928 – June 12, 2010) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. Biography Mansurov was born on 10 January 1928 ...

– conductor *

Sergey Migitsko Sergey Grigorievich Migitsko (russian: Серге́й Григо́рьевич Мигицко́; born April 23, 1953) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, TV presenter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1991),Указ Президиума В ...

– actor * Yuri Nikolaev – TV and radio host, actor *

Maria Pakhomenko Maria Leonidovna Pakhomenko (russian: link=no, Мария Леонидовна Пахоменко; 25 March 1937 – 8 March 2013) was a Soviet and Russian singer, a holder of the title of People's Artist of Russia since 1999. The song that bro ...

– singer * Boris Plotnikov – actor *

Gennadi Poloka Gennadi Ivanovich Poloka (russian: Генна́дий Ива́нович Поло́ка; 15 July 1930, Kuybyshev – 5 December 2014, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. People's Artist of Russia (19 ...

– actor, director * Nina Ruslanova – actress * Sergei Skripka – conductor *

Larisa Udovichenko Larisa Ivanovna Udovichenko (russian: link=no, Лариса Ивановна Удовиченко; born 29 April 1955, Vienna, Austria) is a Russian actress. People's Artist of Russia (1998).

– actress *

Emmanuil Vitorgan Emmanuil Gedeonovich Vitorgan (russian: Эммануи́л Гедео́нович Виторга́н; born 27 December 1939) is a Soviet, Russian film and theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990). People's Artist of Russia (1998). He acte ...

– actor

1999

Alla Bayanova Alla Nikolayevna Bayanova (russian: Алла Николаевна Баянова; 18 May 1914 – 30 August 2011) was a Russian Romance singer sometimes compared with Édith Piaf for her simple yet dramatic style of performance. Bayanova was born ...

– singer * Andrei Chistyakov – conductor *

Valentin Dikul Valentin Ivanovich Dikul (russian: Валентин Иванович Дикуль; born 3 April 1948) is a circus artist and rehabilitation specialist. He is a People's Artist of Russia (1999) and the head of the Russian medical and rehabilitatio ...

– circus performer * Vladimir Ilyin – actor *

Alexander Gradsky Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Гра́дский; born Alexander Borisovich Fradkin, 3 November 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Russian Rock music, rock singer, Bard (Soviet Union), bard, multi ...

– musician *

David Goloschekin David Semyonovich Goloschekin (''Давид Семёнович Голощёкин''; born 1944, in Moscow) is a Russian jazz musician. A multi-instrumentalist, performing on the violin (mainly), saxophone, vibraphone, piano, bass, drums and ...

– musician *

Nadezhda Kadysheva Nadezhda Nikitichna Kadysheva (russian: Надeжда Никитична Кадышeва, ; born 1 June 1959, Gorki, Leninogorsky District, Tatar ASSR) is Russian singer of Erzyan heritage, soloist of the Zolotoe Koltso. Honorary Citizen of ...

– singer *

Mikhail Kononov Mikhail Ivanovich Kononov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ко́нонов) (25 April 1940 – 16 July 2007) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography He first appeared on stage at school. In 1963, ...

– actor *

Aristarkh Livanov Aristarkh Yevgenyevich Livanov (russian: Ариста́рх Евге́ньевич Лива́нов; born 1947) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (1999).

– actor *

Lyudmila Polyakova Lyudmila Petrovna Polyakova (russian: Людми́ла Петро́вна Поляко́ва; born January 28, 1939, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian actress; she is a People's Artist of Russia (1999). Biography She graduated in 1964 from the Mik ...

– actress *

– musician *

Tatyana Piletskaya Tatyana Lvovna Piletskaya PARJoseph Raihelgauz Joseph Leonidovich Raihelgauz (Reichelhaus) (russian: Ио́сиф Леони́дович Райхельгауз; born June 12, 1947, Odessa) is a Soviet and Russian theater director, teacher; People's Artist of Russia (1999), professor of the Rus ...

– theatre director *

Alexey Rybnikov Alexey Lvovich Rybnikov (russian: links=no, Алексей Львович Рыбников; born July 17, 1945) is a modern Russian composer. He is the author of music for Soviet and Russian musicals (rock operas) '' The Star and Death of Joaqu ...

– composer * Alexey Sheynin – actor *

Nikolai Sorokin Nikolai Evgenievich Sorokin (russian: Николай Евгеньевич Сорокин; February 15, 1952 – March 26, 2013) was a Russian theatre and film actor, theatre director, educator, and People's Artist of Russia (1999). He was art ...

– actor

2000s

2000

Ivan Bortnik Ivan Sergeyevich Bortnik (russian: link=no, Иван Сергеевич Бортник; 16 April 1939 – 4 January 2019Tatyana Dogileva – actress * Taisia Kornilova — circus performer * Evgeny Brazhnik – conductor *

Aleksandr Misharin (screenwriter) Aleksandr Nikolaevich Misharin (russian: Александр Николаевич Мишарин), also known in English as Alexander Misharin (born 6 April 1939 — died 13 April 2008), was a Soviet - Russian screenwriter, playwright, novelist, ac ...

Dmitry Nazarov Dmitry Yurievich Nazarov (russian: Дми́трий Ю́рьевич Наза́ров; born 4 July 1957) is а Soviet and Russian actor, television presenter and poet. People's Artist of Russia (2000).

– actor *

Emilyano Ochagaviya Emilyano Lorensovich Ochagaviya (russian: Эмиляно Лоренсович Очагавия; May 24, 1945 – February 7, 2016) was a Soviet and Russian theater actor, Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1986), People's Artist of the Russian Federati ...

– actor *

Yuri Sarantsev Yuri Dmitriyevich Sarantsev (russian: Ю́рий Дми́триевич Сара́нцев; 7 October 1928 – 24 August 2005) was a Soviet and Russian actor who appeared in numerous films between 1950 and 1999. He is most known for the 1962 s ...

– actor *

Alla Surikova Alla Ilinichna Surikova ( ru , А́лла Ильи́нична Су́рикова; born November 6, 1940, in Kyiv) is a Soviet and Russian film director, writer, and teacher. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2000), winner of the Award of the Go ...

– director

2001

Lev Borisov Lev Ivanovich Borisov (Russian: Лев Иванович Борисов; 8 December 1933, Plyos – 15 November 2011, Moscow) was a Russian actor. Brother of Oleg Borisov. He was a People's Artist of Russia.

– actor *

Zakhar Bron Zakhar Bron (russian: Заха́р Ну́химович Брон ; born 17 December 1947, in Oral, Kazakhstan) is a Russian violinist and violin pedagogue of Jewish, Polish and Romanian descent. His students have included Vadim Repin, Gwendolyn ...

– violinist *

Boris Bystrov Boris Yevgenievich Bystrov (russian: Борис Евгеньевич Быстров; born February 12, 1945) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian actor and voice actor. Biography In 1966, he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre. After graduat ...

– actor *

Lydia Davydova Lydia Anatolyevna Davydova (Russian: Лидия Анатольевна Давыдова) (19 January 1932 – 2 March 2011) was a Russian soprano, harpsichordist and a chamber music performer. As a singer her repertoire encompassed on one extreme ...

– singer * Sergei Filin – ballet dancer *

Oleg Gazmanov Oleg (russian: Олег), Oleh ( uk, Олег), or Aleh ( be, Алег) is an East Slavic given name. The name is very common in Russia, Ukraine and Belаrus. It derives from the Old Norse ''Helgi'' ( Helge), meaning "holy", "sacred", or "bless ...

– singer *

Boris Khmelnitsky Boris Alexandrovich Khmelnitsky (russian: Борис Александрович Хмельницкий; born on 27 June 1940 in Ussuriysk, died on 16 February 2008 in Moscow) was a Russian theatre and movie actor. Biography He worked many years ...

– actor *

Georgi Movsesyan Georgi Viktorovich Movsesyan (russian: Гео́ргий Ви́кторович Мовсеся́н; 2 August 1945 – 7 November 2011) was a Russian composer of Armenian descent. Biography Movsesyan was born in Kharkov, Ukraine, into a family ...

– composer *

Ilya Oleynikov Ilya Lvovich Oleynikov (born Ilya Lvovich Klyaver; 10 July 1947 – 11 November 2012) was a Russian comic actor and television personality, TEFI winner (1996, 2001), People's Artist of Russia (2001).

– actor *

Slava Polunin Vyacheslav Ivanovich “Slava” Polunin PARAlexander Rosenbaum Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (russian: link=no, Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, ''Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozenbaum'') (born September 13, 1951) is a Russian bard from Saint Petersburg. Graduated from the First ...

– musician * Vladimir Steklov – actor *

Nikolay Tsiskaridze Nikolay Maximovich Tsiskaridze PAR (russian: Николай Максимович Цискаридзе; ka, ნიკოლოზ ცისკარიძე, ''Nik'oloz Cisk'aridze'') is a Georgian-Russian ballet dancer who had been a member of ...

– ballet dancer * Alexandra Zakharova – actress

2002

* Olga Borodina – singer *

Gennady Gladkov Gennady Igorevich Gladkov (russian: link=no, Геннадий Игоревич Гладков; born 18 February 1935) is a Soviet and Russian composer. He composed music for some of the most famous Soviet movies and cartoons, most notably ''The ...

– composer *

Boris Klyuyev Boris Vladimirovich Klyuyev (russian: Бори́с Влади́мирович Клю́ев; 13 July 1944 — 1 September 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor and theatre teacher. He served as one of the lead actors of the Maly Theatre (Moscow), M ...

– actor * Tatyana Kravchenko – actress *

Vladimir Ponkin Vladimir Ponkin is a Russian principal conductor, Professor and a recipient of both the Golden Mask and People's Artist of Russia award from Irkutsk. He is also a 2001 medal recipient ''For the merits in development of Cuban region'' and a 2006 c ...

– conductor *

Stahan Rakhimov Stahan Mamadzhanovich Rakhimov ( uz, Staxan Rahimov, russian: Стаха́н Мамаджа́нович Рахи́мов; December 17, 1937 – March 12, 2021) was a Soviet Uzbek and Russian singer, People's Artist of Russia (2002).Nikolay Rastorguyev Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguyev (russian: Николай Вячеславович Расторгуев; born February 21, 1957, Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is the lead singer of the Russian group Lyube. In 1978, Nikolay was th ...

– singer *

Karen Shakhnazarov Karen Georgievich Shakhnazarov, PAR (russian: Каре́н Гео́ргиевич Шахназа́ров; born 8 July 1952) is a Soviet and Russian filmmaker, producer and screenwriter. He became the Director General of Mosfilm studios in 1998. ...

– filmmaker * Elena Yakovleva – actress *

Leonid Yakubovich Leonid Arkadyevich Yakubovich PARAlla Yoshpe Alla Yakovlevna Ioshpe (Yoshpe) (russian: А́лла Я́ковлевна Ио́шпе (Йо́шпе); 13 June 1937 – 30 January 2021) was a Soviet and Russian pop singer, and a People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the ...

– singer

2003

Kama Ginkas Kama Ginkas (russian: Кама Миронович Гинкас) (born 7 May 1941 in Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, USSR) is a Russian and Soviet theatre director. Born to a Jewish family, Ginkas was a student of Georgy Tovstonogov, Ginkas has collabor ...

– theatre director *

Igor Kashintsev Igor Konstantinovich Kashintsev (russian: Игорь Константинович Кашинцев;Andrey Kovalchuk – sculptor *

Oleg Menshikov Oleg Evgenyevich Menshikov, PAR (russian: Оле́г Евге́ньевич Ме́ньшиков, link=no; born 8 November 1960) is a Russian actor, theatre director and occasional singer. He is the current artistic director of the Yermolova The ...

– actor *

Leonid Nechayev Leonid Alexeyevich Nechayev (russian: Леони́д Алексе́евич Неча́ев; 3 May 1939 – 24 January 2010) was a Russian children's film director.Елена ЮринскаяПапа Лёня: Скончался кинорежис ...

– director *

Viktor Rakov Viktor Viktorovich Rakov (russian: Виктор Викторович Раков; born February 5, 1962) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. People's Artist of Russia (2003). Biography Was born February 5, 1962, in Moscow. In 1984 he ...

– actor *

Ilya Reznik Ilya Rahmielevich Reznik (russian: Илья Pахмильeвич Peзник; born April 4, 1938) is a Russian poet and songwriter, People's Artist of Russia (2003). Honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts. People's Artist of Ukraine (2013 ...

– poet * Andrei Smirnov – actor, director *

Zinovy Vysokovsky Zinovy Moiseevich Vysokovsky (russian: Зиновий Моисеевич Высоковский; 28 November 1932 – 3 August 2009) was a Soviet and Russian theater and movie actor and variety performer. In 1978 he was awarded the People's ...

– actor *

– composer

2004

Oleg Anofriyev Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled Anofriev, russian: link=no, Олег Андреевич Анофриев; 20 July 193028 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian theatreРусский драматический театр: Энци ...

– actor, musician *

Igor Yuryevich Ivanov Igor Yuryevich Ivanov (russian: Игорь Юрьевич Иванов; born 19 May 1954) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theater and director. He is a People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народ� ...

– actor * Zinaida Ignatyeva – pianist *

Tamara Gverdtsiteli Tamara Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli ( ka, თამარ გვერდწითელი}, russian: Тамара Михайловна Гвердцители; born 18 January 1962) is a Georgian-Russian singer and actress. Early life and educati ...

– singer * Yevgeny Mironov – actor *

Alexander Mitta Alexander Naumovich Mitta (russian: Алекса́ндр Нау́мович Митта́; born 28 March 1933 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and actor. Mitta's birth name was Alexander Naumovich Rabinovich (russian: ...

– director * Alexander Morozov – composer *

Vladimir Nazarov Vladimir Vasilievich Nazarov (russian: Владимир Васильевич Назаров; born February 24, 1952) is a Russian composer, singer, actor, film director, artistic director of the Music Theatre of National Arts, Professor Gnessin ...

– musician *

Andrey Smolyakov Andrey Igorevich Smolyakov (russian: Андре́й И́горевич Смоляко́в; born 24 November 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director. He is known for '' Vysotskiy. Spasibo, chto zhivoy'' (2011), ''Stalingrad'', and '' Forb ...

– actor *

– director * Maurice Yaklashkin – conductor *

Valeriya Zaklunna Valeriya Gavriilovna Zaklunna-Myronenko ( uk, Вале́рія Гавриїлівна Заклу́нна-Мироненко, russian: Вале́рия Гаврии́ловна Заклу́нная; 15 August 1942, Stalingrad – 22 October 2016, ...

– actress

2005

Sergei Artsibashev Sergei Nikolayevich Artsibashev (russian: Серге́й Никола́евич Арциба́шев), less Artsybashev (russian: Арцыба́шев); September 14, 1951, Kalja, North Urals District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, USSR — July 12, 2015, M ...

– director * Yuriy Nazarov – actor *

Sergei Roldugin Sergei Pavlovich Roldugin ( Russian: Сергей Павлович Ролдугин, born September 28, 1951 Sakhalin) is a Russian cellist and businessman, based in St Petersburg. He is a close friend of Vladimir Putin. He has been implicated ...

– cellist * Boris Romanov – actor *

Raisa Ryazanova Raisa Ivanovna Ryazanova (russian: Раиса Ивановна Рязанова; born 31 October 1944 in Petropavlovsk) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. She has performed in more than sixty films since 1969. She won the State Prize ...

– actress *

Valentin Smirnitsky Valentin Georgievich Smirtinsky (russian: Валентин Георгиевич Смирнитский; born 10 June 1944 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of Russia (2005). Filmography * '' Walking the Stre ...

– actor * Svetlana Smirnova – actress *

Valentin Yudashkin Valentin Abramovich Yudashkin (russian: Валентин Абрамович Юдашкин; born October 14, 1963) is a Russian fashion designer. Career Born in Moscow Oblast, Yudashkin came to prominence during the 1980s, dressing Raisa Gorb ...

– fashion designer *

Era Ziganshina Era Garafovna Ziganshina ( tt-Cyrl, Эра Гарәф кызы Җиһаншина, russian: Э́ра Гара́фовна Зига́ншина; born February 1, 1944) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actress, People's Artist of Russia (2005 ...

– actress

2006

* Svyatoslav Belza – critic *

Yuri Bosco Yuri Ivanovich Bosco (russian: link=no, Ю́рий Ива́нович Боско) (24 September 1930 – 4 February 2019) was a Russian artist, an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963) and People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2006). Early l ...

– artist *

Aleksandr Galibin Alexander Vladimirovich Galibin (russian: Александр Владимирович Галибин, born 27 September 1955) is a Soviet and Russian actor noted for playing the Master in the miniseries ''The Master and Margarita'' (2005). His a ...

– actor *

Sergei Garmash Sergei Leonidovich Garmash (russian: Серге́й Леони́дович Гарма́ш; born 1 September 1958) is a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor. He is a People's Artist of Russia. In 2013 he was a member of the jury at the 35th Mosc ...

– actor * Vitaly Logvinovsky – actor *

Ulyana Lopatkina Ulyana Vyacheslavovna Lopatkina (russian: Ульяна Вячеславовна Лопаткина; born 23 October 1973) is a Russian prima ballerina who performed with the Mariinsky Theatre from 1991–2017. She studied at the Vaganova Acade ...

– ballet dancer *

Alexander Pyatkov Alexander Alexandrovich Pyatkov (russian: Александр Александрович Пятков; born July 31, 1950, Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor. In 2006 he was awarded the title People's Artist of Russia. Selecte ...

– actor * Angelina Vovk – actress *

Slava Zaitsev Vyacheslav Mikhailovich "Slava" Zaitsev (russian: Вячеслав Михайлович Зайцев; born 2 March 1938) is a Russian fashion designer, painter, graphic artist and theatrical costume designer. Early life Zaitsev was born on 2 ...

– fashion designer * Marina Zudina – actress

2007

* Irina Alfyorova – actress *

Aleksandr Domogarov Aleksandr Yurievich Domogarov (russian: Алекса́ндр Ю́рьевич Домога́ров, born 12 July 1963) is a Soviet and Russian theater actor, TV presenter, Russian chanson singer, People's Artist of Russia (2007), actor known for p ...

– actor *

Margarita Fyodorova Margarita Alekseevna Fyodorova - Маргарита Алексеевна Фёдорова (4 November 1927 - 14 August 2016) was a Soviet Russian pianist, People's Artist of Russia. She won silver in the International Johann Sebastian Bach Competi ...

– pianist *

Vladimir Galouzine Vladimir Vasilyevich Galouzine (russian: Владимир Васильевич Галузин, ''Vladimir Galuzin'', ) is a Russian tenor. He has performed in such Russian operas as '' The Queen of Spades'', ''Boris Godunov'' and ''Khovanshchina' ...

– singer *

Aleksei Guskov Aleksei Gennadyevich Guskov (russian: Алексей Геннадьевич Гуськов, born 20 May 1958) is a Soviet and Russian actor and producer. He was awarded People's Artist of Russia in 2007. Early life Aleksei Guskov was born to ...

– actor *

Dmitry Kharatyan Dmitry Vadimovich Kharatyan (born 21 January 1960) is a Soviet and Russian actor of Armenian descent, People's Artist of Russia. Was born in Olmaliq, Uzbek SSR on 21 January 1960. His debut as an actor came in Vladimir Menshov's ''Practical Jok ...

– actor *

Irina Rozanova Irina Yurievna Rozanova (russian: Ири́на Ю́рьевна Роза́нова; born 22 July 1961) is a Russian actress. She has appeared in more than 80 films and television shows since 1985. In 2008 she was a member of the jury at the 30th ...

– actress *

Diana Vishneva Diana Viktorovna Vishneva (''also trans.'' Vishnyova; russian: Диана Викторовна Вишнёва; born 13 July 1976) is a Russian ballet dancer who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet (formerly the Kirov Bal ...

– ballet dancer * Konstantin Lopushansky – director

2008

– actor *

Yuri Chernov Yury Nikolayevich Chernov (russian: Юpий Никoлаeвич Чернов; born 24 April 1949) is a Soviet and Russian actor of theatre and cinema. Honored Artist of Russia (1994) and People's Artist of Russia (2008). Biography Yuri was ...

– actor *

– singer *

Yulia Makhalina Yulia Victorovna Makhalina (russian: Юлия Викторовна Махалина), also Yulia, (born 23 June 1968) is a Russian ballet dancer. Since 1986, she has been with the Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet where she is a principal dancer. Along with U ...

– ballet dancer *

– singer

2009

Maria Alexandrova Maria Aleksandrovna Alexandrova (russian: Мари́я Алекса́ндровна Алекса́ндрова; born 20 July 1978) is a Russian principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet, People’s Artist of Russia. Biography Alexandrova was bor ...

– ballet dancer *

– singer *

Alexey Buldakov Aleksey Ivanovich Buldakov PAR (russian: Алексе́й Ива́нович Булдако́в) (26 March 1951 – 3 April 2019) was a Soviet and Russian movie actor.Kino-teatr.netBiography of Aleksey Buldakov Selected filmography * '' Throu ...

– actor *

Oleg Mityaev Oleg Grigorievich Mityaev (, 19 February 1956) is a Russian bard, musician and actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of Russia award in 2009. He is also a member of Russian Writers Union. Mityaev is the author and first performer of the pop ...

– musician *

Anatoly Mukasei Anatoly Mikhailovich Mukasei (russian: Анато́лий Миха́йлович Мукасе́й; born July 26, 1938, Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian cinematographer. Anatoly Mukasei graduated from the Gerasimov In ...

– cinematographer * Valentina Telichkina – actress *

Roman Viktyuk Roman Hryhorovych Viktyuk ( uk, Роман Григорович Віктюк; russian: link=no, Роман Григорьевич Виктюк, Roman Grigoryevich Viktyuk; 28 October 1936 – 17 November 2020) was a Ukrainian theatre director, act ...

– actor, director

2010s

2010

Irina Allegrova Irina Aleksandrovna Allegrova (russian: link=no, Ирина Александровна Аллегрова; born 20 January 1952) is a Russian singer. She is a People's Artist of Russia (2010).

– singer *

Vladimir Khotinenko Vladimir Ivanovich Khotinenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Хотиненко; born 20 January 1952 in Slavgorod, Altai Krai, Soviet Union) is a Russian actor, film director and designer. Biography Born in the Altai Krai, Russian S ...

– actor, director *

Dmitry Malikov Dmitry Yurievich Malikov (russian: Дмитрий Юрьевич Маликов; born 29 January 1970) is a Russian actor, composer, singer and a recent record producer. Early life Dmitry Malikov, who goes by his nickname Dima (Дима), was b ...

– musician *

Vladimir Mashkov Vladimir Lvovich Mashkov ( Russian: Владимир Львович Машков; born 27 November 1963) is a Soviet and Russian actor and director of cinema, known to Western audiences for his work in the 2001 film '' Behind Enemy Lines'' and 2 ...

– actor * Aleksei Serebryakov – actor *

Vyacheslav Spesivtsev Vyacheslav Semyonovich Spesivtsev (russian: Вячеслав Семёнович Спесивцев; born 6 February 1943, in Moscow) is a Russian and Soviet actor and director. People's Artist of Russia (2010) He graduated from the Gerasimov Ins ...

– actor *

Alexander Buinov Alexander Nikolaevich Buinov (russian: Александр Николаевич Буйнов, born 24 March 1950) is a Russian singer, songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known for his tenure with Vesyolye Rebyata between 1973 and 1989, before ...

– singer

2011

Fyodor Dobronravov Fyodor Viktorovich Dobronravov (russian: Фёдор Викторович Добронравов; born 11 September 1961) is a Soviet and Russian stage and cinema actor, Honored Artist of Russia (2002), People's Artist of Russia (2011).Vera Glagoleva Vera Vitalievna Glagoleva (russian: Вера Витальевна Глаголева; 31 January 1956 – 16 August 2017) was a Soviet and Russian actress and film director. Glagoleva was born in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union in 1956. ...

– actress and film director *

Andrei Khrzhanovsky Andrei Yurievich Khrzhanovsky (russian: Андрей Юрьевич Хржано́вский; born 30 November 1939 in Moscow) is a Soviet and Russian animator, documentary filmmaker, writer and producer known for making art films. He is the fath ...

– film director *

– pianist *

Boris Nevzorov Boris Georgievich Nevzorov (russian: Бори́с Гео́ргиевич Невзо́ров; 18 January 1950 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian actor and film director. He was an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1997)Irma Nioradze Irma Nioradze in 2011 Irma Nioradze ( ka, ირმა ნიორაძე, russian: Ирма Ниорадзе; born June 15, 1969 in Tbilisi, Georgia), is a Georgian ballerina and Principal Dancer of the Kirov-Mariinsky Ballet. Biography ...

– ballet dancer

2012

* Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer *

– actor *

– actress

2013

Nikolai Chindyajkin Nikolai Dmitrievich Chindyajkin (russian: Николай Дмитриевич Чиндяйкин) is a Russian actor and theatre director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1985), People's Artist of Russia (2013).Nikolai Lugansky Nikolai Lvovich Lugansky (russian: Никола́й Льво́вич Луга́нский; born 26 April 1972) is a Russian pianist. Early life and education Nikolai Lugansky was born on 26 April 1972 in Moscow, Russia, to research scientist p ...

– pianist *

Natalya Gvozdikova Natalya Fedorovna Gvozdikova (russian: Наталья Фёдоровна Гвоздикова; born 7 January 1948) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. Early life and education Natalia Gvozdikova was born on 7 January 1948 in the B ...

– actress *

Lev Prygunov Lev Georgievich Prygunov (russian: Лев Гео́ргиевич Прыгуно́в; born 23 April 1939, Alma-Ata, Kazakh SSR) is a Russian actor, painter, People's Artist of Russia (2013). His son is a Russian film director . After graduation, ...

– actor * Igor Sklyar – actor * Aleksandr Trofimov – actor *

Valeriya Valeriya (russian: Валерия) is a stage name of Alla Yurievna Perfilova (russian: Алла Юрьевна Перфилова, born April 17, 1968 in Atkarsk), a Russian singer and fashion model. Valeriya, who is a recipient of the titles Pe ...

– singer

2014

* Valery Khalilov – conductor, composer

2015

* Arkady Arkanov – actor (posthumous) *

– actress

2016

Marina Esipenko A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships ...

– actress * Nikolay Lazarev – actor *

Vladimir Nosik Vladimir Benediktovich Nosik (russian: Влади́мир Бенеди́ктович Но́сик) is a Soviet and Russian actor, Honored Artist of Russia (1993), People's Artist of Russia (2016). Older brother — People's Artist of Russia Valery ...

– actor *

Yuliya Rutberg Yuliya Ilinichna Rutberg (russian: Ю́лия Ильи́нична Ру́тберг; born July 8, 1965, Moscow, USSR) is a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress, and People's Artist of the Russian Federation (2016). She is a Laureate of the R ...

– actress *

Alexander Sladkovsky Alexander Sladkovsky (born 20 October 1965, Taganrog, Russia) is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Tatarstan National Symphony Orchestra and has received the title of People's Artist of Russia. He graduated from Moscow and St.Pete ...

– conductor *

Igor Vernik Igor Emilievich Vernik (russian: И́горь Эми́льевич Ве́рник; born October 11, 1963) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, producer, television and radio host. Biography Igor was born in 1963 in fa ...

– actor

2017

Olga Pogodina Olga Stanislavovna Pogodina is a Russian actress most known for her work on several dozens of Russian TV series and movie pictures (including Russian-Italian films). She is also a film producer, screenwriter and a show host. She is a Merited ...

– actress

2018

Viktoria Tereshkina Viktoria Valerievna Tereshkina (russian: Викто́рия Вале́рьевна Терёшкина; born 31 May 1983) is a Russian ballet dancer, who performs as a principal dancer with the Mariinsky Ballet in Saint Petersburg. People's Artis ...

– ballet dancer * Nikolai Lebedev - actor * Yekaterina Shipulina - principal dancer

2019

Mikhail Porechenkov Mikhail Yevgenyevich Porechenkov (russian: Михаи́л Евге́ньевич Поре́ченков; born 2 March 1969, in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Russian film actor, producer, director. He became famous after his lead role as FSB Agent ...

- actor * Angelina Vovk - presenter * Igor Nikolayev - composer, singer

2020s

2020

Anna Kovalchuk Anna Leonidovna Kovalchuk (russian: Анна Леонидовна Ковальчук; born 15 June 1977) is a Russian actress. The winner of the prize for the presentation of the image of "good character" in the international legal Festival "La ...

- actress *

Felix Korobov Felix Pavlovich Korobov (russian: Феликс Павлович Коробов) (born 24 May 1972) is a Russian conductor and cellist. Biography Korobov is a graduate of the Moscow Conservatory, cello (1996) and conducting (2002), he was the co ...

- conductor * Aleksei Kravchenko - actor *

Maria Mironova Maria Andreyevna Mironova (russian: Мари́я Андре́евна Миро́нова; born 28 May 1973) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of Russia (2020). Biography Mironova was born on 28 May 1973 in Moscow, to actors Andre ...

- actress

2021

* Andrey Ilyin - actor *

Galina Tyunina Galina Tyuninaslavskaya (russian: link=no, Гали́на Бори́совна Тю́нина) is a Russian actress, People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российско� ...

- actress *

Anita Tsoy Anna Sergeyevna "Anita" Tsoy (russian: Анна Серге́евна "Анита" Цой; born Kim, russian: Ким; 7 February 1971, Moscow) is a Russian singer-songwriter of Korean descent. She is a Meritorious Artist of Russia (2003). Early l ...

- singer *

Natalia Vdovina Nataliya Gennadievna Vdovina (russian: Наталия Геннадиевна Вдовина; born 12 January 1969) is a Russian film and stage actress. She is best known for her performance as mother in ''The Return (2003 film), The Return''. Sh ...

- actress

2022

* Vladislav Vetrov - actor *

Elena Sanayeva Elena Vsevolodovna Sanayeva (russian: Еле́на Все́володовна Сана́ева; born 21 October 1942, Kuibyshev) is a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress and social activist. She is an Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1990).Н ...

- actress *

Alexander Kniazev Alexandre Alexandrovitch Kniazev (russian: Александр Александрович Князев) (born 26 April 1961 in Moscow) is a Russian cellist and organist. He was named best musician of the year in Russia in 1999. Kniazev studied m ...

- cellist, organist *

Vadim Repin Vadim Viktorovich Repin (russian: Вадим Викторович Репин, ; born 31 August 1971) is a Russian and Belgian violinist who lives in Vienna.

- violinist *

Diana Gurtskaya Diana Gudaevna Gurtskaya ( ka, დიანა ღურწკაია, russian: Диана Гудаевна Гурцкая, born 2 July 1978) is a famous Russian pop singer well-known in the countries of the former Soviet Union. Diana was born ...

- singer *

Stas Mikhaylov Stanislav Vladimirovich Mikhaylov (russian: link=no, Станислав Владимирович Михайлов), better known as Stas Mikhaylov (russian: link=no, Стас Михайлов, born 27 April 1969 in Sochi, Russia) is a popular R ...

- singer *

Grigory Leps Grigory Viktorovich Lepsveridze (russian: link=no, Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе, ka, გრიგორი ვიქტორის ძე ლეფსვერიძე), known as Grigory Leps (born 16 July ...

- singer

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