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People's Artists of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный арти� ...

, a honorary title granted to artists of the

Soviet Union The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 until Dissolution of the Soviet ...

between 1936 and 1991. The list covers both the award for performance arts () and a separate award for visual arts (Народный художник, ''Narodny khudozhnik''). The list is sorted in chronological order.

Performing arts (''Narodny artist'')

During this time, 1006 people were given this honor.

1936

Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( rus, Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj, links=yes; ; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian and Sovie ...

(1863—1938), theatre practitionerБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 24. Книга I. Собаки — Струна. 1976. 608 стр., илл.; 35 л. илл. и карт. *

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (; – 25 April 1943) was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how t ...

(1858—1943), theatre director, writer and playwrightТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков. Т. 4 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, Нежин — Сярев, 1965, 1152 стб. с илл., 6 л. илл.Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 17. Моршин — Никиш. 1974. 616 стр., илл.; 34 л. илл. и карт. *

Vasily Kachalov Vasily Ivanovich Kachalov (; – 30 September 1948), was one of Russia's most renowned actors. He worked closely and often with Konstantin Stanislavski. He led the so-called Kachalov Group within the Moscow Art Theatre. It was Kachalov who playe ...

(1875—1948), actor of screen and stageБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 11. Италия — Кваркуш. 1973. 608 стр., илл.; 39 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. *

Ivan Moskvin Ivan Mikhailovich Moskvin (; 18 June 1874, in Moscow – 16 February 1946, in Moscow) was a Russian and Soviet actor and theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). He became director of the Moscow Art Theatre in 1943. He was a student ...

(1874—1946), actor of screen and stage * Ekaterina Korchagina-Alexandrovskaya (1874—1951), theater actressБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 13. Конда — Кун. 1973. 608 стр., илл.; 25 л. илл. и карт. * Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina (1859—1938), movie and theatre actressБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 3. Бари — Браслет. 1970. 640 стр., илл.; 33 л. илл. и карт, 1 л. карт (вкладыш) *

Antonina Nezhdanova Antonina Vasilyevna Nezhdanova (, – 26 June 1950) was a Russian and Soviet lyric coloratura soprano. Nezhdanova was born in , near Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (today Odesa, Ukraine). In 1899, she entered the Moscow Conservat ...

(1873—1950), opera singer (

lyric coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano () is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile runs, leaps and trills. The term ''coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, which is a typical component ...

) *

Boris Shchukin Boris Vasilyevich Shchukin (; — 7 October 1939) was a Russian and Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. In 1936, Shchukin was among the first group of recipients of the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 1941, he was post ...

(1894—1939), movie and theatre actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 29. Чаган— Экс-ле-Бен. 1978. 640 стр., илл.; 28 л. илл. и карт. *

Maria Litvinenko-Volgemut Maria Ivanivna Litvinenko-Volgemut (Ukrainian language, Ukrainian: Марія Іванівна Литвиненко-Вольгемут; 13 February 1892 3 April 1966) was a Ukrainian opera singer and music teacher. She was named People's Artist ...

(1892—1966), opera singer ( lyric dramatic soprano)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Том 3. Корто — Октоль. 1104 стб. с илл. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1976 год * Panas Saksagansky (1859—1940), actor, theater director, playwrightБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 22. Ремень — Сафи. 1975. 628 стр., илл.; 37 л. илл. и карт. * Akaki Vasadze (1899—1978), actor, theater and teacherНовая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Редкол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян и др. — М.: ООО «Издательство „Энциклопедия“» Т. 3 Бруней — Винча, 2007. — 480 с.: ил.Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 4. Брасос — Веш. 1971. 600 стр., илл.; 47 л. илл. и карт. *

Akaki Khorava Akaki Aleksis dze Khorava (23 June 1972) was a Georgian and Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. He appeared in more than fifteen films from 1924 to 1965. He is best known for his performances in '' The Great Warrior Skanderbeg'' and ' ...

(1895—1972), movie and theatre actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 28. Франкфурт — Чага. 1978. 616 стр., илл.; 32 л. илл. и карт. *

Kulyash Baiseitova Kulyash Jasynqyzy Baiseitova (born Gülbahram, 19121957) was a Soviet and Kazakh opera singer and actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Biography Kulyash Baiseitova (maiden name Beisova) was born on 2 May (19 April) 1912 (according to ...

(1912—1957) (bypassing the title of

People's Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achiev ...

), opera singer (

)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Том 1. А — Гонг. 1072 стб. с илл. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1973 годБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 2. Ангола — Барзас. 1970. 632 стр., илл.: 47 л. илл. и карт. *

Leonid Leonidov Leonid Mironovich Leonidov (, – 6 August 1941) was a Russian and Soviet actor, director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Biography Born ''Leonid Meyerovich Volfenzon'' () in a Jewish family in Odesa, he worked in the Moscow A ...

(1873—1941), actor and stage directorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 14. Куна — Ломами. 1973. 624 стр., илл.; 38 л. илл. и карт. 1 грампластинка.

1937

Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov ( – 8 July 1946, born Koptelov or Koptelev) was a Soviet and Russian composer and founder of the Alexandrov Ensemble, who wrote the music for the State Anthem of the Soviet Union, which in 2000 became the ...

(1883—1946) (bypassing the title of

), composer and conductor, founder of the

Alexandrov Ensemble The Alexandrov Ensemble (), commonly known as the Red Army Choir in the West, is an official army choir of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Russian armed forces. Founded during the History of the Soviet Union, Soviet era, the ense ...

Большая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 1. А — Анкетирование. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2005. — 766 с.: ил.: карт. *

Alla Tarasova Alla Konstantinovna Tarasova (; – 5 April 1973) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress and pedagogue. She was a leading actress of Konstantin Stanislavski's Moscow Art Theatre from the late 1920s onward. People's Artist of the USSR ( ...

(1898—1973) (bypassing the title of

), movie and theatre actress *

Nikolai Khmelyov Nikolai Pavlovich Khmelyov (1 November 1945) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director, and pedagogue, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre and later the Yermolova Theatre. Biography Nikolai Khmelyov was born in Sormovs ...

(1901—1945), stage actor * Mikhail Tarkhanov (1877—1948), movie and theatre actor *

Halima Nosirova Halima Nosirova or Halima Nasyrova (; , ''Khalima Nasyrova'') was a Soviet and Uzbek singer of Uzbek music. She also started her creative activities as a drama actress in 1927 and was a popular artist of the USSR. Biography She was born on De ...

(1913—2003), singer (soprano) *

Valeria Barsova Valeria Vladimirovna Barsova (13 June 189213 December 1967, born Kaleria Vladimirova), People's Artist of the USSR, PAU, was a Russian operatic soprano, one of the leading lyric-coloratura sopranos of the first half of the 20th century in Russia. ...

(1892—1967), opera singer (

) * Ksenia Derzhinskaya (1889—1951), opera singer (

dramatic soprano A dramatic soprano is a type of operatic soprano with a powerful, rich, emotive voice that can sing over, or cut through, a full orchestra. Thicker vocal folds in dramatic voices usually (but not always) mean less agility than lighter voices but a ...

)Архивы России. Архивные справочники
* Nadezhda Obukhova (1886—1961), singer (

mezzo soprano A mezzo-soprano (, ), or mezzo ( ), is a type of classical female singing voice whose vocal range lies between the soprano and the contralto voice types. The mezzo-soprano's vocal range usually extends from the A below middle C to the A two octa ...

)Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 18. Никко — Отолиты. 1974. 632 стр., илл.; 24 л. илл. 6 л. карт. *

Alexander Pirogov Alexander Stepanovich Pirogov (; 1899–1964), was a Russian bass opera singer. Pirogov was born in Ryazan, one of five sons of a musical father. Four of the five brothers became singers, most notably Grigory, also a bass. From 1924 through 1954 ...

(1899—1964) (bypassing the title of

), opera singer (

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)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Том 4. Окунев — Симович. 976 с ил. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1978 год *

Mark Reizen Mark Osipovich Reizen (, – 25 November 1992) was a leading Soviet opera bass singer and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Life and career Reizen was born into a Jewish family of mine workers in 1895 at Zaitsevo village in ...

(1895—1992) (bypassing the title of

), opera singer (

) []. Гл. ред. Г. В. Келдыш. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990 * Samuil Samosud (1884—1964), conductor * Elena Stepanova (1891—1978), opera singer (

)Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1965, Том 4. Нежин — Сярев 1152 стб. с илл., 6 л. илл. *

Lev Steinberg Lev Petrovich Steinberg (ru: Штейнберг, Лев Петрович) (Yekaterinoslav 3 September 1870 – Moscow 16 January 1945), was an influential Russian conductor and composer.Gregor Tassie ''Kirill Kondrashin: His Life in Music'' Page ...

(1870—1945), conductor and composer *

Boris Dobronravov Boris Georgiyevich Dobronravov (; 16 April 1896 in Moscow, Imperial Russia – 27 October 1949 in Moscow, USSR) was a Russian and Soviet actor, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre.Boris Dobronravov at the Soviet Theatre Encyclopedia // Теа� ...

(1896—1949) (bypassing the title of

), stage and film actor *

Mikhail Klimov Mikhail Mikhailovich Klimov (Russian: Михаил Михайлович Климов; November 20, 1880July 9, 1942) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). From 1909 to 1940 he was a leading actor of ...

(1880—1942), stage and film actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 12. Кварнер — Коигур. 1973. 624 стр., илл., 35 л. илл. и карт. *

Olga Knipper Olga Leonardovna Knipper-Chekhova (; – 22 March 1959) was a Russian Empire, Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet stage actress. She was married to Anton Chekhov. Knipper was among the 39 original members of the Moscow Art Theatre when it ...

(1868—1959), theater actress * Alexander Ostuzhev (1874—1953), theater actor * Vera Pashennaya (1887—1962), theater and film actress *

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(1871—1963), actress of theater and cinema * Prov Sadovsky, jr. (1874—1947), theater actor and director *

Aleksandra Yablochkina Aleksandra Aleksandrovna Yablochkina (Александра Александровна Яблочкина; November 3, 1866 - March 20, 1964) was a leading actress of the Maly Theatre in Moscow for more than 75 years. She studied acting under her ...

(1866—1964), theater actress

1938

Ivan Yershov Ivan Vasiliyevitch Yershov or Ershov () (November 8, 1867 – November 21, 1943), PAU, was a Soviet and Russian opera singer (Heldentenor). He earned renown for his brilliant performances at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, performing ...

(1867—1943), opera singer (

dramatic tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below midd ...

)Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 15. Докеры — Железняков. 1952. 652 стр., илл.; 60 л. илл. и карт. *

Bulbul The bulbuls are members of a family, Pycnonotidae, of medium-sized passerine songbirds, which also includes greenbuls, brownbuls, leafloves, and bristlebills. The family is distributed across most of Africa and into the Middle East, tropic ...

(1897—1961), singer ( lyric dramatic tenor)Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 6. Ботошани — Вариолит. 1951. 648 стр., илл.; 50 л. илл. и карт. *

Uzeyir Hajibeyov Uzeyir bey Abdulhuseyn bey oghlu Hajibeyov (18 September 188523 November 1948) was an Azerbaijanis, Azerbaijani composer, musicologist and teacher. He is recognized as the father of Azerbaijani classical music. He composed the music of the Az� ...

(1885—1948), composer, conductor, publicist, playwright *

Reinhold Glière Reinhold Moritzevich Glière (23 June 1956), born Reinhold Ernest Glier, was a Russian and Soviet composer of German and Polish descent. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of RSFSR (1935) and People's Artist of USSR (1938). Biography ...

(1875—1956), composer and conductor *

Shovkat Mammadova Shovkat Hasan qizi Mammadova (; 18 April 1897 – 8 June 1981) was an Azerbaijani opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano) and music instructor. She was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1938. Early life and musical career Mammadova was born in ...

(1897—1981), singer (

)

1939

* Yuri Yuriev (1872—1948), stage actor * Pavel Zakharovich Andreev (1874—1950), opera singer (

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), soloist of the

Kirov Theatre The Mariinsky Theatre (, also transcribed as Maryinsky or Mariyinsky) is a historic opera house in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Opened in 1860, it became the preeminent music theatre of late 19th-century Russia, where many of the stage masterpieces ...

* Vera Michurina-Samoilova (1866—1948), actress of the

Alexandrinsky Theatre The Alexandrinsky Theatre () or National Drama Theatre of Russia is a theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The Alexandrinsky Theatre was built for the Imperial troupe of Petersburg (Imperial troupe was founded in 1756). Since 1832, the theatre ...

Solomon Mikhoels Solomon (Shloyme) Mikhoels ( lso spelled שלוימע מיכאעלס during the Soviet era , – 13 January 1948) was a Soviet actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish Theater. Mikhoels served as the chairman of the Jewish ...

(1890—1948), actor and the artistic director of the

Moscow State Jewish Theater The Moscow State Jewish (Yiddish) Theatre (Russian: Московский Государственный Еврейский Театр; Yiddish: Moskver melukhnisher yidisher teater), also known by its acronym GOSET (ГОСЕТ), was a Yiddish theat ...

* Abdylas Maldybaev (1906—1978) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the Kirghiz SSR), composer, operatic tenor singer, soloist of the Kyrgyz Opera and Ballet Theater * Haykanoush Danielyan (1893—1958) (bypassing the title of

People's Artist of the Armenian SSR People's, branded as ''People's ViennaLine'' until May 2018, and legally ''Altenrhein Luftfahrt GmbH'', is an Austro-Swiss airline headquartered in Vienna, Austria. It operates scheduled and charter passenger flights mainly from its base at St. ...

), singer (

), soloist of the

Yerevan Opera Theatre The Alexander Spendiaryan National Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (), simply known by locals as , is an opera theatre in Yerevan. It officially opened on 20 January 1933, with a performance of Alexander Spendiaryan's opera '' Almast'' as its ...

1940

Hnat Yura Hnat Petrovych Yura (, ; also Gnat Yura; – January 18, 1966) was a Soviet and Ukrainian director, actor of theatre and film, pedagogue. He directed two films, and appeared on screen six times during the Soviet era. Yura received titles of ...

(1888—1966), director, actor of theatre and film, founder of the

Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater The Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater (), located in Kyiv, was founded in 1920. It plays an important role in the history of Ukrainian culture. Real masters worked here and continue to delight their fans: actors, directors, composers, se ...

* Ariy Pazovsky (1887—1953), conductor, chief conductor of the Kirov Theater * Larisa Alexandrovskaya (1904—1980), opera singer (soprano), soloist of the

National Opera and Ballet of Belarus The National Academic Grand Opera and Ballet Theatre of the Republic of Belarus (, ) is located in a park in the Trinity Hill district of Minsk. Local people call it the "Opierny Teatr" (Belarusian) or the "Opera and Ballet Theatre". While the ...

Ivan Kozlovsky Ivan Semyonovich Kozlovsky (21 December 1993) was a Soviet lyric tenor and one of the most well known stars of Russian opera, as well a producer and director of his own opera company, and longtime teacher at the Moscow Conservatory. People' ...

(1900—1993) (bypassing the title of

), opera singer (

lyric tenor A tenor is a type of male singing voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. Composers typically write music for this voice in the range from the second B below mi ...

), soloist of the

Bolshoi Theatre The Bolshoi Theatre ( rus, Большо́й теа́тр, r=Bol'shoy teatr, p=bɐlʲˈʂoj tʲɪˈat(ə)r, t=Grand Theater) is a historic opera house in Moscow, Russia, originally designed by architect Joseph Bové. Before the October Revolutio ...

Maxim Mikhailov Maxim Dormidontovich Mikhailov (; – 30 March 1971) was a Soviet and Russian bass singer. His son, Igor Mikhailov (1920-1983) was the bass of the Bolshoi for several decades. His grandson Maxim Mikhailov (1962–2018) was also a bass singe ...

(1893—1971) (bypassing the title of

), opera singer (

), soloist of the

* Gombozhap Tsydynzhapov (1905—1980), actor, stage director, playwright, art director of the Buryat Drama Theater

1941

* Muhammedjan Kasymov (1907—1971) (bypassing the title of

People's Artist of the Tajik SSR People's Artist of the Tajik SSR (Народный артист Таджикской ССР), is an honorary title awarded to citizens of the Tajik SSR in the Soviet Union. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the performing arts, whose me ...

), film and theater actor

1943

* Evdokia Turchaninova (1870—1963), actress of the Maly Theatre

1944

* Amvrosy Buchma (1891—1957), theater and movie actor, chies director of the

* Vasily Vasilko (1893—1972), theater actor , director, art director of the Odessa Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater *

Zoia Gaidai Zoia Mykhailivna Gaidai (April 21, 1965) was a Soviet and Ukrainian opera soprano. She was an artist of wide creativity, with a bright vocal range and talent who staged more than 50 musicals of the works of Ukrainian and Russian composers, as ...

(1902—1965), opera soprano, soloist of the

National Opera of Ukraine The Kyiv Opera group in Ukraine was formally established in the summer of 1867, and is the third oldest opera in Ukraine, after Odesa Opera and Lviv Opera. The Kyiv Opera Company perform Kyiv Opera House, named after Taras Shevchenko. Hist ...

ГАЙДАЙ Зоя Михайловна // Вокально-энциклопедический словарь * Andrey Alekseevich Ivanov (1900—1970), opera singer, soloist of the

* Alexander Kramov (1885—1951), theater actor and director, artistic director of the Kharkov Academic Russian Drama Theater * Maryan Krushelnitsky (1897—1963), theater actor and director, movie actor, artistic director of the

Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre The Kharkiv Ukrainian Drama Theatre also known as the Taras Shevchenko Kharkiv Academic Ukrainian Drama Theatre () is a national theatre founded in 1935 out of remnants of the suppressed Berezil Theatre, which was founded by Les Kurbas in 1922. ...

* Ivan Maryanenko (1878—1962), theater actor * Ivan Patorzhinsky (1896—1960), opera singer (

) * Levko Revutsky (1889—1977), composer * Boris Romanitsky (1891—1988), actor , theater director * Nikolai Smolich (1888—1968), theater director *

Natalia Uzhviy Natalia Mykhailivna Uzhviy (; 22 or 29 July 1986) was a Ukrainian actress. Biography Natalia Uzhviy was born on 8 September 1898 in Liuboml and was the oldest of 7 children. In 1922–1925, she studied at the Drama Studio at the First S ...

(1898—1986), theater and movie actress * Konstantin Khokhlov (1885—1956), actor and theater director * Yuri Shumsky (1887—1954), actor and theater director * Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov (1901—1956), composer *

Nikolai Yakovlev Nikolai Dmitriyevich Yakovlev (1898–1972) was a Soviet Marshal of the artillery. During the 1937 - 1941 period, he was artillery chief of the Belorussian, North Caucasus and Kiev Military Districts. From 1941 to 1948, he was head of the Main ...

(1869—1950), theater director

1945

* Abrar Khidoyatov (1900—1958), actor of the Uzbek National Academic Drama TheaterТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков. Т. 5 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1967, 1136 стб. с илл., 8 л. илл.

1946

Ruben Simonov Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (, ; 2 April 1899 – 5 December 1968) was a Soviet actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1946). Biography Simonov was born in Moscow, to a family of Armenians in Russia, Russian Armeni ...

(1899—1968), actor and director *

Boris Asafyev Boris Vladimirovich Asafyev (27 January 1949; also known by pseudonym Igor Glebov) was a Russian and Soviet composer, writer, musicologist, musical critic and one of founders of Soviet musicology. He is the dedicatee of Prokofiev's First Symp ...

(1884—1949), composer and musicologist * Alexander Goldenweiser (1875—1961), pianist, teacher and composer *

Konstantin Igumnov Konstantin Nikolayevich Igumnov (March 24, 1948) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. In 1946, he was recognized as the People's Artist of the USSR. Biography Igumnov studied under Nikolai Zverev, and at Moscow Conservatory under A ...

(1873—1948), pianist *

Nikolai Myaskovsky Nikolai Yakovlevich Myaskovsky (; ; 20 April 18818 August 1950), was a Russian and Soviet composer. He is sometimes referred to as the "Father of the Soviet Symphony". Myaskovsky was awarded the Stalin Prize five times. Early years Myaskovsky ...

(1881—1950), composer

1947

* Nikolay Cherkasov (1903—1966), theater and movie actor *

Vladimir Gardin Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin 28 May 1965, born Blagonravov)
Great Soviet EncyclopediaGrigori Aleksandrov Grigori Vasilyevich Aleksandrov (23 January 1903 – 16 December 1983, known by artist name Mormonenko) was a Soviet film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1947 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1973. He was awarded the S ...

(1903—1983), film director * Ivan Bersenev (1889—1951), theater actor and director, movie actor *

Sergei Vasilyev Sergey Vasilyev may refer to: * Sergei Vasilyev (director) (1900–1959), Soviet film director, editor, and screenwriter * Sergey Vasilyev (actor) (1827–1862), Russian stage actor * Sergei Vasilyev (footballer) (born 1982), Russian footbal ...

(1900—1959), film director * Gleb Glebov (1899—1967), theater and movie actor *

Nikolai Golovanov Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov (August 28, 1953) PAU, was a Soviet conductor and composer, who was married to the soprano Antonina Nezhdanova. He conducted the premiere performances of a number of works, among them Nikolai Myaskovsky's Six ...

(1891—1953), conductor, pianist and composer * Borisas Dauguvietis (1885—1949), theater actor, director and playwright *

Yuri Zavadsky Yuri Aleksandrovich Zavadsky (; 12 July 1894, Moscow — 5 April 1977, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian theater director, actor and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1948) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Zavadsky studied under Yevgeny ...

(1894—1977), theater actor and directorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 9. Евклид — Ибсен. 1972. 624 стр., илл.; 43 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. * Mikhail Kedrov (1894—1972), theater actor and director, movie actor *

Ants Lauter Ants Lauter ( – 30 October 1973) was an Estonian actor, theatre director and pedagogue, People's Artist of the USSR (1948). He was born in Veski, Rapla County, Veski, Wiek County, and died, aged 79, in Tallinn. Since 1974 the has been given ...

(1894—1973), theater actor and director, movie actor *

Nikolay Okhlopkov Nikolay Pavlovich Okhlopkov (; 15 May 1900, Irkutsk – 8 January 1967, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and theatre director who patterned his work after Meyerhold. Patrick Miles, translator. He was named a People's Artist o ...

(1900—1967), theater and movie actor and director *

Aleksey Dmitrievich Popov Aleksey Dmitrievich Popov (Алексей Дмитриевич Попов; 1891-1961) was a leading Soviet theatre director who managed the Soviet Army Theatre between 1935 and 1960. He was awarded three Stalin Prizes and was named a People's Ar ...

(1892—1961), theater director and pedagogyst *

Vsevolod Pudovkin Vsevolod Illarionovich Pudovkin ( rus, Всеволод Илларионович Пудовкин, p=ˈfsʲevələt ɪl(ː)ərʲɪˈonəvʲɪtɕ pʊˈdofkʲɪn; 28 February 1893 – 30 June 1953) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and acto ...

(1893—1953), film directorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 21. Проба — Ременсы. 1975. 640 стр., илл.; 23 л. илл. и карт. *

Ivan Pyryev Ivan Aleksandrovich Pyryev (; – 7 February 1968) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, actor and pedagogue remembered as the high priest of Stalinism, Stalinist cinema. He was awarded six USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes (194 ...

(1901—1968), film director *

Natan Rakhlin Natan Hryhorovych Rakhlin (28 June 1979) was a Soviet and Ukrainian Jewish conductor. Biography Rakhlin was born January 10, 1906, in Snovsk, Gorodnyansky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire. He served as Artistic Director of the Ukr ...

(1906—1979), conductor and pedagogyst *

Eduards Smiļģis Eduards Smiļģis (23 November 1886 – 19 April 1966) was a Latvian and Soviet actor and theatre director. He became a People's Artist of the USSR in 1948. Smiļģis founded the Dailes Theatre in Riga in 1920 and was its chief director until ...

(1886—1966), theater actor and director *

Mikheil Chiaureli Mikheil Chiaureli ( ka, მიხეილ ჭიაურელი, , 6 February 1894 – 31 October 1974) was a Soviet Georgian actor, film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1928 and 1974. He was awarded the Stalin ...

(1894—1974), movie director *

Fridrikh Ermler Fridrikh Markovich Ermler (13 May 189812 July 1967) was a Soviet film director, actor, and screenwriter. He was a four-time recipient of the Stalin Prize (in 1941, twice in 1946, and in 1951). After studying pharmacology, he joined the Czari ...

(1898—1967), movie director * Olga Androvskaya (1898—1975), theater and film actress *

Alexey Gribov Alexey Nikolayevich Gribov (November 26, 1977) was a Soviet and Russian actor, "master of all types of Russian national character"Inna SolovyovaAlexey Nikolayevich Gribovarticle at the Moscow Art Theatre website (in Russian) mostly remembered fo ...

(1902—1977), theater and film actorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 7. Гермафродит — Григорьев. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2007. — 767 с.: ил.: карт. * Klavdiya Yelanskaya (1898—1972), theater actress * Vladimir Yershov (1896—1964), theater and movie actor * Boris Livanov (1904—1972), theater and movie actor * Viktor Stanitsyn (1897—1976), theater actor and director, movie actor * Vasili Toporkov (1889—1970), theater and movie actor, theatre pedagogyst * Faina Shevchenko (1893—1971), theater actress * Sergei Gerasimov (1906—1985), film director and actor, screenwriter, pedagogyst *

Pavel Molchanov Pavel Alexandrovich Molchanov () ( – October 1941) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russians, Russian meteorologist and the inventor of the first Russian radiosonde in 1930, while the French Pierre Idrac (1885-1935) and Robert Bureau (1892-1965) wer ...

(1902—1977), theatre actor * Barys Platonaw (1903—1967), theater and movie actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 20. Плата — Проб. 1975. 608 стр., илл.; 21 л. илл. и карт.

1949

Vasili Vanin Vasili Vasilyevich Vanin (; 13 January 1898 – 12 May 1951) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theatre director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Biography Vasili Vanin was born on 13 January 1898 in Tambov, in the fa ...

(1898—1951), theater actor and director, movie actor *

Vera Maretskaya Vera Petrovna Maretskaya (; 31 July 1906 – 17 August 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She was a recipient of People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1976). Early years Vera Petrovna Maretskaya was ...

(1906—1978), theater and movie actress * Nikolay Mordvinov (1901—1966), theater and movie actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 16. Мезия — Моршанск. 1974. 616 стр., илл.; 32 л. илл. и карт. *

Mirzaagha Aliyev Mirza Ali oghlu Aliyev (1883October 25, 1954) was an Cinema of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijani actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1949).Большая Советская Энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т ...

(1883—1954), theater and movie actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 1. А — Ангоб. 1969. 608 стр., илл.; 47 л. илл. и карт, 1 отд. л. табл. * Marziyya Davudova (1901—1962), theater and movie actress *

Sidgi Ruhulla Ruhulla Fatulla oghlu Axhundov (, 9 April 1886 – 5 May 1959) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani actor and theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Biography Ruhulla was born in Buzovna. In 1904, his father, Mullah Fatulla, died, and ...

(1886—1959), theater and movie actor * Yelena Gogoleva (1900—1993), theater and movie actress *

Aleksei Dikiy Aleksei Dikiy () (24 February 1889 – 1 October 1955) was a Soviet actor and director who worked at Moscow Art Theatre and later worked with Habima Jewish theatre in Tel Aviv. He was arrested and imprisoned in Gulag under the dictatorship of J ...

(1889—1955), theater actor and director, movie actor *

Mikhail Zharov Mikhail Ivanovich Zharov (; 27 October 1899 – 15 December 1981) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1949) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). He studied under the prominent director Theodo ...

(1900—1981), theater and movie actor * Aleksandr Zrazhevsky (1886—1950), theater and movie actor *

Konstantin Zubov Konstantin Aleksandrovich Zubov (; 20 September 1888 – 22 November 1956) was a Soviet and Russian actor, film and theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Selected filmography * 1916 — ' * 1917 — ' * 1928 — ...

(1888—1956), actor and director, pedagogyst *

Igor Ilyinsky Igor Vladimirovich Ilyinsky (13 January 1987) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, director and comedian. Hero of Socialist Labour (1974) and People's Artist of the USSR (1949). Early years Igor Ilyinsky was born on 24 July 1901 in Mo ...

(1901—1987), theater and movie actor, director * Mikhail Tsaryov (1903—1987), theater and movie actor and director, pedagogyst * Aman Kul'mamedov (1908—1977), theater and movie actor

1950

Mikheil Gelovani Mikheil Giorgis dze Gelovani (21 December 1956) was a Soviet and Georgian actor, known for his numerous portrayals of Joseph Stalin in cinema, starring in fifteen historic movies mostly about the early Soviet era. He was recognized as People's A ...

(1893—1956), theater and movie actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 10. Газель — Германий. 1952. 620 стр., илл.; 43 л. илл. и карт. *

Marina Ladynina Marina Alekseyevna Ladynina (10 March 2003) was a Soviet stage and film actress, best remembered for her leading roles in her husband Ivan Pyryev's films. People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Laureate of five Stalin Prizes. Biography Early lif ...

(1908—2003), theater and movie actress * Tamara Makarova (1907—1997), movie actress *

Lyubov Orlova Lyubov Petrovna Orlova ( ; – 26 January 1975) was a Soviet and Russian actress, singer, dancer, and People's Artist of the USSR (1950). Life and career Lyubov Orlova was born to a family of Russian nobility#Hereditary nobility, Russian h ...

(1902—1975), theater and movie actress * Vladimir Petrov (1896—1966), film director *

Mikhail Romm Mikhail Ilyich Romm (; – 1 November 1971) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1950. Life and career Early life He was born in Irkutsk into a family of mixed Russian Jewish ...

(1901—1971), film director * Nikolay Simonov (1901—1973), film and stage actor *

Boris Chirkov Boris Petrovich Chirkov (13 August 190128 May 1982) was a Soviet and Russian actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. Chirkov was born in Brianka. He appeared in 50 films between 1928 and 1975. He was awarded four USSR State Prize, Stalin Prizes: in 1941 ...

(1901—1982), film and stage actor * Sergei Lemeshev (1902—1977), opera singer (lyric tenor) *

Kipras Petrauskas Kipras Petrauskas (December 5, 1885 as Ciprijonas Petrauskas – January 17, 1968) was a Lithuanian and Soviet operatic tenor (created around 80 roles), professor, and Lithuanian Association of Artists member. The national opera foundation is a ...

(1885—1968), opera singer (lyric dramatic tenor), pedagogyst * Mykhaĭlo Hryshko (1901—1973), opera singer (dramatic baritone)Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 7. Гоголь — Дебит. 1972. 608 стр., илл.: 44 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. * Petr Amiranashvili (1907—1976), opera singer (baritone) *

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(1895—1973), opera singer (dramatic tenor) *

Veriko Anjaparidze Veriko Ivlianes asuli Anjaparidze, : , (30 January 1987) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actress. Life and career Andjaparidze was born in Kutaisi and studied at the Aidarov Drama Studio in Moscow in 1916–1917 and at the Aleksand ...

(1900—1987), theater and movie actress * Aleksandr Inashvili (1887—1958), opera singer (baritone) *

Vakhtang Chabukiani Vakhtang Mikheilis dze Chabukiani (March 12, 1910April 6, 1992) was a Soviet and Georgian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He is considered to be one of the most influential male ballet dancers of the 20th century, and is noted for crea ...

(1910—1992), ballet dancer

1951

* Aleksandr Borisov (1905—1982), theater and movie actorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 4. Большой Кавказ — Великий канал. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2006. — 751 с.: ил.: карт. * Alexey Petrovich Ivanov (1904—1982), opera singer (baritone)Большая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 10. Ива — Италики. 1972. 592 стр., илл.; 44 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. * Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916—2008), ballet dancer *

Alexander Melik-Pashayev Aleksandr Shamilyevich Melik-Pashayev (; ; 23 October 1905, Tbilisi – 18 June 1964, Moscow) was a Soviet Armenian conductor, composer, pianist and pedagogue. He made numerous highly regarded recordings with Melodiya from the 1940s to the 1960s, ...

(1905—1964), conductor * Georgii Nelepp (1904—1957), opera singer (dramatic tenor) *

Galina Ulanova Galina Sergeyevna Ulanova (, ; 21 March 1998) was a Russian ballet dancer. She is frequently cited as being one of the greatest ballerinas of the 20th century. Biography Ulanova was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Both parents were the so ...

(1910—1998), ballet dancer * Yuri Fayer (1890—1971), conductor * Nikandr Khanayev (1890—1974), opera singer (dramatic tenor)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. т. 5 Симон — Хейлер. — М.: «Советская энциклопедия», 1981. − 1056 стб. ил. * Boris Gmyrya (1903—1969) (bypassing the title of

People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR People's Artist of Ukraine () is an honorary title awarded by the government of Ukraine. It is the highest title awarded to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts, inc ...

), opera singer (bass) * Mikhail Fedorovich Romanov (1896—1963), theater actor and director, movie actor * Aleksandr Serdyuk (1900—1988), theater and movie actor * Mukhtar Ashrafi (1912—1975), composer and conductor * Sara Ishanturaeva (1911—1998), theater actressТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков. Т. 2 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1963

1952

Sergei Bondarchuk Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk (25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor and filmmaker of Ukrainian origin who was one of the leading figures of Soviet cinema in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He is known for his sweeping p ...

(1920—1994) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), movie director and actor * Yelizaveta Chavdar (1925—1989) (bypassing all titles), opera singer (

coloratura soprano A coloratura soprano () is a type of operatic soprano voice that specializes in music that is distinguished by agile run (music), runs, leaps and Trill (music), trills. The term ''coloratura'' refers to the elaborate ornamentation of a melody, whi ...

)

1953

David Oistrakh David Fyodorovich Oistrakh (; – 24 October 1974) was a Soviet Russian violinist, List of violists, violist, and Conducting, conductor. He was also Professor at the Moscow Conservatory, People's Artist of the USSR (1953), and Laureate of the ...

(1908—1974), violinist and conductor * Alfred Amtman-Bredit (1885—1966), theater actor and director *

Igor Moiseyev Igor Aleksandrovich Moiseyev (; – 2 November 2007) was a Soviet and Russian ballet master, dancer, choreographer and pedagogue. Moiseyev was widely acclaimed as the greatest 20th-century choreographer of character dance, a dance style simila ...

(1906—2007), choreographer * Alexander Kontantinovich Ilyinsy (1903—1967), theater and movie actor * Konstantin Skorobogatov (1887—1969), theater and movie actor

1954

Maria Babanova Maria Ivanovna Babanova (11 November 190020 March 1983) was a Soviet and Russian actress and pedagogue. She has been described as Vsevolod Meyerhold's greatest actress and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1954. Life and career Baba ...

(1900—1983), theater and movie actress * Lev Sverdlin (1901—1969), theater and movie actor * Tiit Kuusik (1911—1990), opera singer (baritone) *

Balys Dvarionas Balys Dvarionas (23 August 1972) was a Soviet and Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor, and educator. Dvarionas first became known as a composer after World War II. His works are in a romantic vein, with roots in folk song. Biography Balys Dv ...

(1904—1972), composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogyst *

Juozas Siparis Juozas is a Lithuanian masculine given name, a shortened version of Juozapas, which in turn is the equivalent of English ''Joseph''. List of people named Juozas * Juozas Adomaitis-Šernas (1859–1922), Lithuanian scientific writer and book smug ...

(1894—1970), theater and movie actor *

Jonas Švedas Jonas Švedas ( in Liepāja – 15 October 1971 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian and Soviet Union, Soviet composer. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1954. He was the co-composer of the Anthem of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic ...

(1908—1971), composer and conductor * Leonid Sergeevich Vivian (1887—1966), actor, director, theater teacher *

Emil Gilels Emil Grigoryevich Gilels (19 October 191614 October 1985, born Samuil) was a Soviet pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. His sister Elizabeth, three years his junior, was a violinist. His daughter Elena ...

(1916—1985), pianist *

Yevgeny Mravinsky Yevgeny Aleksandrovich Mravinsky () (19 January 1988) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, pianist, and music pedagogue; he was a professor at Leningrad State Conservatory. Biography Mravinsky was born in Saint Petersburg. The soprano Yevgen ...

(1903—1988) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), conductor *

Aram Khachaturian Aram Ilyich Khachaturian (; 1 May 1978) was a Soviet Armenians, Armenian composer and conductor. He is considered one of the leading Music of the Soviet Union#Classical music of the Soviet Union, Soviet composers. Khachaturian was born and rai ...

(1903—1978), composer *

Yuri Shaporin Yuri Alexandrovich Shaporin () ( – 9 December 1966), PAU, was a Soviet composer. Biography Shaporin was born in Glukhov in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine). His father was a painter and his mother a pianist. He received his secondary ...

(1887—1966), composer *

Dmitri Shostakovich Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich, group=n (9 August 1975) was a Soviet-era Russian composer and pianist who became internationally known after the premiere of his First Symphony in 1926 and thereafter was regarded as a major composer. Shostak ...

(1906—1975), composer *

Sergey Obraztsov Sergey Vladimirovich Obraztsov (, 5 July 1901 – 8 May 1992) was a Soviet and Russian puppeteer who is credited by the Encyclopædia Britannica with "establishing puppetry as an art form in the Soviet Union." Puppet theaters in many countries o ...

(1901—1992), theatrical figure, actor and director of the puppet theater *

Vagharsh Vagharshian Vagharsh Bogdani Vagharshian (14 February 1894 – 6 May 1959) was a Soviet and Armenian actor, director, playwright and public figure. People's Artist of the USSR (1954). Vagharshian graduated from a diocese school in Shusha and then worked wit ...

(1894—1959), theater actor, director, playwright * Daniil Antonovich (1889—1975), theater and movie actor * Petr Belinnik (1906—1998), opera singer (lyric tenor) * Aleksandra Voronovich (1898—1985), theater actress * Konstantyn Dankevych (1905—1984), composer, pianist, teacher * Vasyl Yaremenko (1895—1976), actor

1955

* Nikolay Yakushenko (1897—1971), actor * Vladimir Vladomirskiy (1893—1971), theater actor * Lidiya Ivanovna Rzhetskaya (1899—1977), theater and movie actress * Jewgeni Karlowitsch Tikoski (1893—1970), composer * Ryhor Ramanavich Shyrma (1892—1978), choir conductor, folklorist *

Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin () (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet stage and film actor. Biography Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the present-day Kaluga Oblast. As a young man he worked as a carpenter. In 1919 ...

(1902—1976), theater and movie actor * Arslan Muboryakov (1908—1977), theater and film actor, theater director * Zaytuna Nasretdinova (1923—2009), ballet dancer *

Mikhail Astangov Mikhail Fyodorovich Astangov (20 April 1965, born Ruzhnikov) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. Astangov was born in Warsaw and died in Moscow. People's Artist of the USSR (1955). Filmography * '' The Conveyor of Death'' (1933) – ...

(1900—1965), theater and film actor * Sofia Preobrazhenskaya (1904—1966), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) *

Alty Karliev Alty Karliev (January 6, 1909December 11, 1973) was a Soviet and Turkmen stage and film actor, director and dramatist. He studied at the Turkmen Drama Studio and the Baku Theatre College (today the Azerbaijan State University of Culture and Arts ...

(1909—1973), theater actor and director, film actor, film director *

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(1920—2018), opera singer (lyric soprano) * Sona Muradova (1914—1997), theater actress *

Sofya Giatsintova Sofya Vladimirovna Giatsintova (April 12, 1982) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress, theater director and pedagogue, who worked in the Moscow Art Theatre (1910-1937), the Lenkom Theatre (1938-1957, 1961-1982, where she was the arti ...

(1895—1982), theater actress and director, film actress

1956

* Lilita Bērziņa (1903—1983), theater and film actress * Janis Osis (1895—1973), theater and movie actor *

Yuri Yurovsky Yuri Ilyich Yurovsky (; ) was a Soviet actor and director of Armenian origin.Ienācēji no tālienes: Austrumu un Dienvidu tautu pārstāvji Latvijā no 19. gadsimta beigām līdz mūsdienām. Valters Ščerbinskis, Nordik, 1998, ISBN 9984510220 ...

(1894—1959), theater actor and director, film actorБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Б. А. Введенский, 2-е изд. Т. 51 (доп.). А — Я. 1958. 460 стр., илл.; 21 л. илл. и карт. * Nikolay Vorvulev (1917—1967), opera singer *

Yuri Tolubeyev Yuri Vladimirovich Tolubeyev (, May 1, 1906, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire - December 28, 1979, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet theatrical and cinema actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1956). Winner of the Lenin (1959) and Stalin Prize (1947). He ...

(1906—1979), theater and movie actor *

Tamara Khanum Tamara Khanum (June 30, 1991, born Tamara Artyemi Petrosyan) was a dancer, singer, actress, and choreographer. She was honored as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1956 and received the Stalin Prize, second degree, in 1941. Biography Tamara Petro ...

(1906—1991), dancer, founder of the Uzbek ballet *

Gohar Gasparyan Gohar Mikayeli Gasparyan (14 December 192416 May 2007, ), also known as the "Armenian nightingale", was an Armenian opera singer. Life Born in an Armenian family in Cairo, Egypt, Gasparyan studied at a Music Academy in the city. In 1948, she ...

(1924—2007), opera singer (soprano) *

Hrachia Nersisyan Hrachia Nersisyan (, 24 November 1895 – 6 November 1961) was a Soviet-Armenian film actor. He was honoured with title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1956. Nersisyan was born in Nicomedia, Ottoman Empire (modern-day İzmit, Turkey) and stu ...

(1895—1961), theater and film actor *

Vahram Papazian Vahram Papazian or Papazyan (; 6 January 1888 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire – 5 June 1968 in Yerevan, Armenia), was a Soviet actor who was an ethnic Armenian, mostly known for his Shakespearean roles. Vahram did plays in Constantinople, ...

(1888—1968), theater actor *

Tatevik Sazandaryan Tatevik Sazandaryan (; 20 August 1916 – 6 October 1999), was a Soviet and Armenian operatic mezzo-soprano who became a member of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union in 1958. She performed as a soloist at the Yerevan Opera Theatre from 1937 to ...

(1916—1999), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Mikael Tabrizyan (1907—1957), conductor * Grigori Belov (1895—1965), theater and movie actor * Pavel Lisitsian (1911—2004), opera singer (baritone) *

Aleksandr Larikov Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. 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 A ...

(1890—1960), theater actor * Vasiliy Yakovlevich Sofronov (1884—1960), theater and movie actor * Boris Ilyin (1901—1979), theater actor *

Aleksandr Bryantsev Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bryantsev (14 April 188330 September 1961) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue. He was born in Saint Petersburg to an official's family and graduated from The Second Saint Petersburg Gymnasi ...

(1883—1961), theater director * Alexander Svechnikov (1890—1980), choral conductor * Aleksei Krivchenya (1910—1974),opera singer (bass) *

Eugen Kapp Eugen Kapp (29 October 1996) was an Estonian composer and music educator. Characterized by simple harmonies, march rhythms and an appealing melodic style, his music is reflective upon the musical ideas favoured by the Stalinist regime of the 19 ...

(1908—1996), composer * Kaarel Karm (1906—1979), theater and movie actor *

Gustav Ernesaks Gustav Ernesaks (12 December 1908 – 24 January 1993) was an Estonian composer and a choir conducting, conductor. Biography Gustav Ernesaks was born on 12 December 1908 in Perila, Estonia. He was educated at the Estonian Academy of Music an ...

(1908—1993), composer and choir conductor

1957

* Anastasia Zuyeva (1896—1986), theater and film actress * Gulomkhaydar Gulomaliev (1904—1961), choreographer * Lutfi Zohidova (1925—1995), ballet dancer * Tuhfa Fozilova (1917—1985), opera singer (soprano) * Xälil Äbcälilef (1896—1963), theater and movie actorТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. С. С. Мокульский. Т. 1 — М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1961, 1214 стб. с илл., 12 л. илл. *

Näcip Cihanov Näcip Ğayaz ulı Cihanov (2 June 1988, Russification, : Nazib Gayazovich Zhiganov) was a Soviet and Tatar composer, pedagogue and statesman. He was born in Oral, Kazakhstan, Uralsk; and died in Ufa. Cihanov wrote eight operas (notably ''Altın ...

(1911—1988), composer * Elena Zhilina (1890—1963), theater actress *

Natalia Dudinskaya Natalia Mikhailovna Dudinskaya (29 January 2003) was a Soviet prima ballerina who dominated the Kirov Ballet from the 1930s to the 1950s. Dudinskaya was born on , in Kharkiv. Her mother was , a Ukrainian and Russian ballerina who had been coa ...

(1912—2003), ballet dancer * Konstantin Laptev (1904—1990), opera singer * Vitali Politseymako (1906—1967), theater and movie actor *

Konstantin Sergeyev Konstantin Mikhailovich Sergeyev (; – 1 April 1992) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, ballet master, pedagogue and choreographer for the Kirov Theatre. When the Kirov Ballet returned to Leningrad from Perm (where it had been moved durin ...

(1910—1992), ballet dancer, choreographer *

Georgy Tovstonogov Georgy Aleksandrovich Tovstonogov (, – 23 May 1989) was a Russian-Georgians, Georgian theatre director. He was the leader of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theater, Gorky Bolshoi Drama Theater which was renamed after him in 1992. Biography G ...

(1915—1989), theater director

1958

* Vasiliy Mestnikov (1908—1958), theater actor and director * Dmitriy Khodulov (1912—1977), theater actor and director *

Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov Boris Aleksandrovich Aleksandrov (; 4 August 1905 – 17 June 1994) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian composer and, from 1946 to 1986, the second head of the Alexandrov Ensemble which was founded by his father, Alexander Vasilyevich Ale ...

(1905—1994), composer, conductor * Konstantin Ivanov (1907—1984), conductor * Vaso Godziashvili (1905—1976), theater and movie actor *

Odysseas Dimitriadis Odysseas Dimitriadis (7 July 190828 April 2005) was a Georgian of Pontic Greek descent and Soviet classical music conductor. During his 70-year career, Odysseas had conducted a number of the world's leading orchestras, as well as being a main ...

(1908—2005), conductor *

Sergo Zakariadze Sergo Zakariadze ( ka, სერგო ზაქარიაძე ; – 12 April 1971) was a Soviet and Georgian stage and film actor and pedagogue. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1958. Zakariadze was b ...

(1909—1971), theater and movie actor *

Aleksi Machavariani Aleksi Davitis dze Machavariani (23 September 1913 – 31 December 1995) was a Soviet and Georgian composer, conductor and pedagogue. He was granted the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1958. Biography Aleksi Machavariani was born in G ...

(1913—1995), composer * Iliko Sukhishvili (1907—1985), ballet dancer * Bubusara Beyshenalieva (1926—1973), ballet dancer * Sayra Kiizbaeva (1917—1988), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano) * Muratbek Ryskulov (1909—1974), theater and movie actor * Sergei Ivanovich Papov (1904—1970) theater and movie actor

1959

* Shaken Ajmanov (1914—1970), actor and film director * Roza Jamanova (1928—2013), opera singer (soprano) * Kalibek Kuanyshpaev (1893—1968), theater and movie actor * Ermek Serkebayev (1926—2013), opera singer (lyric baritone) * Mukan Tulebaev (1913—1960), composer * Valentina Kharlamova (1911—1999), theater actress * Shukur Burkhanov (1910—1987), theater and film actor * Saodat Kabulova (1925—2007), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Mukarram Turgunbaeva (1913—1978), ballet dancer * Olim Xoʻjayev (1910—1977), theater and film actor * Kamil Yarmatov (1903—1978), actor, film director, screenwriterБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 30. Экслибрис — Яя. 1978. 632 стр., илл.; 30 л. илл.; 9 л. карт. * Nikolay Pokrovskiy (1896—1961), theater actor and director * Gamar Almaszadeh (1915—2006), ballet dancer *

Rashid Behbudov Rashid Macid oglu Behbudov (14 December 1915 – 9 June 1989) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani singer and actor. He has been referred to as the "golden voice of Azerbaijan". He performed his songs in multiple languages. Biography Rashid Behbudov ...

(1915—1989), pop and opera singer (lyric tenor) * Adil Isgandarov (1912—1978), theater actor and director *

Gara Garayev Gara Abulfaz oghlu Garayev (February 5, 1918May 13, 1982) was a prominent Soviet Azerbaijani composer. Garayev wrote nearly 110 musical pieces,Azad Sharifov"Remembering Gara Garayev: A Legend in His Own Time - 80th Jubilee" in Azerbaijan Inter ...

(1918—1982), composer *

Niyazi Niyazi Zulfugar oghlu Taghizade Hajibeyov (; 20 August 1912 – 2 August 1984) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani conductor and composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1959) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1982). Early life Niyazi was born on August 20, ...

(1912—1984), conductor, composer * Ivan Ivanovich Petrov (1920—2003), opera singer (bass) *

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.

(1925—2015), ballet dancer *

Raisa Struchkova Raisa Stepanovna Struchkova () (5 October 19252 May 2005) was a Russian dancer and People's Artist of the USSR. Biography Struchkova was born on 5 October 1925 in Moscow to a factory worker. She studied at the Moscow State Academy of Choreograp ...

(1925—2005), ballet dancer * Liisa Tomberg (1909—1988), stage actress * Lkhasaran Linkhovoin (1924—1980), opera singer (bass)

1960

Nikolay Akimov Nikolay Pavlovich Akimov ( – 6 September 1968) was an experimental theatre director and scenic designer noted for his work with the Leningrad Comedy Theatre. His most notorious production was the cynical version of ''Hamlet'' (1932), with Ophe ...

(1901—1968), painter, theater artist, director and teacher *

Nikolay Annenkov Nikolay Aleksandrovich Annenkov (30 September 1999, born Kokin) was the longest-lived People's Artist of the USSR before Igor Moiseyev and Vladimir Zeldin. Annenkov was born in Inzhavino, Tambov Governorate and worked in the Maly Theatre fro ...

(1899—1999), theater and film actorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 2. Анкилоз — Банка. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2005. — 766 с.: ил.: карт. * Vasily Orlov (1896—1974), theater actor, director, theater teacher * Angelina Stepanova (1905—2000), theater and film actress * Bariyat Muradova (1914—2001), stage actress * Nina Masalskaya (1901—1989), actress * Tamara Ceban (1914—1990), opera singer (soprano) * Chiril Știrbu (1915—1997), stage actor *

Vladimir Chestnokov Vladimir Ivanovich Chestnokov (May 15, 1968) was a Soviet film and theater actor, theater teacher. Chestnokov was born in Saint Petersburg. People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Winner of the Stalin Prize of the first degree (1950) and the USSR S ...

(1904—1968), theater and film actor, theater teacher *

Georg Ots Georg Ots (21 March 1920 – 5 September 1975) was an Estonian baritone. He sang at the Estonian National Opera from 1951 to his death in 1975. Ots gained wider recognition with his roles at the Bolshoi Theatre, particularly with his lead role in ...

(1920—1975), opera singer (baritone) * Vladimir Tkhapsaev (1910—1981), theater and film actor *

Vasili Merkuryev Vasili Vasilyevich Merkuryev (; 6 April 1904 – 12 May 1978) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1960).Evgeniy Bondarenko (1905—1977), theater and film actor * Pavlo Virsky (1905—1975), ballet dancer, choreographer *

Dmytro Hnatyuk Dmytro Mykhailovych Hnatyuk (28 March 192529 April 2016) was a Soviet and Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament. Biography Dmytro Hnatyuk was born on 28 March 1925 in the village of Mămăești, Sipe ...

(1925—2016), opera singer (baritone)(bypassing the title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR) * Volodymyr Dalsky (1912—1998), stage actor *

Viktor Dobrovolsky Viktor Mykolaiovych Dobrovolsky (January 23, 1906July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Biography In 1928, he graduated from the drama school at Odessa drama theatre. In 1922, he ...

(1906—1984), theater and film actor * Pavlo Karmaliuk (1908—1986), opera singer (baritone) * Polina Kumanchenko (1910—1992), theater and film actress *

Yuri Lavrov Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov (; March 14, 1905 – August 20, 1980) was a well-known Soviet Russian film and theatre actor designated People's Artist of the USSR and People's Artist of Ukraine (1948). Biography Childhood in St. Petersburg He was ...

(1905—1980), theater and film actor * Vladimir Magar (1900—1965), theater actor and director *

Heorhiy Maiboroda Heorhiy Ilarionovych Maiboroda (6 December 1992) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1960). Maiboroda, whose brother Platon Maiboroda was also a composer (mainly of songs), studied at the Glière College of Music ...

(1913—1992), composer * Dmitri Milyutenko (1899—1966), theater and film actor * Oleksandr Minkivskyi (1900—1979), choral conductorТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1967. Дополнения — Указатель * Yevhen Ponomarenko (1909—1994), theater and film actor *

Bela Rudenko Bela Andreevna Rudenko (; August 18, 1933 – October 13, 2021) was a Ukrainian and Russian opera singer, music teacher, and professor of the Moscow Conservatory. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1960 and a Laureate of the USSR ...

(1933—2021), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Larisa Rudenko (1918—1981), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Lidiya Myasnikova (1911—2005), opera singer (mezzo-soprano)

1961

Sviatoslav Richter Sviatoslav Teofilovich Richter ( – August 1, 1997) was a Soviet and Russian classical pianist. He is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time,Great Pianists of the 20th Century and has been praised for the "depth of his interpreta ...

(1915—1997), pianist * Alasgar Alakbarov (1910—1963), theater and film actor *

Faina Ranevskaya Faina Georgiyevna Ranevskaya (, born Faina Girschevna Feldman, — 19 July 1984) was a Soviet actress. She is recognized as one of the greatest Soviet actresses in both tragedy and comedy. She was also famous for her aphorisms. She acted in play ...

(1896—1984), theater and film actress *

Rostislav Plyatt Rostislav Yanovich Plyatt (; — 30 June 1989) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1961 and awarded the USSR State Prize in 1982. Biography Born in Rostov-on-Don (modern-day Rostov Oblast of ...

(1908—1989), theater and film actor * Petr Kaz'min (1892—1964),

folklorist Folklore studies (also known as folkloristics, tradition studies or folk life studies in the UK) is the academic discipline devoted to the study of folklore. This term, along with its synonyms, gained currency in the 1950s to distinguish the ac ...

* Tatyana Alekseevna Ustinova (1909—1999), choreographer * Mark Prudkin (1898—1994), theater and film actor *

Boris Pokrovsky Boris Aleksandrovich Pokrovsky (; 23 January 19125 June 2009) was a Soviet and Russian opera director and pedagogue, best known as the stage director of the Bolshoi Theatre between 1943 and 1982. Early life and career Pokrovsky was born in Mosco ...

(1912—2009), theater director

1962

* Iosif Tolchanov (1891—1981), theater and film actor, director *

Sergei Yutkevich Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of Socialist Labour (1974). Life and career He began work as a teen do ...

(1904—1985), theater and film director * Galiya Izmaylova (1923—2010), ballet dancer * Boris Andreyev (1915—1982), theater and film actorНовая Российская энциклопедия: в 12 т. / Редкол.: А. Д. Некипелов, В. И. Данилов-Данильян, В. М. Карев и др. — М.: ООО «Издательство „Энциклопедия“» Т. 2 А — Баяр, 2005. — 960 с.: ил. *

Avet Avetisyan Avet Markosi Avetisyan (March 29, 1971, born Voskanyan) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Armenians, Armenian film actor. Biography In 1905, Avetisyan was accepted to the Nersisian School, where he participated in school plays. Before leaving for the ...

(1897—1971), theater and film actor *

Pavel Serebryakov Pavel Alekseyevich Serebryakov (; 28 February 1909 – 17 August 1977) was a Soviet classical pianist and pedagogue. Serebryakov began touring the USSR after ranking 2nd at the I National Competition (1933). A professor at the Leningrad Cons ...

(1909—1977), pianist, teacher * Artūrs Frinbergs (1916—1984), opera singer (dramatic tenor) * Vakhtang Vronsky (1905—1988), choreographer * Konstantin Simeonov (1910—1987), conductor, teacher

1963

Sergei Blinnikov Sergius is a male given name of Ancient Roman origin after the name of the Latin ''gens'' Sergia or Sergii of regal and republican ages. It is a common Christian name, in honour of Saint Sergius, or in Kyivan Rus', of Sergius of the Holy Caves ...

(1901—1969), theater and film actor, theater director * Anatoly Ktorov (1898—1980), theater and film actor *

Pavel Massalsky Pavel ( Bulgarian, Russian, Serbian: Павел; Czech, Slovene, and (although Romanian also uses Paul); ; ; ) is a male given name. It is a Slavic cognate of the name Paul (derived from the Greek Pavlos). Pavel may refer to: People Given ...

(1904—1979), theater and film actor *

Boris Petker Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name * *List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (son ...

(1902—1983), theater and film actor * Boris Aleksandrovich Smirnov (1908—1982), theater and film actor *

Dmitry Kabalevsky Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky ( ; – 14 February 1987) was a Soviet composer, conductor, pianist and pedagogue of Russian gentry descent. He helped set up the Union of Soviet Composers in Moscow and remained one of its leading figures during ...

(1904—1987), composer *

Tikhon Khrennikov Tikhon Nikolayevich Khrennikov (; – 14 August 2007) was a Russian and Soviet composer, pianist, and General Secretary of the Union of Soviet Composers (1948–1991), who was also known for his political activities. He wrote three symphonies, f ...

(1913—2007), composerМузыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Том 6. Хейнце — Яшугин. 1108 стб. с илл. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1982 год *

Boris Babochkin Boris Andreyevich Babochkin (18 January 190417 July 1975) was a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor and director. Boris Babochkin was one of the first internationally recognized stars of the Soviet-Russian cinema. He rose to fame with the ...

(1904—1975), theater and film actor, theater teacher * Nino Ramishvili (1910—2000), dancer, choreographer * Larisa Sakhyanova (1930—2001), ballet dancer

1964

* Bukeyeva Khadisha Bukeyevna (1917—2011), stage actress *

Yuli Raizman Yuli Yakovlevich Raizman (; December 15, 1903 – December 11, 1994) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter and Pedagogy, pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1964) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1973). Career In 1924 he became a ...

(1903—1994), film director *

Grigori Kozintsev Grigori Mikhailovich Kozintsev (11 May 1973, born Grigori Moiseyevich Kozintsov) was a Soviet theatre and film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1964. In 1965 he was a member of the jury at the ...

(1905—1973), film and theater director, screenwriter *

Nikolai Gritsenko Nikolai Olimpievich Gritsenko or Mykola Olimpiiovych Hrytsenko (December 8, 1979) was a Soviet theater and film actor. He appeared in more than 30 films between 1942 and 1978. Gritsenko also was member of the Vakhtangov Theatre company in Mosco ...

(1912—1979), theater and film actor *

Lev Oborin Lev Nikolayevich Oborin (; Moscow, Moscow, 5 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian pianist, composer and pedagogue. He was the winner of the first International Chopin Piano Competition in 1927. Life and career Oborin's family moved frequently ...

(1907—1974), pianist *

Tamara Nizhnikova Tamara Nikolayevna Nizhnikova (, ; 9 March 1925 – 15 February 2018) was a Soviet and Belarusian opera singer and teacher. She has been described as "a stalwart of the National Opera and Ballet of Belarus". She was awarded the Order of the Red Bann ...

(1925—2018), opera singer * Ninel' Tkachenko (1928—2007),opera singer (soprano) * Aleksandr Ivanov (1898—1984), film director *

Iosif Kheifits Iosif Yefimovich Kheifits (24 April 1995) was a Soviet film director, winner of two Stalin Prizes (1941, 1946), People's Artist of USSR (1964), Hero of Socialist Labor (1975). Member of the Communist Party of Soviet Union since 1945. Life a ...

(1905—1995), film director * Genovaitė Sabaliauskaitė (1923—2020), ballet dancer * Jonas Stasiūnas (1919—1987), opera singer (baritone) * Nar Ovanisyan (1913—1995), opera singer (bass) * Iosif Tumanishvili (1909—1981), theater director * Nabi Rakhimov (1911—1994), theater and film artist *

Ants Eskola Ants Eskola (17 February 190814 December 1989, known until 1935 as Erhard-Voldemar Esperk)Eskola 1986: 7 was a Soviet and Estonian actor, singer and artist. He appeared in 25 films from 1930 to 1979. People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist ...

(1908—1989), theater and film actor * Firs Shishigin (1908—1985), theater director

1965

* Nikolay Krjuchkov (1911—1994), film actor * Aleksandr Ognivtsev (1920—1981), opera singer (bass) *

Fikret Amirov Fikret Mashadi Jamil oghlu Amirov (November 22, 1922February 20, 1984) was a prominent Soviet and Azerbaijani composer. Biography Early life and education Originally from Shusha, Fikret Amirov was born on November 22, 1922, in the family of ...

(1922—1984), composer, pianist * Hokuma Gurbanova (1913—1988), stage actress *

Vladimir Belokurov Vladimir Vyacheslavovich Belokurov (July 8, 1904January 28, 1973) was a Soviet and Russian actor and pedagogue. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1965) and won the Stalin Prize of the second degree. Selected filmography * ''The House of t ...

(1904—1973), theater and film actorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 3. «Банкетная компания» 1904 — Большой Иргиз. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2005. — 767 с.: ил.: карт. *

Tatul Altunyan Tatul Tigrani Altunyan (November 29, 1973) was an Armenian conductor, the founder of Armenian State Song-Dance Ensemble (currently named after him), People's Artist of USSR (1965), recipient of the State Prize of the USSR (1950) and university ...

(1901—1973),

choirmaster A choir ( ), also known as a chorale or chorus (from Latin ''chorus'', meaning 'a dance in a circle') is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform or in other words ...

* Bazar Amanov (1908—1981), stage actor, playwright * Annagul Annakuliyeva (1924—2009), opera singer (soprano) * Veli Mukhatov (1916—2005), composer *

Leonid Utyosov Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein (, Odessa – 9 March 1982, Moscow), was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be award ...

(1895—1982), entertainer, singer, conductor, film actor *

Leonid Lavrovsky Leonid Mikhailovich Lavrovsky (; 18 June 1905 – 26 November 1967) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, most famous for choreographing the first full version of Sergei Prokofiev's ''Romeo and Juliet''. Early life Lavrov ...

(1905—1967), choreographer * Asli Burkhanov (1915—1997), theater actor and director, film actor * Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya (1908—1980), theater and film actress * Andrei Popov (1918—1983), theater and film artist, theater director, teacher * Evgeniya Miroshnichenko (1931—2009), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Mikhail Bolduman (1898—1983), theater and film actor * Olena Katulska (1888—1966), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Velta Vilciņa (1928—1995), ballet dancerБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 5. Вешин — Газли. 1971. 640 стр., илл.; 38 л. илл. и карт. 1 карта-вкл. *

Jānis Ivanovs Jānis Ivanovs (27 March 1983) was a Latvian composer whose later career took place in the Soviet Union. In 1931, he graduated from the Latvian State Conservatory in Riga. In 1944, he joined the conservatory's faculty, becoming a full professo ...

(1906—1983), composer * Nikolay Svetlovidov (1889—1970), stage actor *

Vardan Ajemian Vardan Mkrtchi Ajemian (September 15, 1905January 24, 1977) was an Armenian theatrical director and actor. He was named People's Artist of USSR in 1965 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1975. Biography Ajemian was born in Van, Turkey, Van, Ottoma ...

(1905—1977), theater director *

Irina Kolpakova Irina Aleksandrovna Kolpakova (; born 22 May 1933)Brief biography at ''He ...

(b. 1933), ballet dancerРУССКИЙ БАЛЕТ И ЕГО ЗВЁЗДЫ: Русский балет и его звёзды / Под ред. Е. Суриц — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия; Борнмут: Паркстоун, 1998—208 с.: илл. * Siko Dolidze (1903—1983), film director *

Maksim Shtraukh Maksim Maksimovich Shtraukh (; 23 February 1900 – 3 January 1974) was a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actor. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1965, Lenin Prize and Stalin Prize between 1950 and 1951. Shtraukh is known f ...

(1900—1974), theater and film actor

1966

* Aino Talvi (1909—1992), stage actress * Sesilia Takaishvili (1906—1984), theater and film actress *

Boris Shtokolov Boris Timofeyevich Shtokolov (; March 19, 1930 – January 6, 2005), was a famous Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian singer, one of the greatest basses of the 20th century. Boris Shtokolov was born in the settlement of Kuzedeyevo in Gorno-Shorsky D ...

(1930—2005),opera singer (bass) * Pyotr Konstantinov (1899—1973), theater and film actor * Zurab Anjaparidze (1928—1997), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) *

Irina Arkhipova Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova (, 2 January 192511 February 2010) was a Soviet and Russian mezzo-soprano, and later contralto, opera singer. She sang leading roles first in Russia at the Yekaterinburg, Sverdlovsk Opera and the Bolshoi Theatre, ...

(1925—2010), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) *

Galina Vishnevskaya Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya (, Ivanova, Иванова; 25 October 1926 – 11 December 2012) was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropo ...

(1926—2012), opera singer (soprano) *

Nadezhda Nadezhdina Nadezhda Sergeevna Nadezhdina (Russian: Надежда Надеждина) (1904/8–1979) was a Russian choreographer, ballerina, and former director of the Russian female dance troupe Beroyzka ("little birch") from its inception in 1948 unt ...

(1908—1979), ballet dancer and choreographer *

Yakov Zak Yakov Izrailevich Zak ( (), ''Jiakov Israilevič Sak''; Odessa, – Moscow, 28 June 1976) was a Soviet and Russian pianist and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1966). Born in Odessa, Zak studied piano at the Odessa Conservatory with Mari ...

(1913—1976), pianist, teacher *

Leonid Kogan Leonid Borisovich Kogan (; ; 14 November 1924 – 17 December 1982) was a preeminent Soviet violinist during the 20th century. Many consider him to be among the greatest violinists of the 20th century. In particular, he is considered to have be ...

(1924—1982), violinist * Klavdiy Ptitsa (1911—1983), choral conductor *

Mstislav Rostropovich Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (27 March 192727 April 2007) was a Russian Cello, cellist and conducting, conductor. In addition to his interpretations and technique, he was well known for both inspiring and commissioning new works, which enl ...

(1927—2007),

cellist The violoncello ( , ), commonly abbreviated as cello ( ), is a middle pitched bowed (sometimes pizzicato, plucked and occasionally col legno, hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually intonation (music), tuned i ...

* Vladislav Gennadievich Sokolov (1908—1993), choral conductor *

Yakov Flier Yakov Vladimirovich Flier (, 1912December 18, 1977) was a Soviet concert pianist and teacher. Flier was born in Orekhovo-Zuyevo, Russia. Growing up, he first began teaching himself piano but soon began formal study with the pianist Sergei Ni ...

(1912—1977), pianist * Xenia Erdeli (1878—1971),

harpist The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has individual string (music), strings running at an angle to its sound board (music), soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing ...

* Leanid Rakhlenka (1907—1986), theater actor and director, film actor * Nikolai Plotnikov (1897—1979),actor, director, theater teacher *

Roman Karmen Roman Lazarevich Karmen (28 April 1978, born Efraim Leyzorovich Korenman) was a Soviet film director, war cinematographer, documentary filmmaker, journalist, screenwriter, pedagogue, and publicist. Biography Karmen was born to a Jewish family ...

(1906—1978), cinematographer, film director *

Mark Donskoy Mark Semyonovich Donskoy (21 March 1981) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter, and studio administrative head. Biography Mark Donskoy was born in Odessa in a Jewish family. During the Civil War, he served in the Red Army (1921-1923), an ...

(1901—1981), film director and playwright

1967

* Georgi Assatijani (1914—1977), documentary film director and cinematographer * Lyutfi Sarymsakova (1896—1991), theater and film actress *

Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi Vasily Pavlovich Solovyov-Sedoy (; – 2 December 1979) was a Soviet classical composer and songwriter who was born and died in Leningrad. Originally named Solovyov, when he entered the Union of Soviet Composers he added the suffix "Sedoy", mea ...

(1907—1979), composer * Grigoriy Roshal (1898—1983), film director * Rakhim Pirmukhamedov (1897—1972), theater and film actor * Rishat Abdullin (1916—1988), opera singer (baritone) *

Roza Baglanova Roza Urbiybi Tazhibaykyzy Baglanova (January 1, 1922February 8, 2011) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Kazakhs, Kazakh soprano opera and pop music singer. She was honoured with many awards throughout her career, including the People's Artist of the ...

(1922—2011), opera and pop singer (soprano) * Vladimir Durov (1909—1972), circus performer (tamer) * Bibigul Tulegenova (b. 1929), opera singer (coloratura soprano) * Lidia Chernysheva (1912—1975), ballet dancer, choreographer * Vladimir Vladislavsky (1891—1970), theater and film actor * Malik Kayumov (1912—2010), cinematographer, film director * Darkul Kuyukova (1919—1997), theater and film actress * Artyk Myrzabaev (1930—2005), opera singer (baritone) * Olga Kusenko (1919—1997), theater and film actress * Yevhen Chervoniuk (1924—1982), opera singer (bass) * Boris Zakhava (1896—1976), theater actor and director * Timofeĭ Ivanovich Gurtovoĭ (1919—1981), conductor * Eugeniu Ureche (1917—2005), theater and film actor, singer *

Heino Eller Heino Eller (7 March 188716 June 1970) was an Estonian composer and pedagogue, known as the founder of contemporary Estonian symphonic music. Life and career Eller was born in Tartu on 7 March 1887, where he took private lessons in violin and ...

(1887—1970), composer, teacher * Gurgen Janibekyan (1897—1978), theater and film actor * Franghiz Ahmadova (1928—2011), opera singer (soprano) * Leyla Vakilova (1927—1999), ballet dancer *

Evgeny Belyaev Evgeny Mikhailovich Belyaev (11 September 192621 February 1994) was a Russian tenor soloist of the Alexandrov Ensemble under Boris Alexandrov. He is remembered in the Soviet Union as the Russian Nightingale and in the West as one of the definiti ...

(1926—1994), singer (lyric tenor) * Alexey Sergeev (1919—1998), singer (bass)

1968

Yevgeni Lebedev Yevgeni Alekseyevich Lebedev ( rus, Евгeний Алeксeeвич Лeбeдeв, , jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsʲe(j)ɪvʲɪtɕ ˈlʲebʲɪdʲɪf; January 15, 1917, Balakovo – June 9, 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet and Russian actor and ...

(1917—1997), theater and film actor * Antonina Samarina (1892—1971), stage actress * Yuri Gulyayev (1930—1986), opera singer (lyric baritone) * Valentyna Kalynovska (1938—2025), ballet dancer * Andria Balanchivadze (1906—1992), composer * Ilya Kopalin (1900—1976), documentary filmmaker * Archil Chkhartishvili (1905—1980), theater director * Elena Mitrofanovna Shatrova-Kazankova (1892—1976), stage actress *

Andrei Abrikosov Andrei Lvovich Abrikosov (14 November 190621 October 1973) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1968. Biography He was born in Simferopol to an agronomist family. He was a member of the C ...

(1906—1973), theater and film actor *

Hanifa Mavlianova Hanifa Muhiddinovna Mavlianova (, ; 30 January 1924 – 24 October 2010) was a Soviet and Tajik soprano opera and concert singer, born in Leninabad (today Khujand), Tajikistan. She graduated from the musical college in her home town in 1936. From ...

(1924—2010), opera singer (soprano) *

Arkady Raikin Arkady Isaakovich Raikin (; – 17 December 1987) was a Soviet stand-up comedian, stage and film actor, theater director, screenwriter and satirist. He led the school of Soviet and Russian humorists for about half a century. He is the father of ...

(1911—1987), theater and film actor * Oyimxon Shomurotova (1917—1993), stage actress * Jazep Žynovič (1907—1974), composer and conductor *

Vano Muradeli Vano Muradeli ( ka, ვანო მურადელი; ; – 14 August 1970), was a Soviet Georgian composer. Biography He was born in Gori, Georgia Gori ( ka, გორი ) is a city in eastern Georgia (country), Georgia, which ...

(1908—1970), composer * Zdzislaw Stoma (1907—1992), theater and film actor * Gennady Ivanovich Tsitovich (1910—1986), choir conductor, musicologist *

Yevgeny Svetlanov Yevgeny Fyodorovich Svetlanov (; 6 September 1928 – 3 May 2002) was a Soviet and Russian conductor, composer, and pianist. Life and work Svetlanov was born in Moscow and studied conducting with Alexander Gauk at the Moscow Conservatory Th ...

(1928—2002), conductor * Anastasiya Georgiyevskaya (1914—1990), theater and film actress *

Boris Ravenskikh Boris may refer to: People * Boris (given name), a male given name * *List of people with given name Boris * Boris (surname) Arts and media * Boris (band), a Japanese experimental rock trio * ''Boris'' (EP), by Yezda Urfa, 1975 * "Boris" (son ...

(1914—1980), theatre director * Aleksey Zhiltsov (1895—1972), stage actor * Iosif Raevskiy (1901—1972), actor, director, teacher

1969

* Razak Khamrayev (1910—1981), theater and film actor and director * Vija Artmane (1929—2008), theater and film actress *

Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere Žermēna Heine-Vāgnere (, 23 June 19237 December 2017) was a Soviet and Latvian operatic soprano. She was born on 23 June 1923 in Riga, to singer Erna Heine. An uncle, Alberts Verners, was a leading baritone for the Latvian National Opera in ...

(1923—2017), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano) *

Nina Timofeeva Nina Vladimirovna Timofeeva (; 11 June 1935 – 3 November 2014) was a Soviet ballet dancer. Biography Timofeeva was born in Leningrad, Russian SFSR and graduated from the Vaganova Academy of Russian Ballet in 1953. She made her theatrical debut ...

(1935—2014), ballet dancer * Boris Alekseyev (1911—1973), stage actor *

Yuliya Borisova Yuliya Konstantinovna Borisova (17 March 19258 August 2023) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. She played in the Yevgeny Vakhtangov, Vakhtangov Theatre for more than sixty years. One of the most notable roles that she played was t ...

(1925—2023), theater and film actress * Yefim Dzigan (1898—1981), film director *

Oleg Zhakov Oleg Petrovich Zhakov (; 1 April 1905 – 4 May 1988) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was born in Sarapul, Vyatka Governorate. He performed in more than sixty films between 1927 up to 1988. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Бол� ...

(1905—1988), film actor *

Aleksandr Zarkhi Aleksandr Grigoryevich Zarkhi (; 18 February 1908 – 27 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Hero of Socialist Labour (1978). His film ''Twenty Six Days from the Life of ...

(1908—1997), film director * Alexander Zguridi (1904—1998), film director, TV presenter *

Mikhail Kalatozov Mikhail Konstantinovich Kalatozov ( ka, მიხეილ კალატოზიშვილი, ; 28 December 1903 – 26 March 1973), born Mikheil Kalatozishvili, was a Soviet film director of Georgians, Georgian origin who contributed to b ...

(1903—1973), film director * Vladimir Korsh (1900—1974), film director *

Aleksandr Ptushko Aleksandr Lukich Ptushko (, – 6 March 1973) was a Soviet animation and fantasy film director, and a People's Artist of the USSR (1969). Ptushko is frequently (and somewhat misleadingly) referred to as "the Soviet Walt Disney," because of his p ...

(1900—1973), film director *

Vsevolod Sanayev Vsevolod Vasilyevich Sanayev (; 25 February 1912, Tula – 27 January 1996, Moscow) was a USSR, Soviet film and stage actor popular in the 1960s–1970s. Sanayev, a Moscow Art Theatre (and later Mossovet Theatre) actor, was honored in 1969 with t ...

(1912—1996), theater and film actor * Mikhail Ulyanov (1927—2007), theater and film actor *

Irina Bugrimova Irina Nikolayevna Bugrimova-Buslayeva (March 13, 1910February 20, 2001, ) was the first female Lion taming, lion tamer in the Soviet Union. Called a "circus legend" by sources such as the BBC, Bugrimova was the first woman in Russia and the th ...

(1910—2001), circus performer (lion trainer) * Eugene Milaev (1910—1983), circus performer,

equilibrist Tightrope walking, also called funambulism, is the skill of walking along a thin wire or rope. It has a long tradition in various countries and is commonly associated with the circus. Other skills similar to tightrope walking include slack rope ...

Oleg Popov Oleg Konstantinovich Popov (, 31 July 1930 – 2 November 2016) was a Soviet and Russian clown and circus artist. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1969. Early life Popov was born on 31 July 1930, the son of a clock-repairman. At a ...

(1930—2016),

circus clown Circus clowns are a sub-genre of Clown, clowns. They typically perform at circus, circuses and are meant to amuse, entertain and make guests laugh. Traditional types There are traditionally three basic types of clowns that appear in the circus: ...

Karandash Mikhail Nikolayevich Rumyantsev (31 March 1983), better known under his stage name Karandash was a famous Soviet clown. Цирк. Маленькая энциклопедия. — 2-е изд., перераб. и доп. Сост А. Я. Шнеер, Р. Е. Славский, Гл. ред. Ю. А. Дмитриев — М.: «Советская энциклопедия», 1979. — 448 с, ил., 20 л. ил. *

Valentin Filatov Valentin Vladimirovich Filatov (; born 19 March 1982) is a Russian former footballer who played as a Defender (association football), defender. Personal life On 5 October 2003 Filatov's parents died in a car crash on their way to watch a leagu ...

(1920—1979), circus performer (tamer) *

Aleksandra Klimova Aleksandra Ivanovna Klimova (1 October 192113 May 2005) was a stage and film actress and pedagogue. Klimova was born in in what was then the Kirghiz Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic and now Kostanay District of the Kostanay Region of Kaza ...

(1921—2005), stage actress * Evgeniy Polosin (1912—1982), theater and film actor * Galina Zagurskaya (1905—1978), stage actress *

Stanyslav Lyudkevych Stanyslav Pylypovych Lyudkevych (, ; 24 January 1879 – 10 September 1979) was a Soviet and Ukrainian composer, theorist, teacher, and musical activist. People's Artist of the USSR (1969) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1979). His name may altern ...

(1879—1979), composer *

Rostislav Zakharov Rostislav Vladimirovich Zakharov (; September 7, 1907 – January 15, 1984) was a Soviet and Russian choreographer, ballet dancer and opera director. He was a professor at the Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) in Moscow (1946–1983). Zakha ...

(1907—1984), choreographer, director

1970

Anatoly Novikov Anatoly Grigoryevich Novikov (; , Skopin – 24 September 1984, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian composer, a choral conductor and pedagogue. Background Novikov was awarded two Stalin Prizes, in 1946 and 1948. In 1970 he was bestowed the title ...

(1896—1984), composer * Juozas Lingys (1919—1984), ballet dancer, choreographer *

Kaarel Ird Kaarel Ird (27 August 190925 December 1986) was an Estonian theatre leader, director and actor. Ird was born in Riga, and his theatrical career started in 1932 in Pärnu Töölisteater. Since 1940 he worked at Vanemuine Theatre, being most of ti ...

(1909—1986), theater actor and director * Olena Potapova (b. 1930), ballet dancer * Abbos Bakirov (1910—1974), theater actor and director *

Maria Bieșu Maria Bieșu (3 August 1935 – 16 May 2012) was a Moldovan opera singer. Debuting in 1961, she eventually went on to become the lead vocalist of the Moldova National Opera Ballet. Her artistic excellence brought her international recognition an ...

(1934—2012), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano) * Lidiya Freimane (1920—1992), stage actress * Baken Kydykeyeva (1923—1993), theater and film actress * Ivan Lyubeznov (1909—1988), theater and film actor * Violetta Bovt (1927—1995), ballet dancer * Stepan Kevorkov (1903—1991), film director * Klavdia Kudriashova (1925—2012), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) *

Virgilijus Noreika Virgilijus Kęstutis Noreika (; 22 September 1935 – 3 March 2018) was a Lithuanian tenor. Early life and education Noreika was born in Šiauliai and graduated with honors from the Lithuanian State Conservatory in 1958. A year earlier, while ...

(1935—2018), opera singer (tenor) *

Georgy Sviridov Georgy Vasilyevich Sviridov (; 16 December 1915 – 6 January 1998) was a Soviet and Russian composer. He is most widely known for his choral music, strongly influenced by the traditional chant of the Russian Orthodox Church, as well as his orch ...

(1915—1998), composer *

Aleksey Yermolayev Aleksey Nikolayevich Yermolayev (Russian: Алексе́й Никола́евич Ермола́ев; 12 December 1975) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. He played an important role in the development of Russian b ...

(1910—1975), ballet dancer, choreographer, teacher * Lidiya Knyazeva (1925—1987), theater and film actress * Valentina Sperantova (1904—1978), theater and film actress * Evgeniy Diordiev (1912—1985), theater actor and director, film actor * Sabira Maykanova (1914—1994), stage actress * Vladimir Burmeister (1904—1971), choreographer *

Alexander Arutiunian Alexander Grigori Arutiunian (23 September 192028 March 2012), was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist, widely known for his 1950 Trumpet Concerto (Arutiunian), Trumpet Concerto. A professor at Komitas State Conservatory of ...

(1920—2012), composer *

Marģeris Zariņš Marģeris Zariņš (24 May 1910, Jaunpiebalga – 27 February 1993, Riga) was a Latvian composer and writer. He was an author of symphonic and vocal symphonic music, choir music, vocal chamber music, cantatas, oratories and operas; contemporary p ...

(1910—1993), composer * Vladimir Kandelaki (1908—1994), opera singer (bass-baritone) and director

1971

* Lidia Krupenina (1928—2016), ballet dancer * Yury Durov (1910—1971), circus performer, trainer * Dodo Antadze (1900—1978), theater actor and director * Uladzimir Dziadziuška (1905—1973), theater and film actor * Ata Durdyev (1910—1981), theater and film actor * Arkadiy Hashynsky (1920—1991), stage actor * Hrachya Ghaplanyan (1923—1988), theater director * Mikhail Kuznetsov (1913—1995), theater and film actor *

Klavdiya Shulzhenko Klavdiya Ivanovna Shulzhenko (, ; – June 17, 1984) was a Soviet popular female singer and actress. Biography Shulzhenko started singing with jazz and pop bands in the late 1920s. She rose to fame in the late 1930s with her version of Seba ...

(1906—1984), pop singer *

Arno Babajanian Arno Harutyuni Babajanian (January 22, 1921November 11, 1983) was a Soviet and Armenian composer and pianist. He was made a People's Artist of the USSR in 1971. Biography Babajanian was born in Yerevan on January 22, 1921. By age 5, his musical ...

(1921—1983), composer * Akhmad Babakulov (1931—1990), opera singer (dramatic tenor) * Alexander Rybnov (1906—1992), choral conductor * Mikhail Kirillov (1900—1971), theater actor and director *

Nikolai Ryzhov Nikolai or Nikolay is an East Slavic variant of the masculine name Nicholas. It may refer to: People Royalty * Nicholas I of Russia (1796–1855), or Nikolay I, Emperor of Russia from 1825 until 1855 * Nicholas II of Russia (1868–1918), or Niko ...

(1900—1986), actor * Anatoly Alexandrov (1888—1982), composer, pianist, teacher * Maria Maksakova Sr. (1902—1974), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Erasmus Alexandrovich Karamyan (1912—1985), film director * Aleksandr Kasyanov (1891—1982), composer, teacher * Yelizaveta Alekseyeva (1901—1972), stage actress * Tsetsilia Mansurova (1896—1976), theater and film actress

1972

* Timofiy Levchuk (1912—1998), film director * Natalya Burmistrova (1918—2008), stage actress *

Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (; ; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1972). Biography Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (or Peltzer) born into the family ...

(1904—1992), theater and film actress *

Kirill Kondrashin Kirill Petrovich Kondrashin (; – 7 March 1981) was a Soviet and Russian conductor. People's Artist of the USSR (1972). Early life Kondrashin was born in Moscow to a family of orchestral musicians. Having spent many hours at rehearsals, he ma ...

(1914—1981), conductor * Boris Khaikin (1904—1978), conductor *

Igor Gorbachyov Igor Olegovich Gorbachyov (October 20, 1927February 19, 2003) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1972).

(1927—2003), theater actor and director, film actor *

Kirill Lavrov Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet in Russian stage, a film actor and a director. He was honoured with the following titles; People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985), Order of Le ...

(1925—2007), theater and film actor * Leonid Tarabarinov (1928—2008), theater and film actor * Nadezhda Dotsenko (1914—1994), stage actress * Arus Asryan (1904—1987), stage actress * Babken Nersisyan (1917—1986), theater and film actor *

Andriy Shtoharenko Andriy Shtoharenko () (15 October 1902 – 15 November 1992) was a Soviet Ukrainian composer and teacher. Biography Andriy Shtoharenko was born in the Ukrainian village of Novi Kaidaky (now part of the city of Dnipro). He completed his music ...

(1902—1992), composer, teacher

1973

* Raisa Sergienko (1925—1987), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano) * Aleksandr Khanov (1904—1983), stage actor *

Lyudmila Zykina Lyudmila Georgievna Zykina (; 10 June 1929 – 1 July 2009) was a national folk singer of Russia. She was born in Moscow and joined the Pyatnitsky Choir in 1947. Her surname is derived from the Russian word for "loud" ("зычный"). Beginn ...

(1929—2009), singer *

Yury Grigorovich Yury Nikolayevich Grigorovich (; 2 January 1927 – 19 May 2025) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, ballet master, choreographer, and pedagogue who dominated the Russian ballet for 30 years, especially as artistic director of the Bolshoi B ...

(1927—2025), ballet dancer, choreographer *

Bernara Karieva Bernara Rakhimovna Karieva (born 28 January 1936) is a Soviet and Uzbekistani former ballet dancer, prima ballerina, choreographer and politician. She was prima ballerina of the Navoi Theater from 1956 to 1996 and its artistic director between 19 ...

(b. 1936), ballet dancer * Zaituna Bikbulatova (1908—1992), stage actress * Alfrēds Jaunušans (1919—2008), theater actor and director *

Soltan Hajibeyov Soltan Ismayil oghlu Hajibeyov (5 May 1919 – 19 September 1974) was an Azerbaijani and Soviet composer. He was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR on 26 July 1973.

(1919—1974), composerBəstəkar S.İ.Hacıbəyova SSRİ xalq artisti fəxri adı verilməsi haqqında SSRİ Ali Soveti Rəyasət Heyətinin 26 iyul 1973-cü il tarixli Fərmanı
— anl.az *

Tamara Milashkina Tamara Andreyevna Milashkina (née Mirnenko; ; 13 September 1934 – 10 January 2024) was a Russian lyric and dramatic soprano. A member of the Bolshoi Theatre from 1958 to 1989, she also appeared at La Scala in Milan, throughout Europe and at t ...

(1934—2024), opera singer (soprano) *

Yefim Kopelyan Yefim Zakharovich Kopelyan (6 March 1975) was a Soviet Union, Soviet actor of theatre and cinema, one of the legendary masters of the Bolshoi Theatre of Drama (BDT) in Leningrad. He performed bright, characteristic roles in the films ''The Elusi ...

(1912—1975), theater and film actor *

Juozas Miltinis Juozas Miltinis (September 3, 1907 in Akmenė, Lithuania – July 13, 1994 in Panevėžys, Lithuania) was a Lithuanian theatre director, actor and founder of the Juozas Miltinis Drama Theatre in Panevėžys. Miltinis has brought up a number of ac ...

(1907—1994), theater director * Vladimir Vasiliev (b. 1940), ballet dancer and choreographer *

Ekaterina Maximova Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova (; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russian Ballet dancer, ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bol ...

(1939—2009), ballet dancer *

Anatoli Papanov Anatoli Dmitriyevich Papanov (; 31 October 1922 – 5 August 1987) was a Soviet and Russian actor, drama teacher, and theatre director at the Moscow Satire Theatre where he served for almost 40 years. A prominent character actor, Papanov is mos ...

(1922—1987), theater and film actor *

Viktor Khokhryakov Viktor Ivanovich Khokhryakov (20 September 1986) was a Soviet Russian film actor, theater actor and director. He played the composer Alexander Glazunov in the 1954 film ''Rimsky-Korsakov''.Mitchell p.183 People's Artist of the USSR (1973).Бо� ...

(1913—1986), theater and film actor * Andrey Prisyazhnyuk (1912—1982), stage actor *

Velta Līne Velta Līne (28 August 1923 – 31 December 2012) was a Soviet and Latvian actress, who worked in the Latvian National Theatre since 1945. She was married to actor and film director Gunārs Cilinskis in 1957 until his death in 1992. They had a so ...

(1923—2012), theater and film actress * Nina Ivanovna Menovshchikova (1934—2022), ballet dancer * Muslim Magomayev (1942—2008), opera and pop singer (baritone), soloist of the

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater The Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater () is an opera house in Baku, Azerbaijan. Formerly known as the Mailov Theatre (), was built in 1911 by Armenian architect Nikolai Bayev.

Sofia Golovkina Sofia Nikolayevna Golovkina (February 17, 2004) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer and teacher. A graduate of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography in 1933, she was the principal dancer of the Bolshoi Ballet till 1959. In ...

(1915—2004), ballet dancer and teacher *

Yuri Nikulin Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin (; 18 December 1921 – 21 August 1997) was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown who starred in many popular films. He is best known for his roles in Leonid Gaidai's comedies, such as ''The Diamond Arm'' and ''Kid ...

(1921—1997), circus performer, film actor * Yuri Soloviev (1940—1977), ballet dancer

1974

Malika Sobirova Malika Abdurakhmonovna Sobirova (, ; 22 May 1942 — 27 February 1982) was a Soviet and Tajik ballet dancer and pedagogue. She is considered the most famous Tajik ballet dancer. In 1969, she won a gold medal in an international ballet dance compe ...

(1942—1982), ballet dancer *

Yevgeny Matveyev Yevgeny Semyonovich Matveyev (, ; 8 March 1922 – 1 June 2003) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and Russia, Russian actor and film director who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He is best known as Nagulnov in ''Virgin Soil Upturned ( ...

(1922—2003), theater and film actor, film director *

Nonna Mordyukova Noyabrina Viktorovna Mordyukova (Russian: Ноябри́на (Но́нна) Ви́кторовна Мордюко́ва; 25 November 1925 – 6 July 2008) was a Soviet and Russian actress and People's Artist of the USSR (1974). She was the star o ...

(1925—2008), film actress * Domnica Darienco (1919—2010), stage actress *

David Malyan David Melkumovich Malyan (, 17 April 1904 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet and Armenian film and stage actor, theater director and pedagogue. Education and career David Malyan studied at Armenian Drama studio in Tbilisi from 1922 to 1923 and worke ...

(1904—1976), theater and film actor *

Vladislav Strzhelchik Vladislav Ignatievich Strzhelchik (; 1921–1995) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). Biography Vladislav Strzhelchik born in Petrograd (now Saint Petersburg, Russia). His father, Ignatiy Petrovich was a native of ...

(1921—1995), theater and film actor * Lidiya Smirnova (1913—2007), theater and film actress * Galina Vladimirovna Kovaleva (1932—1995), opera singer (coloratura soprano)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. т. 2 Гондольера — Корсов. — М.: «Советская энциклопедия», 1974. − 960 стб. с илл. *

Ismayil Daghistanli Ismayil Daghistanli (6 January 19071 April 1980, born Ismayil Yusif oghlu Hajiyev) was an Azerbaijani, Rutul people, Rutul, and Soviet stage and film actor and pedagogue. He was awarded People's Artist of the Azerbaijani SSR (1949), and People's A ...

(1907—1980), stage actor * Ismayil Osmanli (1902—1978), theater and film actor *

Makhmud Esambayev Makhmud Ḣelasoltiyn voḣ Esambayev (15 July 19247 January 2000) was a Soviet and Chechen dancer, ballet master, choreographer and actor. Makhmud was regarded as one of the most famous dancers of the Soviet Union. People's Artist of the US ...

(1924—2000), dancer * Mehdi Mammadov (1918—1985), theater director *

Stanislav Rostotsky Stanislav Iosifovich Rostotsky (; 21 April 1922, Rybinsk – 10 August 2001, Vyborgsky District) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was named People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. Early years Stanislav Rostotsky was ...

(1922—2001), film director *

Otar Taktakishvili Otar Vasilisdze Taktakishvili ( ka, ოთარ თაქთაქიშვილი; ; 27 July 1924 – 21 February 1989) was a prominent Georgian composer, teacher, conductor, and musicologist of the Soviet period. Although in the West Takt ...

(1924—1989), composer *

Vyacheslav Tikhonov Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Tikhonov (; 8 February 1928 – 4 December 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor whose best known role was as Soviet spy Stierlitz in the television series ''Seventeen Moments of Spring''. He was a recipient of numerou ...

(1928—2009), film actor * Georgi Menglet (1912—2001), theater and film actor * Karlis Sebris (1914—2009), theater and film actor *

Valentin Pluchek Valentin Nikolayevich Pluchek (; real name Isaak Nokhimovich Gintsburg, ; 4 September 1909 – 17 August 2002) was a Soviet and Russian theater director and actor. He is known as a stage director of the Physical Culture Day parade in Moscow during ...

(1909—2002), theater director, actor *

Yevgeny Samoylov Yevgeny Valerianovich Samoylov (; 16 April 1912 – 17 February 2006) was a Soviet actor who gained prominence in youthful heroic parts and was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974. He was the father of Tatiana Samoilova, best known for h ...

(1912—2006), theater and film actor *

Innokenty Smoktunovsky Innokenty Mikhailovich Smoktunovsky (; born ''Smoktunovich'', 28 March 19253 August 1994) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1974 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Early life Smo ...

(1925—1994), theater and film actor *

Ninel Kurgapkina Ninel Aleksandrovna Kurgapkina (13 February 192910 May 2009, known by the diminutive Ninella) was a Soviet and Russian dance teacher and former prima ballerina for the Kirov Ballet with over 50 years stage experience. She was named a People's Ar ...

(1929—2009), ballet dancer * Nikolay Volchkov (1910—2003?), theater artist * Yury Kiselyov (1914—1996), theater actor and director *

Bruno Freindlich Bruno Arturovich Freindlich (10 October 19099 July 2002) was a Soviet and Russian actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1974). His daughter Alisa Freindlich is also a famous actress. Biography A native of Saint Petersburg and German ancestry, B ...

(1909—2002), theater and film actor *

Donatas Banionis Donatas Banionis (28 April 1924 – 4 September 2014) was a Soviet and Lithuanian stage and film actor and theatre director. He has more than 80 credited roles in cinema and is best known for his performance in the lead role of Andrei Tarkovsky, ...

(1924—2014), theater and film actor

1975

* Marina Semyonova (1908—2010), ballet dancer *

Anatoliy Solovianenko Anatoliy Borysovych Solovianenko (; ; 25 September 1932 – 29 July 1999) was a Ukrainian operatic tenor, People's Artist of the USSR (1975), People's Artist of Ukraine, and Shevchenko National Prize winner. He was born into a mining family in ...

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(1899—1978), composer * Evgeniĭ Simonov (1925—1994), theater director *

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(1930—2018), opera singer (coloratura soprano) * Konstantin Iraklievich Massalitinov (1905—1979), composer, choir conductor *

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(1903—1993), theater director * Michail Alekseevitsj Koelikovskiy (1906—1996), theater actor and director * Jurij Silantiev (1919—1983), conductor, composer * Fuat Xalitef (1909—1981), stage actor * Valeriy Nel'skiy (1906—1990), stage actor * Jüri Järvet (1919—1995), theater and film actor

1976

* Elza Radziņa (1917—2005), theater and film actress * Aleksey Urgalkin (1910—1981), stage actor * Dmitriy Aleksidze (1910—1984), theater director * Isidor Zak (1909—1998), conductor * Vladimir Atlantov (b. 1939), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Natalia Bessmertnova (1941—2008), ballet dancer * Alexander Vedernikov (1927—2018), opera singer (bass) * Vera Dulova (1909—2000), harpist * Marina Kondratyeva (1934—2024), ballet dancer * Mikhail Lavrovsky (b. 1941), артист балета, балетмейстер * Māris Liepa (1936—1989), ballet dancer * Juri Mazurok (1931—2006), opera singer (baritone) * Asaf Messerer (1903—1992), ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer * Yevgeny Nesterenko (1938—2021), opera singer (bass) * Elena Obraztsova (1939—2015), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Gennady Rozhdestvensky (1931—2018), conductor * Nikolai Fadeyechev (1933—2020), ballet dancer, teacherБольшая советская энциклопедия. Гл. ред. А. М. Прохоров, 3-е изд. Т. 27. Ульяновск — Франкфорт. 1977. 624 стр., илл.; 32 л. илл. и карт. * Arthur Eisen (1927—2008), opera singer (bass) * Peter Loboda (actor), Peter Loboda (1907—1979), stage actor * Gafar Valamat-Zade (1916—1993), ballet dancer, choreographer * Ivan Avramov (1915—1985), theater actor and director * Arvīds Jansons (1914—1984), conductor * Mikhail Vodyanoy (1924—1987), operetta artist, film actor * Serghei Lunchevici (1934—1995), conductor, violinist, composer * Oleg Yefremov (1927—2000), theater and film actor and director * Yury Yakovlev (1928—2013), theater and film actor * Tamara Alioșina-Alexandrova (1928—1996), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Nikolay Manoylo (1927—1998), opera singer (baritone) * Anatoliy Mokrenko (1933—2020), opera singer (baritone) * Nonna Andriivna Surzhina (b. 1937), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Aleksey Batalov (1928—2017), theater and film actor * Irina Bogacheva (mezzo-soprano), Irina Bogacheva (1939—2019), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Sergey Vikulov (dancer), Sergey Vikulov (b. 1937), ballet dancer, choreographer * Asankhan Dzhumakhmatov (1923—2008), composer * Lev Kulidzhanov (1924—2002), film director * Bulat Minzhilkiev (1940—1997), opera singer (bass) * Alexander Murin (1917—1992), choral conductor * Mariya Stepanova (1916—1983), theater and film actress * Yefim Yulyevich Uchitel (1913—1988), documentary film director and cinematographer * Lyudmila Erofeeva (1937—2003), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Kārlis Zariņš (singer), Kārlis Zariņš (1930—2015), singer (dramatic tenor) * Medea Amiranashvili (1930—2023), opera singer (lyric soprano) * Azerbaijan Mambetov (1932—2009), theater director * Lamara Chkonia (1930—2024), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano)

1977

* Nijolė Ambrazaitytė (1939—2016), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Svyatlana Danilyuk (1939—2003), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Lutfi Kabirova (1932—2013), opera singer (soprano) * Tiiu Randviir (b. 1938), ballet dancer * Yuri Ozerov (director), Yuri Ozerov (1921—2001), film director * Lutfiyar Imanov (1928—2008), opera singer (dramatic tenor) * Migran Erkat (1921—1986), opera singer (baritone) * Nina Sazonova (1917—2004), theater and film actress * Oleksandr Hai (1914—2000), theater and film actor * Mikhail Godenko (1919—1991), ballet dancer, choreographer * Zakir Mukhamedzhanov (1921—2012), theater and film actor * Grigor Yeghiazaryan (1908—1988), composer * Vera Ershova (1917—2006), stage actress * Azat Abbasov (1925—2006), opera singer (lyric tenor) * Khydyr Allanurov (1922—1993), conductor * Veronika Dudarova (1916—2009), conductor * Lyudmila Makarova (1921—2014), stage actress * Voldemar Panso (1920—1977), theater actor and director, film actor * Fedir Vereshchahin (1910—1996), theater director * Andrey Goncharov (1918—2001), theater director, theater teacher * Şäwkät Biktimeref (1928—2012), stage actor * Arkadi Iwanowitsch Arkadjew (1907—1993), theater actor and director, film actor * Aleksandr Stolper (1907—1979), film director, screenwriter * Konstantin Stepankov (1928—2004), theater and film actor * Erast Garin (1902—1980), theater actor and director, film actorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 6. Восьмеричный путь — Германцы. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2006. — 767 с.: ил.: карт. * Stefan Turchak (1938—1988), conductor * Daniil Shafran (1923—1997), cellist * Dilbar Abdurahmonova (1936—2018), conductor

1978

* Yevgeny Leonov (1926—1994), theater and film actor * Yelena Fadeyeva (1914—1999), theater and film actress * Tatyana Shmyga (1928—2011), operetta artist, film actress * Vladimir Kurochkin (1922—2002), actor and director of operettas * Igor Vladimirov (1919—1999), actor and director * Valery Kovtun (1944—2005), ballet dancer * Rostislav Yankovsky (1930—2016), theater and film actor * Olga Bardina (1932—2001), opera singer (lyric-dramatic soprano)Энциклопедия Саратовского края (в очерках, фактах, событиях, лицах). — Саратов: Приволжское книжное издательство, 2002. — 688 с. * Yury Popov (singer), Yury Popov (1929—2013), opera singer (dramatic baritone) * Tankho Israilov (1918—1981), ballet dancer, choreographer * Helmer-Rainer Sinisalo (1920—1989), composer * Elina Bystritskaya (1928—2019), theater and film actress * Rufina Nifontova (1931—1994), theater and film actress * Henrikas Vancevičius (1924—2014), theater director * Rauf Hajiyev (1922—1995), composer * Suren Babloev (1918—1979), choral conductor * Ada Rogovtseva (b. 1937), theater and film actress * Mykola Kondratyuk (1931—2006), opera and pop singer (baritone) * Oleg Borisov (1929—1994), theater and film actor * Hovhannes Chekijyan (b. 1929), choral conductor * Mikhail Mansurov (1916—1993), stage actor

1979

* Pavel Kadochnikov (1915—1988), theater and film actor and director * Jurabek Murodov (b. 1942), pop singer (tenor), Rubab (instrument), rubab performer * Margarita Voites (1936—2024), opera singer (coloratura soprano) * Dmitriy Zhuravlev (1900—1991), entertainer and performance art, performer * Konstantin Orbelyan (1928—2014), composer and conductor * Platon Maiboroda (1918—1989), composer * Aleksandr Medvedkin (1900—1989), film director and screenwriter * Dmitry Mikhailovich Tsyganov (1903—1992), violinist * Ramazan Bapov (1947—2014), ballet dancer * Sergei Plotnikov (actor), Sergei Plotnikov (1909—1990), theater and film actor * Tsisana Tatishvili (1937—2017), opera singer (soprano) * Aleksandra Prokoshina (1918—2005), singer (soprano) * Edvardas Kaniava (b. 1937), opera singer (baritone) * Vladimir Volzhansky (1917—1983), circus performer (acrobat, equilibrist) * Yoldosh Azamov (1909—1985), film director * Kalyj Moldobasanov (1929—2006), composer and conductor * Gunārs Cilinskis (1931—1992), theater actor and director, film actor, film director * Ādolfs Skulte (1909—2000), composer * Giga Lortkipanidze (1927—2013), theater and film director * Dmytro Smolych (1919—1987), theater director * Lev Venediktov (1924—2017), choral conductor * Yaroslav Antonovich Voshchak (1921—1989), conductor * Zurab Sotkilava (1937—2017), opera singer (tenor) * Volodymyr Hrypych (1923—2005), theater director * Otar Megvinetukhutsesi (1932—2013), theater and film actor

1980

* Eduardas Balsys (1919—1984), composer * Hendrik Krumm (1934—1989), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Tatyana Alekseevna Tayakina (1951—2023), ballet dancer * Hakim Zaripov (1924—2023), circus performer (rider), film actor * Nikolay Olkhovikov (1922—1987), circus performer (rider and juggler) * Vladimir Oskal-Ool (1920—1999), circus performer (juggler and equilibrist) * Vasiliy Tretyak (1926—1989), opera singer (tenor) * Halyna Tuftina (1933—2007), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Georgiy Zhzhonov (1915—2005), theater and film actor * Ivan Dmitriev (actor), Ivan Dmitriev (1915—2003), theater and film actor * Mukhamed Cherkezov (1911—1993), theater and film actor * Asanali Ashimov (b. 1937), theater and film actor * Farida Sharipova (1936—2010), actress * Lidiya Mosolova (1918—1996), stage actress * Pyotr Monastyrsky (1915—2013), theater director * Galina Makarova (1919—1993), stage actress * Ğabdulla Şamukof (1909—1981), actor * Vera Kuzmina (1923—2021), stage actress * Nina Meshko (1917—2008), choral conductor * Zeynab Khanlarova (b. 1936), opera singer (soprano), mugham performer * Vyacheslav Hrinchenko (1938—1998), opera singer (bass) * Saulius Sondeckis (1928—2016), conductor * Vsevolod Yakut (1912—1991), theater and film actor * Tengiz Abuladze (1924—1994), film director * Ivan Solovyov (actor), Ivan Solovyov (1910—1982), theater and film actor * Rezo Chkheidze (1926—2015), film director * Glaphira Sidorova (1922—2019), stage actress * Andrey Petrov (1930—2006), composer * Khoren Abrahamyan (1930—2004), theater and film actor, theater director * Kayyrgül Sartbaeva (b. 1936), opera singer (lyric soprano) * Vladimir Fedoseyev (b. 1932), conductor * Olga Vysotskaya (1906—2000), Radio in the Soviet Union, All-Union Radio announcer * Yuri Levitan (1914—1983), All-Union Radio announcer

1981

* Metaksia Simonyan (1926—1987), stage actress * Zoya Spirina (1926—1986), actress * Shuhrat Abbosov (1931—2018), film director and screenwriter * Nina Isakova (b. 1928), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Alisa Freindlich (b. 1934), theater and film actress * Yuri Simonov (b. 1941), conductor * Gaziza Zhubanova (1927—1993), composer * Erkegali Rakhmadiyev (1932—2013), composer * Kim Bazarsadaev (1937—2002), opera singer (bass) * Edvard Mirzoyan (1921—2012), composer * Grigory Chukhray (1921—2001), film director, screenwriter * Vladimir Morozov (singer), Vladimir Morozov (1933—2002), opera singer (bass) * Yuri Temirkanov (1938—2023), conductor * Rihards Glāzups (1920—1993), conductor * Nikolai Slichenko (1934—2021), actor and director * Suimenkul Chokmorov (1939—1992), theater and film actor * Maria Mordasova (1915—1997), singer, folk music performer * Leo Golovanov (1926—2015), dancer * Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932), composer * Andrei Eshpai (1925—2015), composer * Yuri Mazhuga (1931—2022), theater and film actor * Vladimir Curbet (1930—2017), choreographer * Yuliya Solntseva (1901—1989), film actress, film director * Murad Kajlayev (1931—2023), composer, conductor * Aysulu Tokombayeva (b. 1947), ballet dancer * Boris Tenin (1905—1990), theater and film actor * Sabira Ataeva (1917—1993), theater and film actress * Anu Kaal (b. 1940), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Valentina Yermakova (1924—2003), theater and film actress, theater teacher * Sergey Tikhonov (1921—1992), actor * Mikheil Tumanishvili (1921—1996), theater director * Tatiana Doronina (b. 1933), theater actress and director, film actress * Ramaz Chkhikvadze (1928—2011), theater and film actor * Pyotr Glebov (1915—2000), theater and film actor * Lyudmila Chursina (b. 1941), theater and film actress

1982

* Viktor Tarasov (1934—2006), actor * Sharah Abzagovich Pachalia (1914—2000), theater director, actor, playwright * Mikhail Chubinidze (1910—2006), theater and film actor * Sholpan Zhandarbekova (1922—2005), stage actress * Aleksandrs Lembergs (1921—1985), choreographer * Idris Nogajbayev (1931—1989), stage actor * Nikolay Levitsky (1911—1982), popular science film director * Arutyun Akopyan (1918—2005), stage artist, Magic (illusion), illusionist * Valentina Leontyeva (1923—2007), TV presenter, television announcer * Tamara Sinyavskaya (b. 1943), singer (mezzo-soprano) * Cholponbek Bazarbaev (1949—2002), ballet dancer * Ivan Lapikov (1922—1993), theater and film actor * Zagir Ismagilov (1917—2003), composer * Henrik Malyan (1925—1988), film director, screenwriter * Yevgeny Raikov (1937—2010), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Vladimir Kenigson (1907—1986), theater and film actor * Nina Mamayeva (1923—2001), stage actress * Irakly Andronikov (1908—1990), writer, spoken word artist * Vladimir Andrianov (1906—1985), stage actor * Robert Sturua (b. 1938), theater director * Rem Lebedev (1928—1988), theater and film artist

1983

* Aleksandr Alov (1923—1983), film director, screenwriter * Vladimir Naumov (1927—2021), film director * Ruben Agamirzian (1922—1991), theater director * Anatoly Avdievsky (1933—2016), choral conductor * Yevgeny Yevstigneyev (1926—1992), theater and film actor * Tatiana Nikolayeva (1924—1993), pianist, composer * Arvīds Žilinskis (1905—1993), composer * Frunze Dovlatyan (1927—1997), film director, film actor * Vladislav Piavko (1941—2020), opera singer (tenor) * Nikita Bogoslovsky (1913—2004), composer * Anatoly Kotcherga (b. 1947), opera singer (bass) * Baudordzhi Yampilov (1916—1989), composer * Gabriela Komleva (р. 1938), ballet dancer and choreographer * Askold Makarov (1925—2000), ballet dancer and choreographer * Olga Moiseyeva (1928—2021), ballet dancer and choreographer * (1937—2017), singer (bass) * Vladilen Semionov (b. 1932), ballet dancer and choreographer * Alla Sizova (1939—2014), ballet dancer * Ludmila Filatova (b. 1935), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Oleg Vinogradov (b. 1937), choreographer * Lyudmila Gurchenko (1935—2011), theater and film actress, pop singer * Vladimir Basov (1923—1987), film director, actor * Nani Bregvadze (b. 1938), pop singer * Mikhail Gluzsky (1918—2001), theater and film actor * Valery Egudin (1937—2007), opera singer (tenor)

1984

* Malika Kalontarova (b. 1950), ballet dancer * Frunzik Mkrtchyan (1930—1993), theater and film actor * Evgeniy Glebov (1929—2000), composer * Nurgisa Tlendiyev (1925—1998), conductor, composer * Mihai Volontir (1934—2015), theater and film artist * Viktor Korshunov (1929—2015), theater and film actorКто есть кто в современной культуре * Aleksandra Pakhmutova (b. 1929), composer * Serafim Tulikov (1914—2004), composer * Eldar Ryazanov (1927—2015), film director * Vladimir Etush (1922—2019), theater and film actor, theater teacher * Marsil Sälimcanof (1934—2002), theater director * Vladimir Samoilov (actor), Vladimir Samoilov (1924—1999), theater and film actor * Kunduz Mirkarimova (1925—2019), ballet director-choreographer * Alexander Kholminov (1925—2015), composer * Tatyana Lioznova (1924—2011), film director * Ioakim Sharoev (1930—2000), theater director and teacher * Aleksey Chyrgal-ool (1924—1989), composer * Nikolay Salamov (1922—2003), actor * Svetlana Adyrkhaeva (1938—2023), ballet dancer * Oleg Basilashvili (b. 1934), theater and film actor * Vyacheslav Gordeyev (b. 1948), ballet dancer, choreographer * Dmitri Kitayenko (b. 1940), conductor * Nadezhda Pavlova (b. 1956), ballet dancer * Khuseyn Mukhtarov (1938—2001), opera singer (bass) * Toktonali Seytaliev (1937—2021), opera singer (lyric tenor)

1985

* Shamgon Sagaddinovich Kazhigaliyev (1927—2015), conductor * Nikolai Mikheyev (1923—1993), stage actor * Raimonds Pauls (b. 1936), composer * Leonid Markov (1927—1991), theater and film actor * Armen Dzhigarkhanyan (1935—2020), theater and film actor * Yuri Bogatikov (1932—2002), pop singer (baritone) * Baba Annanov (1934—1991), theater director, actor * Mikhail Bushnov (1923—2014), theater actor * Valentin Elizariev (b. 1947), choreographer * Arkadij Sawczenko (1936—2004), opera singer (baritone) * Konstantin Adashevsky (1897—1987), theater and film actor * Aleksandr Ivanovich Shchegolev (1913—1988), stage actor * Sos Sargsyan (1929—2013), theater and film actor * Regimantas Adomaitis (1937—2022), theater and film actor * Maria Stefiuk (b. 1948), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Valentin Levashov (1915—1994), composer, choir conductor * Yuri Ivanovich Kazakov (1924—2019), accordionist * Inna Makarova (1926—2020), film actress * Jansug Kakhidze (1936—2002), conductor * Tolomush Okeyev (1935—2001), film director * Ivan Ivanov-Vano (1900—1987), animation director * Davletbay Khodzhabayev (1931—2019), circus performer, horse rider * Boris Tchaikovsky (1925—1996), composer * Vladimir Andreyev (actor), Vladimir Andreyev (1930—2020), theater and film actor * Klara Luchko (1925—2005), theater and film actress * Igor Shapovalov (b. 1945), ballet dancer, choreographer * Mark Fradkin (1914—1990), composer * Vasily Lanovoy (1934—2021), theater and film actor

1986

* Imants Kokars (1921—2011), choral conductorБольшая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 14. Киреев — Конго. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2009. — 751 с.: ил.: карт. * Dugarzhap Dashiev (1939—2003), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Marlen Khutsiev (1925—2019), film director * Georgy Pantyukov (1922—1994), choral conductor * Vera Vasilyeva (1925—2023), theater and film actress * Georgy Ansimov (1922—2015), director of operas and operettas * Vyacheslav Nevinny (1934—2009), theater and film actor * Eri Klas (1939—2016), conductor * Edgar Hovhannisyan (1930—1998), composer * Viktor Turov (1936—1996), film director * Mihai Muntean (b. 1943), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Röstäm Yaxin (1921—1993), composer, pianist * Alibek Dnishev (b. 1951), opera singer (lyric tenor) * Margarita Drozdova (b. 1948), ballet dancer * Ludmila Semenyaka (b. 1952), ballet dancer and teacher * Vaclovas Daunoras (1937—2020), opera singer (bass) * Makvala Kasrashvili (b. 1942), singer (lyric-dramatic soprano) * Juozas Domarkas (b. 1936), conductor * Arif Məlikov (1933—2019), composer * Nikolai Kutuzov (1926—2011), composer, conductor * Lyudmila Sakharova (1926—2012), ballet dancer, teacher * Zebo Aminzoda (b. 1948), choreographer * Vera Baeva (singer), Vera Baeva (b. 1936), singer (lyric-coloratura soprano)

1987

* Anna Pokidchenko (1926—2014), actress * Quddus Khojamyarov (1918—1994), composer * Eugen Doga (b. 1937), composer * Veljo Tormis (1930—2017), composer * Veronica Garștea (1927—2012), choral conductor * Fyodor Khitruk (1917—2012), film director-animator * Leonid Bronevoy (1928—2017), theater and film actor * Igor Luchenok (1938—2018), composer * Maya-Gozel Aimedova (b. 1941), theater and film actress * Yuri Vladimirov (1942—2025), ballet dancer and teacher * Nina Sorokina (1942—2011), ballet dancer * Yevgeniya Khanayeva (1921—1987), theater and film actress * Viktor Tretiakov (b. 1946), violinist * Joseph Kobzon (1937—2018), pop singer (baritone) * Leonid Smetannikov (b. 1943), opera singer (baritone), teacher

1988

* Oleg Tabakov (1935—2018), theater and film actor, director, theater teacher * Yury Solomin (1935—2024), theater and film actor and director * Valentina Kovel (1923—1997), theater and film actress * Sulkhan Tsintsadze (1925—1991), composer * Volodymyr Shevchenko (1946—2012), circus performer * Lyudmyla Shevchenko (b. 1945), circus performer * Igor Talankin (1927—2010), film director * Nikolai Nekrasov (conductor), Nikolai Nekrasov (1932—2012), folk music conductor * Giya Kancheli (1935—2019), composer * Harijs Liepins (1927—1998), theater artist * Stefaniya Stanyuta (1905—2000), theater and film actress * Estebes Tursunaliev (1931—2005), akyn-improviser * Arnold Katz (1924—2007), conductor * Sofia Rotaru (b. 1947), pop singer * Khashim Gadoyev (b. 1937), stage actor * Anatoliy Molodov (1929—2017), choral conductor * Fidan Gasimova (b. 1948), opera singer (soprano) * Varduhi Varderesyan (1928—2015), theater and film actress * Anegina Ilina-Dmitrieva (b. 1943), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Igor Kirillov (1932—2021), TV presenter * Eldar Shengelaia (b. 1933), film director * Mikhail Pugovkin (1923—2008), theater and film actor * Oleg Strizhenov (1929—2025), theater and film actor * Serhii Danchenko (1937—2001), theater director * Vladimir Minin (b. 1929), choral conductor * Edita Piekha (b. 1937), pop singer * Lev Raskatov (1927—1993), stage actor * Uldis Žagata (1928—2015), ballet dancer, choreographer * Liana Isakadze (1946—2024), violinist, conductor * Sergey Kolosov (1921—2012), film director, screenwriter * Nikita Dolgushin (1938—2012), ballet dancer, choreographer * Gizela Tsypola (b. 1944), opera singer (soprano) * Lyudmila Yermakova (1927—2008), choral conductor

1989

* Yevgeny Malinin (1930—2001), pianist * Nikolai Rakov (1908—1990), composer * Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. (1926—2000), film actor * Eliso Virsaladze (b 1942), pianist * Vladimir Doveyko (1922—2002), circus performer, acrobat * Natalya Durova (1934—2007), circus performer (tamer) * Yuri Yermolayev (1932—2017), circus performer (horse trainer, rider) * Irbek Kantemirov (1928—2000), circus performer (horse rider)Большая Российская энциклопедия: В 30 т. / Председатель науч.-ред. совета Ю. С. Осипов. Отв. ред С. Л. Кравец. Т. 12. Исландия — Канцеляризмы. — М.: Большая Российская энциклопедия, 2008. — 767 с.: ил.: карт. * Valery Klimov (violinist), Valery Klimov (1931—2022), violinist * Pavel Necheporenko (1916—2009), musician (balalaika player), teacher * Igor Oistrakh (1931—2021), violinist * Nicolae Sulac (1936—2003), singer * Samarbubu Toktakunova (b. 1944), musician-instrumentalist * Yan Frenkel (1920—1989), composer * Boris Akimov (b. 1946), ballet dancer * Leonid Gaidai (1923—1993), film director * Yevgeny Vesnik (1923—2009), theater and film actor * Galina Volchek (1933—2019), theater director and actress * Georgiy Daneliya (1930—2019), film director and screenwriter * Zita Dreiere, Zita Dreiere (Errs) (b. 1952), ballet dancer * Mira Koltsova (1938—2022), dancer, choreographer * Leonid Yasinovskiy (1923—2003), stage actor * Leonid Gubanov (1928—2004), actor of the Moscow Art Theater * Victor Popov (conductor), Victor Popov (1934—2008), choral conductor * Ilya Frez (1909—1994), film director

1990

* Ville Golovko (1932—2015) — artistic director (chief director) of the variety and circus studio "Sintez" * Mikk Mikiver (1937—2006) — stage actor, director, film actor * Lev Durov (1931—2015), theatre director * Vladimir Spivakov (b. 1944), violinist and conductor * Sydyk Mukhamedzhanov (1924—1991), composer * Mstislav Zapashny (1938—2016), circus artist, animal trainer, director * Iya Savvina (1936—2011) — stage actress * Mikhail Schweitzer (1920—2000) — film director * Vladimir Krainev (1944—2011) — pianist * Nina Dorliak (1908—1998) — chamber singer (soprano) * Oleksandr Bilash (1931—2003), composer * Rolan Bykov (1929—1998) — theater and film actor, film director * Zinovy Gerdt (1916—1996), theater and film actor * Gyulli Mubaryakova (1936—2019) — theatre artist * Leonid Boldin (1931—2013), opera singer * Aleksandr Dmitriyev (b. 1935) — conductor * Tatyana Karpova (1916—2018), stage actress * Ivan Bobylyov (1925—2014), actor, theater director, teacher * Grigory Ponomarenko (1921—1996) — composer * Viktar Roŭda (1921—2007), choral conductor, teacher * Lidiya Sukharevskaya (1909—1991), stage actress * Georgiy Vitsin (1917—2001), theater and film actorУказ Президента СССР от 30 октября 1990 г. № УП-959 «О присвоении почётного звания „Народный артист СССР“ тт. Вицину Г. М., Соколовой Л. С.» * Lyubov Sokolova (actress), Lyubov Sokolova (1921—2001), film actress * Farhad Badalbeyli (b. 1947), pianist and teacher * Vladislav Mikosha (1909—2004), cinematographer and film director * Victor Merzhanov (1919—2012) — pianist and teacherУказ Президента СССР от 12 ноября 1990 г. № УП-1004 «О присвоении почётного звания „Народный артист СССР“ тт. Мержанову В. К. и Шойдагбаевой Г. Б.» * Galina Shoydagbaeva (b. 1953), opera singer * Nikolay Trofimov (1920—2005), stage actor * Zara Dolukhanova (1918—2007), opera singer (coloratura mezzo-soprano), teacher

1991

* Nikolai Arnoldovich Petrov (1943—2011), pianist * Vladimir Mulyavin (1941—2003), pop singer (dramatic tenor), guitarist, composer, leader of the band Pesniary * Stepan Oleksenko (1941—2006), stage actorУказ Президента СССР от 28.01.1991 N УП-1385 О присвоении почетного звания Народный артист СССР т. т. Олексенко С. С. и Ступке Б. С. * Bohdan Stupka (1941—2012), theatre and film actor * Maria Vladimirovna Mironova (1911—1997), theater and film actress * Lyudmila Shaposhnikova (1921—2003), theater and film actress * Yuri Bashmet (b. 1953), violist and conductor * Mark Zakharov (1933—2019), theater and film director * Larisa Shevchenko (b. 1950), opera singer (soprano) * Samson Samsonov (1921—2002), film director * Mykola Kolessa (1903—2006), composer and conductor * Eduard Kolmanovsky (1923—1994), composer * Inna Churikova (1943—2023), theater and film actress * Mikhail Zimin (1930—1991), theatre and film actor * Natalia Gutman (b. 1942), cellist * Ghazaros Saryan (1920—1998), composer * Bolotbek Shamshiyev (1941—2019), film director * Yoqub Ahmedov (b. 1938), theater and film artist * Eduard Grach (b. 1930), violinist * Ajdar Ibrahimov (1919—1993), film director * Vladislav Chernushenko (b. 1936), choir conductor and teacher * Lev Vlassenko (1928—1996), pianist * Ashir Kuliev (1918—2000), composer * Kapar Medetbekov (1931—2012), theater and film artist * Gennady Ovsyannikov (b. 1935), actor * Anatoly Poletaev (b. 1936), accordionist, conductor * Alla Pugacheva (b. 1949), pop singer * Avet Terterian (1929—1994), composer * Natalia Shakhovskaya (1935—2017), cellist * Valeriy Yakovlev (b. 1939), theater director * Sofiya Pilyavskaya (1911—2000), theater and film actress * Oleg Yankovsky (1944—2009), theater and film actor

Visual arts (''Narodny khudozhnik'')

1943

* Aleksandr Gerasimov (painter), Aleksandr Gerasimov (1881—1963), painter''(Указ от 26.07.1943)'' * Boris Ioganson (1893—1973), artist and pedagogue * Sergey Merkurov (1881—1952), sculptor * Vera Mukhina (1889—1953), sculptor

1944

* Vasyl Kasiian (1896—1976), graphic artist''(Указ от 04.01.1944)'' * Anatol Petrytsky (1895—1964), painter * Oleksii Shovkunenko (1884—1974), painter

1950

* Konstantin Yuon (1875—1958), painter, art theorist

1951

* Fyodor Fedorovsky (1883—1955), stage designer

1953

* Moisey Toidze (1871—1953), painter

1956

* Vasily Baksheyev (1862—1958), painter * Igor Grabar (1871—1960), artist, art critic, educator, restorer

1957

* Teodors Zaļkalns (1876—1972), sculptor * Antanas Žmuidzinavičius (1876—1966), painter * Vsevolod Vsevolodovich Lishev (1877—1960), sculptor

1958

* Sergey Konenkov (1874—1971), sculptor * Sergey Vasilyevich Gerasimov (1885—1964), painter * Kukryniksy, Porfiry Nikitich Krylov (1902—1990), painter and graphic artist''(Указ от 24.11.1958)'' * Kukryniksy, Mikhail Kupriyanov (1903—1991), painter and graphic artist * Kukryniksy, Nikolai Sokolov (1903—2000), graphic artist and painter * Vladimir Aleksandrovich Serov (1910—1968), painter and graphic artist, teacher * Matvey Manizer (1891—1966), sculptor

1959

* Yevgeny Vuchetich (1908—1974), sculptor

1960

* Martiros Saryan (1880—1972), landscape painter, graphic artist and stage designer''(Указ от 01.03.1960)'' * Nikolai Tomsky (1900—1984), sculptor

1961

* Juozas Mikėnas (1901—1964), sculptor

1962

* Vadim Fedorovič Ryndin (1902—1974), stage designer * Arkady Plastov (1893—1972), painter * Pavel Korin (1892—1967), painter

1963

* Mikayil Abdullayev (1921—2002), painter and graphic artist''(Указ от 12.04.1963)'' * Mikhail Anikushin (1917—1997), sculptor * Yekaterina Fyodorovna Belashova (1906—1971), sculptor * Ilya Bogdesko (1923—2010), graphic artist * Mykhailo Bozhy (1911—1990), painter * Yosyp Bokshay (1891—1975), painter * Aleksandr Deyneka (1899—1969), painter, graphic artist and sculptor * Mykhailo Derehus (1904—1997), graphic artist and painter * Ucha Japaridze (1906—1988), painter, graphic artist * Nikolay Nikolayevich Zhukov (1908—1973), painter, graphic artist, poster artist * Alexander Kibalnikov (1912—1987), sculptor * Mykhailo Lysenko (1906—1972), sculptor * Evald Okas (1915—2011), painter and teacher * Ara Sargsyan (1902—1969), sculptor * Leo Svemps (1897—1975), painter, teacher * Ural Tansykbayev (1904—1974), painter * Vladimir Favorsky (1886—1964), graphic artist, woodcut illustrator, painter, art critic, muralist * Semyon Afanasyevich Chuikov (1902—1980), painter * Vytautas Jurkūnas (1910—1993), graphic artist

1965

* Boris Volkov (1900—1970), stage designer * Vasily Yefanov (1900—1978), painter''(Указ от 30.08.1965)'' * Jonas Kuzminskis (1906—1985), graphic artist * Yuri Neprintsev (1909—1996), painter, graphic artist * Yakov Romas (1902—1969), painter and teacher * Fedir Nirod (1907—1996), stage designer

1967

* Dementy Shmarinov (1907—1999), graphic artist and draftsman * Boris Yefimov (1900—2008), graphic artist, master of political caricature * Anatoliy Arefyev (1918—1989), stage designer''(Указ от 01.07.1967)'' * Yevgeny Kibrik (1906—1978), painter and graphic artist, illustrator, teacher

1969

* Veniamin Pinchuk (1908—1987), sculptor * Dmitry Nalbandyan (1906—1993), painter * Günther Reindorff (1889—1974), graphic artist, book illustrator * Yevgeni Yenej (1890—1971), production designer * Victor Oreshnikov (1904—1987), painter and teacher

1970

* Yuri Ivanovich Pimenov (1903—1977), painter, graphic artist * Apollon Kutateladze (1900—1972), painter''(Указ от 18.09.1970)'' * Yevsey Moiseyenko (1916—1988), painter, graphic artist and teacher

1971

* Gapar Aytiyev (1912—1984), painter, stage designer * Alexei Pakhomov (1900—1973), graphic artist and painter * Boris Prorokov (1911—1972), satirist, political propaganda artist * Nikolai Romadin (1903—1987), painter

1972

* Aleksandra Briede (1901—1992), sculptor * Lado Gudiashvili (1886—1980), artist

1973

* Aminadav Kanevsky (1898—1976), graphic artist * Tahir Salahov (1928—2021), painter * Izzat Klychev (1923—2006), painter * Zair Azgur (1908—1995), sculptor * Pinkhos Sabsay (1893—1980), sculptor

1974

* Serhii Hryhoriev (1910—1988), painter and graphic artist ''(Указ от 18.04.1974)'' * Aleksei Gritsai (1914—1998), painter * Serhiy Shyshko (1911—1997), painter * Pjotr Tarasovitsj Maltsev (1907—1993), painter * Fyodor Pavlovich Reshetnikov (1906—1988), painter''(Указ от 10.10.1974)'' * Ivan Maksimovich Semenov (1906—1982), graphic artist * Nikolay Zinovyev (1888—1979), palekh miniature artist

1975

* Eduards Kalnin̦š (1904—1988), painter

1976

* Yervand Kochar (1899—1979), sculptor * Simon Virsaladze (1909—1989), costume designer * Andrei Mylnikov (1919—2012), painter * Mykola Hlushchenko (1901—1977), painter * Taras Gaponenko (1906—1993), painter

1977

* Edgars Iltners (1925—1983), painter * Yury Kugach (1917—2013), painter * Vasyl Borodai (1917—2010), sculptor * Nikolay Afanasevitsj Ponomarjov (1918—1997), graphic artist * Lev Kerbel (1917—2003), sculptor * Joseph Serebriany (1907—1979), painter

1978

* Vladimir Tsigal (1917—2013), sculptor * Moechamedchanafija Timirbolatovitsj Telzjanov (1927—2013), painter * Mikhail Baburin (1907—1984), sculptor''(Указ от 23.02.1978)'' * Mikhail Savicki (1922—2010), painter * Pavel Bondarenko (1917—1992), sculptor * Vladimir Shtranikh (1888—1981), painter

1979

* Viktor Puzyrkov (1918—1999), painter * Geliy Korzhev (1925—2012), painter * Oleksandr Kovalov (sculptor), Oleksandr Kovalov (1915—1991), sculptor

1980

* Zinovy Vilensky (1899—1984), sculptor * Zurab Tsereteli (1934—2025), painter and sculptor * Haris Yakupov (1919—2010), painter * Ilya Glazunov (1930—2017), artist * Sulo Juntunen (1915—1980), painter * Lindia Brodskaia (1910—1991), painter * Dmitry Mochalsky (1908—1988), painter

1981

* Vitaly Goryayev (1910—1982), graphic illustrator, painter, cartoonist * Ephraim Ivanovich Zverkov (1921—2012), painter * Rahim Axmedov (1924—2008), painter

1982

* Boris Ugarov (1922—1991), painter * Tetyana Yablonska (1917—2005), painter * Iosif Sumbatashvili (1915—2012), stage designer * Nikolay Nikoghosyan (1918—2018), sculptor, painter and graphic artist * Boris Domashnikov (1924—2003), painter

1983

* Alexey Tkachyov (1925—2025), painter''(Указ от 06.05.1983)'' * Sergey Tkachyov (painter), Sergey Tkachyov (1922—2022), painter * Orest Vereisky (1915—1993), book illustrator * Grigor Khanjyan (1926—2000), painter and graphic artist

1985

* Antanas Gudaitis (1904—1989), painter''(Указ от 23.01.1985)'' * Mykola Oviechkin (1929—1993), painter * Anna Alexandrovna Kotukhina (1915—2007), palekh miniature artist * Kazys Morkūnas (1924—2014), stained glass artist * Alexandr Shilov (b. 1943), painter and graphic artist, author of portraits * Mikhail Bogdanov (artist), Mikhail Bogdanov (1914—1995), production designer * Vecheslav Zagonek (1919—1994), painter * Yuri Korolyov (painter), Yuri Korolyov (1929—1992), painter

1986

* Turgunbaĭ Sadykov (b. 1935), sculptor * Yevgeny Shirokov (1931—2017), painter * Boris Valentinovich Shcherbakov (1916—1995), painter * Indulis Zariņš (1929—1997), painter

1987

* Gediminas Jokūbonis (1927—2006), sculptor * Andrey Ilyich Kurnakov (1916—2010), painter, teacher * Merab Berżenišvili (1929—2016), sculptor * Oleg Komov (1932—1994), sculptor, graphic artist

1988

* Valentin Mikhailovich Sidorov (1928—2021), painter * Mikhail Mikhailovich Taraev (1920—1996), ceramic artist * Afanasiy Osipov (1928—2017), painter * Elguja Amashukeli (1928—2002), sculptor * Yulian Rukavishnikov (1922—2000), sculptor

1989

* Akhmat Lutfullin (1928—2007), painter * Togrul Narimanbekov (1930—2013), painter, stage designer * Valery Levental (1938—2015), stage designer * Pyotr Pavlovich Ossovsky (1925—2015), painter, graphic artist

1990

* Leonid Soifertis (1911—1996), graphic artist * Mariam Aslamazyan (1907—2006), painter * Sukhrob Kurbanov (1946—2016), painter and graphic artist * Viktor Ivanov (painter), Viktor Ivanov (b. 1924), painter

1991

* Fedor Danilovich Konstantinov (1910—1997), graphic artist * Andrey Vasnetsov (1924—2009), painter * Vladimir Zamkov (1925—1998), painter * Lyudmila Azarova (1919—2010), ceramic artist * Vladimir Aleksandrovich Igoshev (1921—2007), painter and graphic artist * Petr Timofeevich Fomin (1919—1996), painter and teacher''(Указ от 20.12.1991)''

References

Literature

* Народные артисты СССР. В 2-х т. / Авт.-сост. М. В. Музалевский и В. Л. Иванов. — Moscow: РИЦ «Кавалер», 2007. * {{DEFAULTSORT:People's Artists of the USSR People's Artists of the USSR, Lists of artists