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granted to

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artists, including theatre and film directors, actors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the

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(RSFSR). This title was one rank below

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and one above

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. The title was introduced on 10 August 1931. In 1992, after the

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was renamed as the

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, it was replaced with

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* Alexander Kramov (1885–1951), actor, theater director * Tamara Makarova (1907–1997), film actress * Vera Michurina-Samoilova (1866–1948), theater actress * Nikolay Svetlovidov (1889–1970), theater and film actor * Yevdokiya Turchaninova (1870–1963), theater actress *

Alexandra 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

1918

Feodor Chaliapin Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, ˈfʲɵdər ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂɐˈlʲapʲɪn}; 12 April 1938) was a Russian opera singer. Possessing a deep and expressive bass voic ...

(1873–1938), opera singer (bass)

1920s

1920 * Maria Ermolova (1853–1928), dramatic actress 1922 *

Alexander Glazunov Alexander Konstantinovich Glazunov ( – 21 March 1936) was a Russian composer, music teacher, and conductor of the late Russian Romantic period. He was director of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory between 1905 and 1928 and was instrumental i ...

(1865–1936), composer *

Vladimir Davydov Vladimir Lvovich Davydov (; – ) was the second son of Lev and Alexandra Davydov, and nephew of the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who called him "Bob". Life From his earliest years, Davydov showed an aptitude for music and drawing, which ...

(1849–1925), dramatic actor, theater director *

Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (; born Mikhail Mikhailovich Ivanov; 28 January 1935) was a Russia, Russian and Soviet Union, Soviet composer, conductor and teacher. His music ranged from the late-Romantic era into the 20th century era. ...

(1859–1935), composer, conductor and musical figure * Alexander Sumbatov (Yuzhin) (1857–1927), actor, playwright, theater worker 1923 *

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), theater director.

(1936). *

Vsevolod Meyerhold Vsevolod Emilyevich Meyerhold (; born ; 2 February 1940) was a Russian and Soviet theatre director, actor and theatrical producer. His provocative experiments dealing with physical being and symbolism in an unconventional theatre setting m ...

(1874–1940), director *

Leonid Sobinov Leonid Vitalyevich Sobinov (, 7 June S 26 May1872 – 14 October 1934) was an Imperial Russian operatic tenor. His fame continued unabated into the Soviet Union, Soviet era, and he was made a People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1923. Sobinov's vo ...

(1872–1924), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) * Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938), theater director.

(1936). 1924 * Elena Leshkovskaya (1864–1925), dramatic actress *

Glikeriya Fedotova Glikeriya Nikolaevna Fedotova (, Pozdnyakova, Позднякова, 22 May 1846, Oryol, Russian Empire – 27 February 1925, Moscow, USSR) was a Russian actress associated with Moscow's Maly Theatre (Moscow), Maly Theatre, honoured with the tit ...

(1846–1925), actress 1925 *

Yekaterina Geltzer Yekaterina Vasilyevna Geltzer (November 2, 1876 – December 12, 1962) was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet who danced in the theatre from 1898 to 1935. She was the daughter of the famous Russian dancer Vasily Geltzer. She worked with Marius ...

(1876–1962), ballerina *

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.

(1936). *

Václav Suk Václav Suk (16 November 186112 January 1933) was an Austrian-born violinist, conductor and composer who operated in the Russian Empire. He was also known as Váša Suk, Vyacheslav Suk, Vyacheslav Ivanovich (Вячеслав Иванович Су ...

(1861–1933), conductor * Ivan Ershov (1867–1943), opera singer.

(1938). 1926 * Pavel Olenev (1869–1932), theater actor *

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.

(1936). 1927 * Yuri Yuryev (1872–1948), actor.

(1939). 1928 * Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina (1859–1938), film and theater actress.

(1936). * Alexander Golovin (1863–1930), theater artist, painter * Vasily Kachalov (1875–1948), theater actor.

(1936). * Olga Knipper-Chekhov (1868–1959), actress.

(1937). * Leonid Leonidov (1873–1941), actor and director of theater and cinema.

(1936). 1929 * Stepan Kuznetsov (1879–1932), theater actor

1930s

1931 * Robert Adelheim (1860–1934), theater actor * Raphael Adelheim (1861–1938), theater actor * Alexander Goldenweiser (1875–1961), pianist, composer.

(1946). 1932 * Ulirh Avranek (1853–1937), opera choirmaster, conductor, cellist * Nikolai Monakhov (1875–1936), actor * Illarion Pevtsov (1879–1934), theater and film actor 1933 * Ksenia Derzhinskaya (1889–1951), opera singer.

(1937). * Mikhail Klimov (1880–1942), actor.

(1937). *

Maria Lilina Maria Petrovna Alekseyeva (; Perevoshchikova �ерево́щикова 3 July 1866 – 24 August 1943) was a Russian and Soviet stage actress, associated with the Moscow Art Theatre, better known under her stage name Lilina (Ли́лина). Ko ...

(1866–1943), actress * Yevsey Lyubimov-Lanskoy (1883–1943), actor, theater director *

Varvara Massalitinova Varvara Osipovna Massalitinova (; July 29, 1878 – October 20, 1945) was a Russian and Soviet stage and film actress. Life and career Born at Yelets in Oryol Governorate, she began acting at an amateur theatre club in the Siberia, Siberian city ...

(1878–1945), actress * Nadezhda Obukhova (1886–1961), opera singer.

(1937). * Vasily Petrov (1875–1937), opera singer (bass) *

Varvara Ryzhova Varvara (Cyrillic: Варвара; ), a variant of " Barbara", may refer to: Places * Varvara, Azerbaijan * Varvara, Prozor, on the Rama river, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Varvara, Burgas Province, Bulgaria * Varvara, Pazardzhik Province, Septemvr ...

(1871–1963), actress.

(1937). * Prov Sadovsky (Jr.) (1874–1947), actor.

(1937). * Mikhail Tarkhanov (1877–1948), actor.

(1937). 1934 * Pavel Andreev (1874–1950), opera singer.

(1939). *

Agrippina Vaganova Agrippina Yakovlevna Vaganova (; 26 June 1879 – 5 November 1951) was a Soviet and Russian ballet teacher who developed the Vaganova method – the technique which derived from the teaching methods of the old Imperial Ballet School (today the ...

(1879–1951), ballet dancer * Evgeny Lepkovsky (1866–1939), actor * Leonid Savransky (1876–1966), singer (dramatic baritone) * Nikolay Sinelnikov (1885–1939), actor * Nikolai Sobolshchikov-Samarin (1868–1945), actor * Elena Stepanova (1891–1978), opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). * Vasily Tikhomirov (1878–1956), ballet dancer and choreographer *

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, composer.

(1937). * Nikolai Yakovlev (1869–1950), actor.

(1944). 1935 *

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) — actor and director *

Vladimir Gardin Vladimir Rostislavovich Gardin 28 May 1965, born Blagonravov)
Great Soviet EncyclopediaReinhold 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 * Boris Gorin-Goryainov (1883–1944), actor * Alisa Koonen (1889–1974) — actress *

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, theater director * Alexander Tairov (1885–1950) — actor and director 1936 *

Samuil Samosud Samuil Abramovich Samosud (; , Tiflis — 6 November 1964, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian conductor and pedagogue. He started his musical career as a cellist, before becoming a conductor at the Mariinsky Theatre, Petrograd in 1917. Fro ...

(1884–1964), conductor 1937 * Elena Gogoleva (1900–1993), actress * Lydia Koreneva (1885–1982), actress * Nikolai Kostromskoy (1874–1938), actor * Mikhail Lenin (1880–1961), actor * Vasily Lubentsov (1886–1975), singer * Mikhail Narokov (1879–1958), actor * Nikolai Ozerov (1887–1953), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) *

Nikolai Rybnikov Nikolai Nikolayevich Rybnikov (; 13 December 1930 – 22 October 1990) was a Soviet and Russian film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1981). Biography Early life and education Nikolai Nikolayevich Rybnikov was born on 13 December 1930 in Bor ...

(1879–1956), actor * Ruben Simonov (1899–1968), actor, theater and film director, teacher * Yuri Fire (1890–1971), conductor * Nikander Khanaev (1890–1974), opera singer * Faina Shevchenko (1893–1971), theater and film actress 1938 * Olga Androvskaya (1898–1975), actress *

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 * Claudia Elanskaya (1898–1972), actress * Vladimir Ershov (1896–1964), actor * Anastasia Zueva (1896–1986), actress * Boris Livanov (1904–1972), actor and director * Leonid Nikolayev (1878–1942), pianist, composer * Lev Pulver (1883–1970), composer and musician * Vasily Sakhnovsky (1886–1945), theater director, theater critic * Ivan Slonov (1882–1945), director * Viktor Stanitsyn (1897–1976), actor, director * Ilya Sudakov (1890–1969), actor and director * Vasily Toporkov (1889–1970), actor and director 1939 * Aleksander Bryantsev (1883–1961), actor, theater director, founder and head of Russia's first theater for children. * Vladimir Durov (1909–1972), circus performer, trainer. * Pavel Zhuravlenko (1887–1948), opera artist (bass), operetta and cinema, concert performer and director *

Benjamin Zuskin Benjamin Zuskin ( (Veniamin Lvovich Zuskin); April 28, 1899 – August 12, 1952) was a Soviet and Russian actor and director of the Moscow State Jewish Theatre (GOSET). Zuskin had the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. Biography Zuski ...

(1899–1952), Jewish actor * Sergey Migay (1888–1959) — opera singer, baritone. * Nikolay Pechkovsky (1896–1966) — opera singer, tenor. * Sofia Preobrazhenskaya (1904–1966) — opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Lev Pulver (1883–1970) — composer and musician * Nikolai Simonov (1901–1973) — theater and film actor, theater director. * Igamberdy Tashkent (1866–1963) — circus performer, tightrope walker. * Nikolay Cherkasov (1903–1966), theater and film actor * Boris Eder (1894–1970) — circus performer, trainer (tamer) of predatory animals, founder of the Soviet school of work with circus predators.

1940s

1940 * Sergey Vasilenko (1872–1956), composer and conductor * Pavel Gaideburov (1877–1960), actor * Vladimir Kandelaki (1908–1994), singer (bass-baritone). * Nadezhda Kemarskaya (1899–1984), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano). * Arkady Polyakov (1893–1966), theater and film actor. * Konstantin Skorobogatov (1887–1969), theater and film actor, theater director. *

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), ballerina. * Grigory Yaron (1893–1963), operetta artist, director 1941 * Maria Goldina (1899–1970), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and teacher *

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 * Maya Meltzer (1899–1984), opera singer, director 1942 * Yuri Zavadsky (1894–1977), director *

Nikolai 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 Vsevolod Meyerhold, Meyerhold. Patrick Miles, translator. He was named ...

(1900–1967), actor, director * Alexey Popov (1892–1961), director 1943 *

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 * Alexey Gribov (1902–1977), theater and film actor * Mikhail Kedrov (1894–1972), actor, theater director * Tsitselia Mansurova (1896–1976), actress * Vera Maretskaya (1906–1978), actress * Dmitry Orlov (1892–1955), theater actor * Nina Sokolovskaya (1867–1952), actress 1944 * Osip Abdulov (1900–1953), theater and film actor, theater director * Elena Granovskaya (1877–1968), actress *

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 ...

(1899–1981), actor * Peter Kazmin (1892–1964), folklorist, choral conductor * Arnold Margulyan (1879–1950), conductor * Aleksander Orlov (1873–1948) — Russian and Soviet conductor * Ivan Rostovtsev (1873–1947), director, actor * Vasily Sofronov (1884–1960), actor * Boris Sushkevich (1887–1946), director, actor 1945 *

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) — theater artist, theater director, painter and book graphic artist * Ivan Bersenev (1889–1951) — actor, theater director * Nikolai Bogolyubov (1899–1980) — actor * Leonid Volkov (1893–1976) — actor * Konstantin Zubov (1888–1956) — actor, theater and film director, theater teacher *

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) — actor, theater and film director, master of artistic expression (reader) * Nikolai Petrov (director) (1890–1964), theater director * Joseph Tolchanov (1891–1981), theater and film actor, theater director 1946 * Serafima Burman (1890–1976), actress * Georgy Vasiliev (1892–1949), actor and theater director. * Leonid Vivien (1887–1966), actor, theater director. * Alexander Gedike (1877–1957), composer, organist, pianist. * Sofia Giatsintova (1895–1982), actress and theater director. * Anatoly Goryunov (1902–1951), actor * Mikhail Derzhavin (1903–1951), actor * Alexander Doroshenko (1874–1950), actor * Boris Zakhava (1896–1976), theater director, actor * Semyon Kozolupov (1884–1961), cellist. * Stepan Muratov (1885–1957), actor and theater director. * Alexander Sveshnikov (1890–1980), choral conductor. * Vladimir Henkin (1883–1953), actor * Alexander Khokhlov (1892–1966), theater and film actor 1947 * Elizaveta Alekseeva (1901–1972), theater actress * Maria Babanova (1900–1983) theater and film actress * Alexander Baturin (1904–1983), opera singer (bass-baritone). * Mikhail Bolduman (1898–1983), theater and film actor * Vasily Vanin (1898–1951), theater and film actor, theater director. *

Vladimir Volodin Vladimir Sergeyevich Volodin (; 1896 – 1958) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947). He died on March 27, 1958, in Moscow, and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery. Selected filmography * 1936 – ...

(1896–1958), theater and film actor * Vladimir Voronov (1890–1985), actor * Pavel Geraga (1892–1969), theater and film actor * Alexey Dikiy (1889–1955), theater and film actor, theater director. * Daria Zerkalova (1901–1982), dramatic actress * Alexander Zrazhevsky (1886–1950), theater and film actor. * Alexey Ivanov (1904–1982), opera singer * Yakov Itin-Malyutin (1886–1964), theater and film actor. * Nadezhda Kazantseva (1911-2000), singer (coloratura soprano). * Olga Kovaleva (1881–1962), singer (contralto) * Elena Kruglikova (1907–1982), opera singer (lyric soprano) * Ivan Kuvykin (1893–1950), choirmaster. * Grigory Leondor (1894–1959), theater actor and director. * Olga Lepeshinskaya (1916-2008), ballerina * Andrey Lobanov (1900–1959), theater director. * Semyon Mezhinsky (1889–1978), actor *

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 * Nikolay Mordvinov (1901–1966), actor * Panteleimon Nortsov (1900–1993), opera singer (lyric baritone) * Georgii Nelepp (1904–1957), opera singer * Sergey Obraztsov (1901–1992), actor and director of the puppet theater * Vasily Orlov (1896–1974) — theater and film actor. *

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 film actress * Anna Orochko (1898–1965), theater and film actress, director * Pavel Pol (1887–1955), theater and film actor *

Sergei Prokofiev Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev; alternative transliterations of his name include ''Sergey'' or ''Serge'', and ''Prokofief'', ''Prokofieff'', or ''Prokofyev''. , group=n ( – 5 March 1953) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor who l ...

(1891–1953), composer *

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), actress * Natalia Rozhdestvenskaya (1900–1997), singer (soprano). * Lev Sverdlin (1901–1969), actor, theater director * Nikolai Sereda (1890–1948), singer. * Angelina Stepanova (1905-2000), theater and film actress. * Boris Khaikin (1904–1978), conductor * Alexandra Khalileeva (1907–1971), singer (lyric-coloratura soprano). *

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 * Platon Tsesevich (1879–1958), opera artist (bass cantante), chamber singer. * Alexander Cheban (1886–1954), theater and film actor, theater director. * Yuri Shaporin (1887–1966), composer *

Vissarion Shebalin Vissarion Yakovlevich Shebalin (; 29 May 1963) was a USSR, Soviet composer, music pedagogue. Rector of the Moscow Conservatory (1942-1948). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1947). Biography Shebalin was born in Omsk, where his parents were school t ...

(1902–1963), 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, pianist. * Natalia Shpiller (1909–1995), opera singer. * Maxim Strauch (1900–1974), actor, director. * Mikhail Yanshin (1902–1976), actor, director 1948 * Boris Aleksandrov (1905–1994), composer, conductor * Vera Bendina (1900–1974), actress * Sergey Blinnikov (1901–1969), actor and director * Vsevolod Verbitsky (1896–1951), actor * Vladimir Gotovtsev (1885–1976), actor * Nikolai Dorokhin (1905–1953), actor * Alexey Zhiltsov (1895–1972), actor * Alexander Komissarov (1904–1975), actor * Anatoly Ktorov (1898–1980), actor. * Ivan Kudryavtsev (1898–1966), actor. * Nina Litovtseva (1878–1956), actress and director. * Pavel Massalsky (1904–1979), actor. * Boris Petker (1902–1983), actor. * Vladimir Popov (1889–1968), actor. * Vera Popova (1889–1983), actress. * Maria Titova (1899–1994), actress. * Sofia Halutina (1875–1960), actress 1949 * Nikolay Annenkov (1899–1999), theater and film actor * Grigori Belov (1895–1965), theater and film actor *Alexander Borisov (1905–1982), theater and film actor. * Olga Viklandt (1911–1995), theater and film actress * Vladimir Vladislavsky (1891–1970), theater and film actor * Alexander Gruzinsky (1899–1968), theater and film actor * Abdullah-Amin Zabuirov (1891–1963), Bashkir actor * Stepan Kayukov (1898–1960), theater and film actor * Georgy Kovrov (1891–1961), theater and film actor * Vladimir Lebedev (1870–1952), storyteller, dramatic artist * Nikolay Levkoev (1891–1982), actor * Pyotr Leontiev (1883–1951), theater and film actor. * Himaletdin Mingazhev (1889–1955), actor, playwright, theater theorist. * Boris Olenin (1903–1961), theater actor * Rostislav Plyatt (1908–1989), theater and film actor * Nikolai Pokrovsky (1896–1961), actor and theater director * Lev Prozorovsky (1880–1954), actor, theater director * Nikolai Ryzhov (1900–1986), theater and film actor * Alexander Sashin-Nikolsky (1894–1967), actor * Sofya Fadeeva (1901–1989), theater and film actress * Nikolai Shamin (1886–1966), theater and film actor * Elena Shatrova (1892–1976), theater and film actress

1950s

1950 * Khalil Abzhalilov (1896–1963), theater and film actor * Boris Andreyev (1915–1982), theater and film actor * Mikhail Astangov (1900–1965), theater and film actor * Claudia Goncharenko-Goncharova (1894–1960), theater actress *

Alexander Dovzhenko Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (, ; November 25, 1956), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei ...

(1894–1956), actor, director *

Isaak Dunayevsky Isaak Osipovich Dunayevsky ( ; also transliterated as Dunaevski or Dunaevskiy; 25 July 1955) was a Soviet film composer and conductor of the 1930s and 1940s, who composed music for operetta and film comedies, frequently working with the film dire ...

(1900–1955), composer * Alexander Zguridi (1904–1998), film director of popular science cinema * Boris Ilyin (1901–1979), actor * Pavel Karganov (1883–1961), actor * Nikifor Kolofidin (1902–1978), actor * Nikolai Kryuchkov (1911–1994), theater and film actor * Yelena Kuzmina (1909–1979), film actress *Ivan Lobanov (1891–1969), theater actor * Valentina Sperantova (1904–1978), theater and film actress *

Boris Tenin Boris Mikhailovich Tenin (; 23 March 1905, Kuznetsk – 8 September 1990, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and Pedagogy, pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). Biography Boris Tenin was born in Kuznetsk in a famil ...

(1905–1990), theater and film actor * Maria Tokareva (1894–1965), actress * Alexandra Chudinova (1896–1971), actress * Nikolay Yakushenko (1897–1971), theater and film actor 1951 * Elizaveta Antonova (1904–1994), opera singer (contralto). * Grigory Bolshakov (1904–1974), opera singer (tenor). * Ivan Burlak (1893–1964), opera singer (baritone). * Valery Bure-Nebelsen (1889–1955), theater actor. * Mikhail Gabovich (1905–1965), ballet dancer * Vera Davydova (1906–1993), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) * Maria Domasheva (1875–1952), 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. * Alexey Ermolaev (1910–1975), ballet dancer *

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 and director * Bronislava Zlatogorova (1904–1995), opera singer (contralto) * Elena Karyakina (1904–1979), theater and film actress. * Valentina Kibardina (1907–1988), theater and film actress * Nikolai Kolesnikov (1898–1959), theater and film actor. * Alexey Krivchenya (1910–1974), opera singer (bass) * Alexander Larikov (1890–1960), theater and film actor * Pavel Lisitsian (1911–2004), opera singer (baritone). * Maria Maksakova Sr. (1902–1974), opera singer (lyrical mezzo-soprano) *

Asaf Messerer Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (; 19 November 1903 – 7 March 1992) was a Soviet ballet dancer, teacher and choreographer. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. In 1919 he studied privately with Mikhail Mordkin, until Alexander Gorsky placed him in a cl ...

(1903–1992), ballet dancer, choreographer * Vitaly Politsemako (1906–1967), theater and film actor * Vladimir Ratomsky (1891–1965), theater and film actor * Pyotr Selivanov (1905–1980), opera singer (baritone). * Maria Semenova (1908-2010), ballerina * Konstantin Sergeev (1910–1992), ballet dancer *

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 film actor. * Elizaveta Shumskaya (1905–1988), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano). * Valentin Yantsat (1905–1967), theater and film actor 1952 * Andrey Abrikosov (1906–1973), theater and film actor * Anastasia Leskova (1903–1990), actress * Sergei Lukyanov (1910–1965), theater and film actor 1953 * Nikolai Mikhailov (1902–1969), actor, director * Mikhail Nikolsky (1907–1971), actor, director, artist * Sergey Papov (1904–1970), theater and film actor * Sergey Romodanov (1899–1975), theater and film actor * Yevgeny Samoylov (1912–2006), theater and film actor * Vladimir Chestnokov (1904–1968), theater and film actor 1954 * Grigory Antoshenkov (1898–1970), actor. * Grigory Ardarov (1888–1956), actor, director * Natalia Belevtseva (1895–1974), actress of the Maly Theater * Vladimir Belokurov (1904–1973), actor * Pallady Bogdanov (1881–1971), choirmaster * Nadezhda Borskaya (1885–1963), actress * Nikolai Bravin (1883–1956), operetta artist *

Alexander Gauk Alexander Vassilievich Gauk (; 30 March 1963) was a Soviet conductor and composer. Biography Alexander Gauk was born in Odessa in 1893. He recalled his first experience as hearing army bands and his mother singing and accompanying herself at the ...

(1893–1963), conductor, composer * Judith Gleaser (1904–1968), actress * Lyubov Dobrzhanskaya (1908–1980), theater and film actress * Sergei Yeltsin (1897–1970), opera conductor. * Elena Zhilina (1890–1963), actress *

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 * Grigory Kirillov (1900–1977), director * Pyotr Konstantinov (1899–1973), actor * Vladimir Lepko (1898–1963), actor * Vladimir Lyubimov (1897–1971), theater and film actor * Ivan Marin (1905–1983), theater and film actor * Zaituna Nasretdinova (1923–2009), ballerina * Claudia Polovikova (1896–1979), actress * Yevgeny Samoylov (1912–2006), theater and film actor * Nikolai Svobodin (1898–1965), actor * Konstantin Sinitsyn (1912–1976), actor * Lyudmila Skopina (1903–1992), actress * Boris Smirnov (1908–1982), actor * Boris Tolmazov (1912–1985), director and actor * Alexander Khanov (1904–1983), actor * Alexander Khovansky (1890–1962), actor * Antony Khodursky (1903–1972), actor *

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), composer 1955 * Zaituna Bikbulatova (1908–1992), theater actress * Banu Valeeva (1914–2003), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Valiakhmet Galimov (1908–1994), actor and director * Boris Zhukovsky (1900–1963), actor * Tatiana Zimina (b. 1928), ballerina *

Alexander Ilyinsky Alexander Alexandrovich Ilyinsky (; 23 February 1920) was a Russian music teacher and composer, best known for the ''Lullaby (Berceuse)'', Op. 13, No. 7, from his orchestral suite "Noure and Anitra", and for the opera ''The Fountain of Bakhchisar ...

(1896–1956), operetta artist * Galimjan Karamyshev (1903–1977), actor * Nikolai Kolesnikov (1893—?), actor * Viktor Koltsov (1898–1978), actor * Viktor Kuznetsov (1911–1981), actor * Veniamin Lizunov-Arkanov (1905–1973), singer * Ivan Lyubozhnov (1909–1988), actor, reader *

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).Bariyat Muradova (1914-2001), actress * Ekaterina Myazina (1898–1963), actress * Lydia Myasnikova (1911–2005), opera singer * Vassili Nebolsin (1898–1958), conductor. * Lev Oborin (1907–1974), pianist * Grigory Oskotsky-Gross (1901–1959), operetta artist * Nadezhda Petipa-Chizhova (1896–1977), actress * Ivan Petrov (1920–2003), opera singer *

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 * Khalaf Safiullin (1921–1965), ballet dancer * Vladislav Sokolovsky (1898–1964), actor * Guzel Suleymanova (1927–1969), ballerina * Alexander Sutyagin (1915–1991), opera singer * Gabdrakhman Khabibullin (1904–1969), singer * Vasily Tselikovsky (1900–1958), conductor 1956 * Ivan Alekseev (1913–1990), singer * Svyatoslav Astafyev (1907–1990), actor * Sergey Balashov (1903–1989), pop artist, master of artistic expression * Veniamin Bityutsky (1902–1980), actor * Mikhail Buyny (1903–1975), actor * Nadezhda Goncharova (1902–1963), actress * Elizaveta Dalskaya (1899–1962), actress * Zara Dolukhanova (1918–2007), singer * Konstantin Ivanov (1907–1984), conductor * Olga Kaziko (1900–1963), actress * Olga Kashevarova (1905–1977), singer * Konstantin Laptev (1904–1990), singer *

Fyodor Lopukhov Fyodor Vasilyevich Lopukhov (; 20 October 1886, Saint Petersburg – 28 January 1973, Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer and choreographer. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1956). Training and dance career Lopukhov was born into a f ...

(1886–1973), ballet dancer, choreographer * Leonid Makariev (1892–1975), actor and director * Georgy Menglet (1912-2001), actor *

Heinrich Neuhaus Heinrich Gustav Neuhaus (, , Genrikh Gustavovič Nejgauz, 10 October 1964) was a Russian pianist and teacher. Part of a musical dynasty, he grew up in a Polish-speaking household. He taught at the Moscow Conservatory from 1922 to 1964. Neuhaus ...

(1888–1964), pianist * Valentina Nikitina (1895–1975), theater actress *

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), ballerina * Vasily Razumov (1892–1973), actor * Vera Redlich (1894–1992), actress and director * Nina Rusinova (1896–1986), actress * Nadezhda Slonova (1906–2002), actress * Raisa Struchkova (1925–2005), ballerina *

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 ...

(1913–1989), director,

(1957) * Vladimir Thapsaev (1910–1981), Ossetian theater and film actor * Vera Firsova, (1918–1993), opera singer * Zoya Shebuyeva-Chekmasova (1900–2007), actress * Ksenia Erdeli (1878–1971), harpist, People's Artist of the USSR (1966) * Lavrenty Yaroshenko (1909–1975), singer 1957 * Elena Agaronova (1903–1985), actress * Victor Ageev (1887–1962), actor * Mikhail Arensky (1895–1980), actor * Sergey Biryukov (1897–1962), actor * Nikifor Boykinya (1901–1998), opera singer * Boris Bregvadze (1926-2012), ballet dancer, choreographer * Sergey Brzhesky (1900–1985), theater actor * Ivan Bugaev (1919–1980), opera singer * Galiya Bulatova (1906–1985), actress * Munira Bulatova (1914-2011), singer * Eugenia Wolf-Israel (1897–1975), actress * Naydana Gendunova (1913–1984), actress of the Buryat Drama Theater * Spiridon Grigoriev (1910–1986), chief director of the Yakut Musical Drama Theater. * Edouard Grikurov (1907–1982), conductor * Lilia Gritsenko (1917–1989), theater and film actress * Nikolay Gritsenko (1912–1979), theater and film actor * Niyaz Dautov (1913–1986), opera singer * Vera Dubrovina (1917-2000), ballet dancer * Irina Zarubina (1907–1976), theater and film actress * Inna Zubkovskaya (1923-2001), ballerina * Kira Ivanova-Golovko (1919-2017), actress * Nina Kazarinova (1907–1999), actress * Kamal III (1900–1968), actor * Aleksander Kasyanov (1891–1982), composer * Kuratsa Kashirgova (1899–1974), harmonica player * Mikhail Kolesov (1895–1965), actor * Alexander Kolobaev (1901–1980), actor * Mikhail Kondratiev (1906–1984), actor * Tatyana Lavrova (1911–2004), opera singer (lyric-coloratura soprano) * Olga Lebzak (1914–1983), actress *

Leonid Lukov Leonid Davydovich Lukov (; 2 May 1909 – 24 April 1963) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. He directed 25 films between 1930 and 1963. Leonid Lukov was named People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1957 and awarded the Stalin Prize twice ...

(1909–1963) — film director *

Askold Makarov Askold Anatolievich Makarov (; 3 May 1925 – 25 December 2000) was a Russian ballet dancer and ballet professor, leading soloist at the Kirov Ballet during the 1960s and early 1970s. Director of the Saint Petersburg State Academic Ballet from 1976 ...

(1925-2000), ballet dancer * Irina Maslennikova (1918-2013), opera singer *

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 * Fakhri Nasretdinov (1911–1986), opera singer * Alexander Nikitin (1908–1984), chief director of the Rostov Regional Drama Theater named after M. Gorky * Nikolai Plotnikov (1897–1979), actor, director * Boris Pokrovsky (1912–2009), opera director * Elena Ponsova (1907–1966), actress * Daniil Pokhitonov (1878–1957), conductor * Nikolai Prozorov (1907–1988), actor * Alexander Ptushko (1900–1973), film director, cinematographer, animator, screenwriter, artist *

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), actor, director * Natalia Rashevskaya (1893–1962), actress and director * Maryam Rahmankulova (1901–1990), singer (mezzo-soprano) and composer * Alexandra Remizova (1903–1989), actress * Pyotr Reshetnikov (1915–1960), actor of the Yakut Musical Drama Theater. * Sirkka Rikka (1912–2002), singer * Nikolai Rodionov (1906-2000), actor * Toivo Romppainen (1901–1976), actor * Magafura Saligaskarova (1922-2015), singer * Georgy Salnikov (1909–1983), theater 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 * Boris Smirnov (1908–1982), actor * Nikolai Smirnov-Sokolsky (1898–1962), actor * Tamara Smirnova-Valentinova (1911—??), actress * Evgeny Sokovnin (1904–1973), opera director. * Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy (1907–1979), composer * Nikolay Sosnin (1884–1962), actor * Mukharbi Sonov (1916–1957), actor * Galina Stanislavova (1920–2003), opera singer * Anna Strizhova (1898–1971), actress * Elizaveta Tima-Kachalova (1884–1968), actress * Elizaveta Tomberg (1909–1988), actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1959) *Vladimir Uskov (1907–1980), actor * Tatiana Ustinova (1909–1999), Chief choreographer of the M. E. Pyatnitsky State Russian Drama Choir. * Boris Fenster (1916–1960), ballet dancer * Bruno Freundlich (1909–2002), actor * Fuad Khalitov (1909–1981), actor * Vasily Khvatov (1891–1975), director and conductor of the orchestra of the M. E. Pyatnitsky State Russian Folk Choir. * Gabdulla Shamukov (1909–1981), theater actor * Sergei Shaposhnikov (1911–1973), opera singer * Georgy Shebuyev (1891–1974), actor * Alla Shelest (1919–1998), ballerina * Nisson Shkarovsky (1904–1964), conductor * Ninel Yultieva (1926-2014), ballerina * Elena Junger (1910–1999), actress * Sergey Yutkevich (1904–1985), film director,

(1962) * Irma Jaunzem (1897–1975), chamber singer * Ivan Yashugin (1907–1992), singer (bass) 1958 * Viktor Akimov (1902–1980), actor * Vladimir Andrianov (1906–1985), Soviet actor and theater director * Suren Babloev (1918–1979), choral conductor, People's Artist of the USSR (1978) * Leonid Baratov (1895–1964), Soviet theater director * Irina Bugrimova (1910-2001), circus performer and trainer * Ivan Vutiras (1914–1976), singer * Lev Golovanov (1926-2015), dancer * Boris Dolin (1903–1976), film director * Anna Egorova (1915–1995), singer * Isidor Zak (1909–1998), conductor * Tamara Seifert (1918–2005), dancer * Yulia Zolotareva (1929-2010), opera singer * Ivan Kartashov (1909–1981), ballet dancer * Pyotr Kirsanov (1902–1977), actor * Maria Knebel (1898–1985), actress, director, theater teacher * Georgy Kolyshkin (1904–1985), choral conductor * Galina Kramova (1900–1974), actress * Lydia Krupenina (Grevtsova) (1928-2016), ballet dancer. * Kuzma Lozhkin (1909–1981), actor * Anatoly Lyudmilin (1903–1966), conductor * Konstantin Massalitinov (1905–1979), choral conductor * Alexander Mashkov (1909–1999), actor * Maria Mordasova (1915–1997), singer * Konstantin Nassonov (1895–1963), actor * Pyotr Nekrasov (1889–1963), actor, director * Valery Nelsky (1906–1990), dramatic actor * Tamara Oganezova (1895–1976), theater actress * Stepan Ozhigin (1916–1992), theater actor * Vera Okuneva (1891–1976), actress * Alexander Pastunov (1906–1960), actor *

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 performer, clown * Emile Renard-Kio (1894–1965), illusionist * Mikhail Rumyantsev (1901–1983), circus performer * Vladislav Sokolov (1908–1993), choral conductor,

(1966) * Mikhail Tuganov (1900–1974), circus performer * Joseph Tumanov (1909–1981), actor, theater director *

Leonid Utesov 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), singer, actor,

(1965). * Valentin Filatov (1920–1979), circus performer * Alexey Chernov (1908–1979), theater and film actor. * Firs Shishigin (1908–1985), theater director 1959 * Vasily Alchevsky (1904–1975), operetta artist * Serafim Anikeev (1904–1962), theater and film actor * Badma Baldakov (1918–1974), opera singer * Veronika Borisenko (1918–1995), opera singer * Buda Vampilov (1920–2002), actor *

Leonid Gallis Leonid ( ; ; ) is a Slavic version of the given name Leonidas. The French version is Leonide. People with the name include: * Leonid Agutin (born 1968), Russian pop musician and songwriter * Leonid Andreyev (1871–1919), Russian playwright a ...

(1911–1977), theater and film actor * Choizhi-Nima Geninov (1907–1965), actor of the Buryat Drama Theater. * Vladimir Zeldin (1915-2016), theater and film actor * Zinaida Zorich (1892–1971), dramatic actress * Vladimir Ivanovsky (1912–2004) — opera singer * Daria Karpova (1914–2003), actress *

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, People's Artist of the USSR (1965) * Toivo Lankinen (1907–1970), actor * Lydia Mosolova (1918–1996), actress * Nadezhda Nadezhdina (1908–1979), ballerina, choreographer * Alexander Ognivtsev (1920–1981), opera singer * Alexander Parchment (1906–1969), theater director * Nadezhda Petrova (1919-2011), singer * Andrey Popov (1918–1983), theater and film actor, director * Valentin Popov (1907–1987), singer *

Grigori Roshal Grigori Lvovich Roshal (; 21 October 1899 – 11 January 1983) was a Soviet film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1967). Biography Grigori Roshal was born on 21 in October 1899 (according to other sources eithe ...

(1899–1983), film director * Larisa Sakhyanova (1930-2001), ballerina, People's Artist of the USSR (1963) * Helmer-Rainer Sinisalo (1920–1989), composer and flutist * Antonina Sobolshchikova-Samarina (1892–1971), actress, People's Artist of the USSR (1968) * Vladimir Halmatov (1912–1969), actor * Vsevolod Yakut (1912–1991), theater and film actor * Nikolai Yanet (1893–1978), operetta artist

1960

* Rabadan Abakarov (1917–1995), circus performer, tightrope walker, acrobat * Ekaterina Alexandrovskaya (1899–1973), theater and film actress * Boris Alekseev (1911–1973), theater actor * Lyudmila Antonyuk (1921-2001), theater and film actress * Evgeny Belyaev (1926–1994), singer * Konstantin Vinogradov (1899–1980), choirmaster * Olga Vlasova (1906–1993), operetta actress * Yaragi Hajikurbanov (1917–1997), circus performer, tightrope walker * Meer Gerst (1908–1986), director * Feodosia Dembitskaya (1901–2002), actress * Nikolai Dubinsky (1911–1973), actor * Veronika Dudarova (1916–2009), conductor * Vladimir Dudin (1909–1982), director * Kuna Dyshekova (1917–2003), actress * Dmitry Zhuravlev (1900–1991), actor, master of artistic expression * Ivan Zagorsky (1899–1973), actor, director * Mikhail Zimbovsky (1889–1970), dramatic actor * Alexander Ivanov (1898–1984), film director, People's Artist of the USSR (1964) * Serafima Ikaeva (1909–1993), actress * Galina Isaeva (1915–2006), ballerina * Varvara Karginova (1908–1975), theater and film actress * Tamara Kariayeva (1915–1989), actress * Tatiana Karpova (1916-2018), actress * Vladimir Kozel (1919–1988), theater and film actor * Antonina Kolotilova (1890–1962), choirmaster *

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

(born 1933), ballerina * Georgy Kugushev (1896–1971), actor and director * Alim Kurumov (1911–1974) was a Kumyk theater actor and director. * Muradkhan Kukhmazov (1914–1986), actor * Martin Lusinyan (1896–1983), operetta artist * Anatoly Marenich (1905–1972), operetta artist *

Vasily Mikhailov Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy (Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasily I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 * Vasily II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...

(1898–1961), actor * Zainab Nabieva (1912–1994), actress * Nikolai Nepokoychitsky (1910–1969), theater actor * Vera Orlova (1918–1993), theater actress *

Alla Osipenko Alla Yevgenyevna Osipenko (; 16 June 1932 – 12 May 2025) was a Soviet ballerina and ballet teacher. One of the last pupils of Agrippina Vaganova, Osipenko became a prima ballerina of the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad in 1954. She danced both clas ...

(born 1932), ballet dancer * Tatiana Peltzer (1904–1992), theater and film actress, later People's Artist of the USSR * Sergey Prostyakov (1911–1997), actor * Alexey Sergeev (1919–1998), singer,

(1967) * Elena Fadeeva (1914–1999), theater and film actress * Yuli Khmelnitsky (1904–1997), director * Lyudmila Chernysheva (1908–1963), actress

Miscellaneous

This title is not to be confused with the title which is spelled in Russian ''Народный художник РСФСР'', and which was granted for achievements in the

visual arts The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...

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