People's Artist of Russia

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (Народный артист Российской Федерации, Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation, all outstanding in the performing arts, whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.).

It succeeded both the all-Soviet Union "People's Artist of the USSR" award (Народный артист СССР), and more directly the local republic's "People's Artist of the RSFSR" award (Народный артист РСФСР), after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Now, the status of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation has risen above that of the earlier RSFSR award.

There are presently two levels to this award:
 * The lower Honored Artist of Russia (Заслуженный артист Zasluzhenniy artist) also translates as "Meritorious Artist". This was equivalent to the earlier «Заслуженный артист РСФСР», which became «Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации».
 * The higher People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России, Narodny artist) is the highest honorary title of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of theater, music, circus, vaudeville and film art.

Receiving the lower Honored... (Заслуженный, Zasluzhenniy artist) award makes the recipient eligible to receive the higher People's... (Народный, Narodny) award at a later time. For example, the light entertainment singer Sergei Georgievich Zakharov was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР) in 1988, then People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России) in 1996.

Categories awarded
The awards may be issued to people working in the following fields:


 * Teacher
 * Artist
 * Agronomist
 * Architect
 * Chemist
 * Miner
 * Veterinarian
 * Military Pilot
 * Military Expert
 * Military Navigator
 * Doctor
 * Geologist
 * Scientist
 * Land surveyor
 * Husbandry
 * Inventor
 * Designer
 * Forester
 * Test Pilot
 * Mechanic
 * Metallurgist
 * Meteorologist
 * Border Guard
 * Community services worker
 * Foreign Service Employee
 * Health Worker
 * Cultural Worker
 * Forestry Worker
 * Oil & Gas Industry Worker
 * Employee of the Food Industry
 * Employee of the Aerospace Industry

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

1992
February 21, 1992 April 6, 1992 May 8, 1992 June 10,1992 June 23, 1992 June 24,1992 June 25,1992 August 25,1992 August 26,1992 August 27,1992 August 31,1992 September 21,1992 September 28,1992 October 13,1992 November 20,1992 December 8,1992 December 31,1992
 * Ivan Krasko (b.1930)— actor
 * Boris Diev (1924–2008) — composer
 * Lyudmila Fedotova (1939–2004), actress and singer
 * Vladimir Bylkov (1938–2004) — theater director
 * Gennady Frolov (1937–2019) — actor
 * Tamara Krasnyuk-Yablokova (1939–2008) — actress
 * Tatyana Samoylova (1934–2014) – actress
 * Tamara Nosova (1927–2007) — actress
 * Harry Grodberg (1929–2016) — organist
 * Yaroslav Baryshev (1942–2013) — actor
 * Pavel Rudakov (1915–1993), concertina player
 * Gelena Velikanova (1923–2008) — singer
 * Izabella Yurieva (1899–2000) — singer
 * Tatyana Vasilyeva (b.1947) — actress
 * Vera Alentova (b.1942) — actress
 * Vadim Abdrashitov (1945–2023) — film director
 * Anatoly Solodilin (1937—2006) — theater actor
 * Svetlana Bragarnik (1944–2023) — theater & films actress
 * Fasil Akhmetov (1935–1998) — Tatar composer
 * Vyacheslav Mochalov (1938–2010) — choirmaster
 * Irina Nekrasova (b.1938) — Gypsy actress
 * Yuri Lyubimov (1917–2014) — actor
 * Viktor Smirnov (1945–2017) — actor
 * Albina Zotova (b.1939) — circus performer, equestrian, illusionist
 * Gennady Bortnikov (1939–2007) — actor
 * Margarita Kypriyanova (1924–2005) — theater actress
 * Liya Radina (1921–2000) — theater actress
 * Vladimir Chermyaninov(1929–2009) — theater actress
 * Raisa Ibragimova (1951–2012) — tamer
 * Grant Ibragimov (b.1951) — tamer
 * Rustam Kaseev (1929–1997) — tamer
 * Nikolay Pavlenko (b.1943) — tamer
 * Vladimir Petrunin (b.1948) — ballet dancer
 * Konstantin Raikin (b.1950) — actor
 * Zhanna Polovtseva — soloist of the choir
 * Pavel Lebeshev (1940–2003) —cinematographer
 * Aleksandr Knyazhevskiy (1936–1996) — cinematographer
 * Nikolay Ivanov (1943–2020) – actor

1993
January 15,1993 February 2,1993 February 20,1993 March 2,1993 March 18,1993 April 23,1993 May 7,1993 May 13,1993 May 22,1993 June 1,1993 June 16,1993 Jule 3,1993 Jule 14,1993 Jule 27,1993  August 20,1993 October 26,1993 October 28,1993 November 23,1993 November 30,1993 December 16,1993 December 18,1993 December 20,1993
 * Vadim Zhukov (1934–2021) — director of the puppet theater
 * Aleksandr Lomonosov (b.1939) — opera singer
 * Orzeta Bekuzarova (1934–2007) — Ossetian theater actress
 * Yuri Gorobets (1932–2022) — actor
 * Leonarda Brushtain (1935–1999) — violinist
 * Mikhail Kopelman (b.1947) — violinist
 * Lyalya Bobrova (1939–2021) — Gypsy actress
 * Gennady Piskunov (1939–2020) — opera singer
 * Olga Volkova (b.1939) — actress
 * Tahir Mateulin (1935–2005) — actor
 * Pyotr Fomenko (1932–2012) — director
 * Yevgeny Steblov (b.1945) — actor
 * Emilia Tsallagova (b.1947) — opera singer (soprano)
 * Leonid Heifets (1934–2022) — theater director
 * Leonid Psenichnyi (b.1944) — soloist of the song and dance ensemble
 * Anatoly Lubimov (b.1941) — oboist
 * Ludmila Kravtsova (1947–2010) — theater actress
 * Valentina Zavorotnyk (b.1943) — theater actress
 * Irina Zhurina (b.1946) – opera singer
 * Boris Khimichev (1933–2014) – actor
 * Valentina Tokarskaya (1906–1996) — actress
 * Ivan Stepanov (b.1945) — opera singer
 * Semyon Okoshnikov (1944–2019) — opera singer
 * Georgy Garanian (1934–2010) — musician
 * Pavel Slobodkin (1945–2017) — composer
 * Viktor Ivanov (b.1941) — military conductor, colonel
 * Mirian Dgangisherashvili (1943–2018) — theater director
 * Vladimir Kydryashov (1939–2006) — opera singer
 * Vladimir Tonha (b.1941) — violinist
 * Raisa Dement (b.1941) — Gypsy actress
 * Lev Dodin (b.1944) — theatre director
 * Mikhail Matveev (1937–2000) — actor
 * Yuri Evtushenko (b.1943) — guslar
 * Ruzhena Sikora (1916–2006) — singer
 * Iosif Mataev (1940–2018) — choreographer
 * Vasiliy Shtefutsa (b.1936) — singer
 * Andrey Abramenkov (1935–2023) — fiddler
 * Sergei Solovyov (1944–2021) — director
 * Gugren Tonunst (1922–1997) — actor
 * Olga Ostroumova (b.1947) — actress
 * Gleb Lapiado (1926–2007) — jockey
 * Galina Petrinskaya (1935–2000) — aerialist
 * Evgeny Knyazev (b.1942) — theater actor
 * Valentina Morozova (b.1953) — ballet dancer
 * Leonid Nikolaev (1940–2009) — conductor
 * Tatyana Sterling (b.1942) — opera singer
 * Vitaliy Tihonov (b.1938) — acrobat
 * Tatyana Bochtaryova (b.1953) — soloist of the Cossack choir

1994
January 6,1994 January 11,1994 February 9,1994 February 12,1994 March 1,1994 March 14,1994 March 21,1994 April 11,1994 May 6,1994 May 26,1994 June 3,1994 June 28,1994 Jule 6,1994 August 29,1994 September 12,1994 December 1,1994 December 29,1994
 * Pavel Ovsyannikov (b.1951) —military conductor
 * Oleg Baglukov (b.1940) — theater actor
 * Vladimir Knestikov (1950–1999) — theater actor
 * Aleksander Sklyarov (1949–2023) — accordion player
 * Andrey Kozhevnikov (1933–2011) — conductor
 * Igor Voronov (b.1953) — soloist of the male vocal quartet
 * Valeriy Volhovskiy (1938–2003) — director of the puppet theater
 * Yulia Abakumovskaya (b.1942) — opera singer
 * Semyon Aranovich (1934–1996) — director of photography
 * Aleksey German (1938–2013) —director of photography
 * Ernst Romanov (1936–2024) — actor
 * Valentin Feigin (1934–1995) — cellist
 * Vladimir Matveev (1939–2017) — actor
 * Boris Kiselyov (1943–2016) —theater actor
 * Valentina Iltsaranova (1939–2010) — Kalmyk singer
 * Georgy Butuhanov (b.1932) — theater actor
 * Valeriy Ivchenko (1939–2024) — actor
 * Nina Usatova (b.1951) — actress
 * Temur Chkheidze (1943–2022) — theater director
 * Nikolai Yeremenko Jr. (1949–2001) — actor
 * Andrey Martynov (b.1945) — actor
 * Valery Nosik (1940–1995) — actor
 * Irina Muravyova (b.1949) — actress
 * Eduard Bernadskiy (1942–2014) — circus performer
 * Aleksandr Popov (b.1940) — circus performer
 * Maria Bulova (b.1956) — ballet dancer
 * Tatyana Erastova (b.1947) — opera singer
 * Eduard Markin (b.1941) — choirmaster
 * Mikhail Sales (b.1946) — theater director & actor
 * Yuriy Novohizhin (b.1942) — Theater actor
 * Ivan Permyakov (b.1944) — soloist of the folk choir
 * Vera Chaika (b.1947) — opera singer
 * Albert Tarakanov (b.1938) — pianist
 * Nikolay Kuchev (1927–2002) — actor
 * Elena Mishina (b.1941) — actress of the puppet theater
 * Vladimir Lubyshkin (b.1946) — soloist of the folk choir
 * Gennadi Yukhtin (1932–2022) — actor
 * Georgy Natanson (1921–2017) — director
 * Yevgeni Gerasimov (b.1951) — actor
 * Pavel Kogan (b.1952) — conductor
 * Anatoly Sobolev (1939–2012) — conductor
 * Raisa Goncharova (b.1954) — soloist of Cossaks choir
 * Anatoly Lizvinskiy (1947–2008) — soloist of Cossaks choir
 * Boris Shcherbakov (b.1949) — actor
 * Anatoly Ivanov (1941–2009) — theater director
 * Alexander Galkovsky (1945–2016) — violist
 * Aleksander Korchagin (1945–2022) — violist
 * Sergey Pishugin (b.1941) — violist
 * Andrey Shishlov (1945–2016) — violist
 * Olga Antonova (b.1937)
 * Igor Gavrish (b.1945) — violist
 * Natalia Gerasimova (b.1950) — soloist of choir
 * Leonid Nevedomsky (1939–2018) — actor
 * Anatoly Pustokhin (b.1938) — actor
 * Lidiya Yatsunuch (b.1950) — opera singer
 * Natalya Tenyakova (b.1944) — actress
 * Sergey Baikov — opera singer
 * Aleksander Vetrov (b.1961) — ballet dancer
 * Alla Vasilyeva (1933–2018) — violist
 * Albert Filozov (1937–2016) — actor
 * Boris Novikov (1925–1997) — actor
 * Mikhail Ivanov (1929–1995) — circus performer
 * Oleksandr Bondurianskyi (b.1945) — pianist
 * Vladimir Ivanov (b.1948) — violist
 * Mikhail Utkin (b.1952) — violist
 * Aleksei Zharkov (1948–2016) — actor
 * Kapitolina Lazarenko (1925–2007)
 * Valentina Baranova (b.1951) — opera singer
 * Iya Bobrakova (1927–2012) — theater actress
 * Vladislav Verestnikov (b.1947) — opera singer
 * Vadim Derbenyov (1934—2016) — director
 * Tatyana Klanidchkina (b.1956) — ballet dancer
 * Faina Kostina (b.1939) — actress of puppets theater
 * Ivan Krivoruchko (b.1940) — actor
 * Yevgeny Krylatov (1934–2019) — composer
 * Aleksander Kuimov (1958–2021) — ballet dancer
 * Asiyat Kumratova (b.1940) — soloist of choir
 * Nadezhda Kuular (b.1947) — singer
 * Friedrich Lips (b.1948) — accordionist
 * Rimma Markova (1925–2015) — actress
 * Emilia Moskvitina (b.1939) —harpist
 * Viktor Pliner (1915–1999) — circus performer
 * Igor Shibanov (1944–2019) — actor
 * Stepan Denisov (b.1941) — tiger and bear trainer
 * Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti (1928–2014) — circus performer
 * Liya Akhedzhakova (b.1938) — actress
 * Yevgeny Bilyauar (b.1947) — circus performer
 * Anatoly Vasilyev (b.1946) — actor
 * Adam Visitaev (b.1948) — circus performer
 * Edison Denisov (1929–1996) — composer
 * Yuriy Loevskiy (b.1939) — violist


 * Viktor Pavlov (1940–2006) — actor
 * Lyubov Polishchuk (1949–2006) — actress


 * Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov (1939–2012) — actor, director
 * Mikhail Rozhkov (1918–2018) — balalaika player
 * Aleksey Sarach (b.1943) — circus performer

1995
January 27,1995 March 17,1995
 * Yuri Avsharov (1937–2010) — actor
 * Boris Arzhanov (1942–2021) — actor
 * Zinire Atnabaeva (1934–2013) — theater actress
 * Irina Bochkova (1938–2020) — violist
 * Vladimir Bychkov (1928–2024) — ballet dancer
 * Boris Vetrov (b.1943) — Theater actress
 * Vladimir Vlasenko (b.1932) — singer and bassoonist
 * Rustem Gabdullin (b.1944) — contrabass player
 * Pyotr Karpov (1947–2020) — the operetta artist
 * Vyacheslav Kruglov (b.1945) — performer on domra and mandolin
 * Roman Ledenev (1930–2019) — composer
 * Galina Midzyaeva (b.1941) — theater actress
 * Natalya Pankova (b.1951) — pianist
 * Vladimir Rubin (1924–2019) — composer
 * Nikolay Simachev (1927–1996) — ballet dancer
 * Leonid Solovyov (1940–2010) — theater actor
 * Larisa Cycheva (b.1954) — ballet dancer
 * Nina Terentieva (b.1946) — opera singer
 * Ekaterina Shavrina (b.1942) — folk-singer
 * Anatoly Bazhalkin (b.1949) — Lieutenant Colonel
 * Nina Ananiashvili (b.1963) —ballet dancer
 * Grigoriy Getsov (1918–2000) — theater actor
 * Galina Zaitseva (b.1947) — opera singer
 * Aleksandr Mezentsev (1951–2005) — actor
 * Nikolai Prokopovich (1925–2005) — actor
 * Nina Sharova-Zaspanova (1918–2006) — actress
 * Mikhail Yanko (b.1950) — actor
 * Yevgeniya Glushenko – actress
 * Dmitri Hvorostovsky – singer
 * Igor Kostolevsky – actor
 * Savva Kulish – director
 * Gennady Pasko – painter
 * Yevgeniya Simonova – actress
 * Vladimir Verbitsky – conductor

1996

 * Svetlana Bezrodnaya – violinist
 * Alexander Burdonsky – theater director
 * Nikolai Burlyayev – actor
 * Vyacheslav Dobrynin – composer, singer
 * Valery Fokin – theatre director
 * Valery Gergiev – conductor
 * Nadezhda Gracheva – ballet dancer
 * Igor Krutoy – composer
 * Valery Leontiev – singer
 * Tamara Miansarova – singer
 * Yuriy Norshteyn – director
 * Valery Polyansky – conductor
 * Natalya Seleznyova – actress
 * Nikolay Serebryakov – director
 * Mikhail Svetin – actor
 * Margarita Terekhova – actress
 * Sergei Zakharov – singer

1997

 * Yuri Antonov – musician
 * Victor Balashov – radio host
 * Valery Lantratov- ballet dancer
 * Alexander Lenkov – actor
 * Alexander Malinin – musician
 * Vladimir Matorin – singer
 * Klara Novikova – actress
 * Kirill Tikhonov – conductor

1998

 * Olga Barnet – actress
 * Vitali Konyayev – actor
 * Fuat Mansurov – conductor
 * Sergey Migitsko – actor
 * Yuri Nikolaev – TV and radio host, actor
 * Maria Pakhomenko – singer
 * Boris Plotnikov – actor
 * Gennadi Poloka – actor, director
 * Nina Ruslanova – actress
 * Sergei Skripka – conductor
 * Larisa Udovichenko – actress
 * Emmanuil Vitorgan – actor
 * Sergei Makovetsky – actor

1999

 * Alla Bayanova – singer
 * Andrei Chistyakov – conductor
 * Valentin Dikul – circus performer
 * Vladimir Ilyin – actor
 * Alexander Gradsky – musician
 * David Goloschekin – musician
 * Nadezhda Kadysheva – singer
 * Mikhail Kononov – actor
 * Aristarkh Livanov – actor
 * Lyudmila Polyakova – actress
 * Andrey Makarevich – musician
 * Tatyana Piletskaya – actress
 * Joseph Raihelgauz – theatre director
 * Alexey Rybnikov – composer
 * Alexey Sheynin – actor
 * Nikolai Sorokin – actor
 * Eduard Artemyev - composer

2000

 * Ivan Bortnik – actor
 * Tatyana Dogileva – actress
 * Taisia Kornilova — circus performer
 * Evgeny Brazhnik – conductor
 * Aleksandr Misharin (screenwriter)
 * Dmitry Nazarov – actor
 * Emilyano Ochagaviya – actor
 * Yuri Sarantsev – actor
 * Alla Surikova – director
 * Svetlana Morgunova – dictor

2001

 * Lev Borisov – actor
 * Zakhar Bron – violinist
 * Boris Bystrov – actor
 * Lydia Davydova – singer
 * Sergei Filin – ballet dancer
 * Oleg Gazmanov – singer
 * Boris Khmelnitsky – actor
 * Georgi Movsesyan – composer
 * Ilya Oleynikov – actor
 * Yuriy Stoyanov – actor
 * Slava Polunin – circus performer, actor
 * Alexander Rosenbaum – musician
 * Vladimir Steklov – actor
 * Nikolay Tsiskaridze – ballet dancer
 * Alexandra Zakharova – actress

2002

 * Olga Borodina – singer
 * Gennady Gladkov – composer
 * Boris Klyuyev – actor
 * Tatyana Kravchenko – actress
 * Vladimir Ponkin – conductor
 * Stahan Rakhimov – singer
 * Nikolay Rastorguyev – singer
 * Karen Shakhnazarov – filmmaker
 * Elena Yakovleva – actress
 * Leonid Yakubovich – actor
 * Alla Yoshpe – singer
 * Ludmila Senchina – singer

2003

 * Kama Ginkas – theatre director
 * Igor Kashintsev – actor
 * Andrey Kovalchuk – sculptor
 * Oleg Menshikov – actor
 * Leonid Nechayev – director
 * Viktor Rakov – actor
 * Ilya Reznik – poet
 * Andrei Smirnov – actor, director
 * Zinovy Vysokovsky – actor
 * Aleksandr Zatsepin – composer
 * Mikhail Tanich – poet

2004

 * Oleg Anofriyev – actor, musician
 * Igor Yuryevich Ivanov – actor
 * Zinaida Ignatyeva – pianist
 * Tamara Gverdtsiteli – singer
 * Yevgeny Mironov – actor
 * Alexander Mitta – director
 * Alexander Morozov – composer
 * Vladimir Nazarov – musician
 * Andrey Smolyakov – actor
 * Alexander Sokurov – director
 * Maurice Yaklashkin – conductor
 * Valeriya Zaklunna – actress

2005

 * Sergei Artsibashev – director
 * Yuriy Nazarov – actor
 * Sergei Roldugin – cellist
 * Boris Romanov – actor
 * Raisa Ryazanova – actress
 * Valentin Smirnitsky – actor
 * Svetlana Smirnova – actress
 * Valentin Yudashkin – fashion designer
 * Era Ziganshina – actress

2006

 * Svyatoslav Belza – critic
 * Yuri Bosco – artist
 * Aleksandr Galibin – actor
 * Sergei Garmash – actor
 * Vitaly Logvinovsky – actor
 * Ulyana Lopatkina – ballet dancer
 * Alexander Pyatkov – actor
 * Angelina Vovk – actress
 * Slava Zaitsev – fashion designer
 * Marina Zudina – actress

2007

 * Irina Alfyorova – actress
 * Aleksandr Domogarov – actor
 * Margarita Fyodorova – pianist
 * Vladimir Galouzine – singer
 * Aleksei Guskov – actor
 * Dmitry Kharatyan – actor
 * Irina Rozanova – actress
 * Diana Vishneva – ballet dancer
 * Konstantin Lopushansky – director

2008

 * Sergey Bezrukov – actor
 * Yuri Chernov – actor
 * Philipp Kirkorov – singer
 * Yulia Makhalina – ballet dancer
 * Anna Netrebko – singer
 * Svetlana Zakharova – prima-ballerina

2009

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

2010

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

2011

 * Igor Butman – saxophonist
 * Fyodor Dobronravov – actor
 * Vera Glagoleva – actress and film director
 * Andrei Khrzhanovsky – film director
 * Denis Matsuev – pianist
 * Lev Matyushin - sculptor
 * Boris Nevzorov – actor, director
 * Irma Nioradze – ballet dancer

2012

 * Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer
 * Konstantin Khabensky – actor
 * Chulpan Khamatova – actress
 * Bedros Kirkorov – singer
 * Hibla Gerzmava – opera singer
 * Mariya Aronova – actress

2013

 * Nikolai Chindyajkin – actor
 * Nikolai Lugansky – pianist
 * Natalya Gvozdikova – actress
 * Lev Prygunov – actor
 * Igor Sklyar – actor
 * Aleksandr Trofimov – actor
 * Valeriya – singer

2014

 * Valery Khalilov – conductor, composer

2015

 * Arkady Arkanov – actor (posthumous)
 * Kseniya Rappoport – actress

2016

 * Vladimir Nosik – actor
 * Yuliya Rutberg – actress
 * Alexander Sladkovsky – conductor
 * Igor Vernik – actor

2017

 * Olga Pogodina – actress

2018

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

2019

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

2020

 * Anna Kovalchuk - actress
 * Felix Korobov - conductor
 * Aleksei Kravchenko - actor
 * Maria Mironova - actress

2021

 * Andrey Ilyin - actor
 * Galina Tyunina - actress
 * Anita Tsoy - singer
 * Natalia Vdovina - actress

2022

 * Vladislav Vetrov - actor
 * Elena Sanayeva - actress
 * Alexander Kniazev - cellist, organist
 * Vadim Repin - violinist
 * Diana Gurtskaya - singer
 * Stas Mikhaylov - singer
 * Grigory Leps - singer
 * Igor Matvienko - composer, producer