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    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...
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    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...
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    actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Alexander Golovin (1863–1930), theater artist, painter Vasily Kachalov (1875–1948), theater actor. People's Artist...
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    Muslim Magomayev (musician) (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Order of the Red Banner of Labour (USSR, 1971) Order of Friendship of Peoples (USSR, 1980) Titles People's Artist of the USSR (1973) People's Artiste of the...
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    Tamara Sinyavskaya (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    1943) is a Russian mezzo-soprano from the Bolshoi Theatre. She was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1982. In 1997, planet 4981 Sinyavskaya...
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  • a list of People's Artists of the USSR, a honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union between 1936 and 1991. The list covers both the award for...
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  • Category:People's Artists of the USSR) and "народный художник" (awarded in some visual arts: painting drawing, and photography, see e.g., Category:People's Artists...
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    Aleksandra Pakhmutova (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    achieved fame in her homeland in the 1960s. She was awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1984. She was born on November 9, 1929, in Beketovka (now...
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    Oleg Popov (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Russian clown and circus artist. He was awarded People's Artist of the USSR in 1969. Popov was born on 31 July 1930, the son of a clock-repairman. At age...
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    Yury Yakovlev (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    2013) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1976. Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles...
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    Oleg Yankovsky (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia Pilyavskaya [ru], the last person to be named a People's Artist of the USSR. Oleg...
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    Georgiy Zhzhonov (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    popular actor. He was appointed People's Artist of the USSR in 1980. Zhzhonov's parents grew up in a peasant family from the Tver Region. His mother was his...
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    Nikolay Cherkasov (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    named People's Artist of the USSR in 1947. He was born in Saint Petersburg (later Petrograd in 1914, and Leningrad from 1924 to 1991) into the family of a...
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  • Olympic champion Kirill Lavrov (1925–2007), Russian actor and People's Artist of the USSR Mikhail Lavrov (1799–1882), Russian rear-admiral and Arctic explorer...
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    Vasily Lanovoy (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    the KGB Prize, the Lenin Prize, and the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 2019, he received the title of Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation...
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    Kirill Kondrashin (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    was a Soviet and Russian conductor. People's Artist of the USSR (1972). Kondrashin was born in Moscow to a family of orchestral musicians. Having spent...
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    Galina Vishnevskaya (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their...
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    Aleksey Batalov (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    acclaimed for his portrayal of noble and positive characters. He was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and a Hero of Socialist Labour in 1989....
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    Frunzik Mkrtchyan (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    greatest actors of the Soviet period among Armenians and the USSR as a whole. He received the prestigious People's Artist of the USSR award in 1984. Mher...
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    Kirill Lavrov (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985), Order of Lenin recipient (1985) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003)...
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  • Grigory Chukhray (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. People's Artist of the USSR (1981). He's the father of the Russian film director Pavel Chukhray. Grigory...
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  • of the USSR Boris Alexandrovich Alexandrov (1905-1994), Conductor of Alexandrov Ensemble, composer, People's Artist of the USSR, and Hero of Socialist...
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    Elena Obraztsova (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    awarded the People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. As a child, Obraztsova lived in Leningrad through the severe long...
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    Marina Kondratyeva (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Kondratyeva served on the jury of the Benois de la Danse competition in 2003 and 2013. She was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR. In 2013, Kondratyeva...
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    Yuri Nikulin (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. He also received a number of state awards, including the prestigious...
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  • Ants Eskola (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Soviet and Estonian actor, singer and artist. He appeared in 25 films from 1930 to 1979. People's Artist of the USSR (1964). His younger brother was actor...
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    Edita Piekha (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    countries. In 1988 she was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR. In 1996, Piekha was named a living legend in the Ovation Award, along with such...
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  • Otar Taktakishvili (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    Will Say the Truth 1982 — The Law of Eternity 1984 — Monday - Usual Day People's Artist of Georgia (1961) People's Artist of the USSR (1974) USSR State Prize...
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    Sergei Bondarchuk (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    was made both a Hero of Socialist Labour and a People's Artist of the USSR. Sergei Fyodorovich Bondarchuk was born in the village of Bilozerka (now in Kherson...
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    Nani Bregvadze (category People's Artists of the USSR)
    pedagogue, people's artist of the USSR (1983). She was born, raised, and started her career in Soviet Georgia in the USSR, then gained USSR-wide popularity...
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