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 achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR). This title was one rank below Honored Artist of the RSFSR and one above People's Artist of the USSR.

The title was introduced on 10 August 1931. In 1992, after the Russian SFSR was renamed as the Russian Federation, it was replaced by People's Artist of Russia.

List The year of assignment is not set 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 (1866–1964), theater actress

1918 Feodor Chaliapin (1873–1938), opera singer (bass) 1920s 1920 Maria Ermolova (1853–1928), dramatic actress 1922 Alexander Glazunov (1865–1936), composer Vladimir Davydov (1849–1925), dramatic actor, theater director Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859–1935), composer, conductor and musical figure Alexander Sumbatov (Yuzhin) (1857–1927), actor, playwright, theater worker 1923 Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko (1858–1943), theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Vsevolod Meyerhold (1874–1940), director Leonid Sobinov (1872–1924), opera singer (lyric-dramatic tenor) Konstantin Stanislavsky (1863–1938), theater director. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). 1924 Elena Leshkovskaya (1864–1925), dramatic actress Glikeriya Fedotova (1846–1925), actress 1925 Yekaterina Geltzer (1876–1962), ballerina Antonina Nezhdanova (1873–1950), opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Václav Suk (1861–1933), conductor Ivan Ershov (1867–1943), opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1938). 1926 Pavel Olenev (1869–1932), theater actor Ivan Moskvin (1874–1946), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). 1927 Yuri Yuryev (1872–1948), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1939). 1928 Maria Blumenthal-Tamarina (1859–1938), film and theater actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Alexander Golovin (1863–1930), theater artist, painter Vasily Kachalov (1875–1948), theater actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). Olga Knipper-Chekhov (1868–1959), actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Leonid Leonidov (1873–1941), actor and director of theater and cinema. People's Artist of the USSR (1936). 1929 Stepan Kuznetsov (1879–1932), theater actor 1930s 1931 Robert Adelheim (1860–1934), theater actor Raphael Adelheim (1861–1938), theater actor Aleksandr Goldenweiser (1875–1961), pianist, composer. People's Artist of the USSR (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. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Mikhail Klimov (1880–1942), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Maria Lilina (1866–1943), actress Yevsey Lyubimov-Lanskoy (1883–1943), actor, theater director Varvara Massalitinova (1878–1945), actress Nadezhda Obukhova (1886–1961), opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Vasily Petrov (1875–1937), opera singer (bass) Varvara Ryzhova (1871–1963), actress. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Prov Sadovsky (Jr.) (1874–1947), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Mikhail Tarkhanov (1877–1948), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). 1934 Pavel Andreev (1874–1950), opera singer. People's Artist of the USSR (1939). Agrippina Vaganova (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 (1870–1945) — conductor, composer. People's Artist of the USSR (1937). Nikolai Yakovlev (1869–1950), actor. People's Artist of the USSR (1944). 1935 Boris Babochkin (1904–1975) — actor and director Vladimir Gardin (1877–1965) — actor and director Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), composer Boris Gorin-Goryainov (1883–1944), actor Alisa Koonen (1889–1974) — actress Solomon Mikhoels (1890–1948), actor, theater director Alexander Tairov (1885–1950) — actor and director 1936 Samuil Samosud (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 (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 (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 (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 (1910–1998), ballerina. Grigory Yaron (1893–1963), operetta artist, director 1941 Maria Goldina (1899–1970), opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and teacher Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948), pianist Maya Meltzer (1899–1984), opera singer, director 1942 Yuri Zavadsky (1894–1977), director Nikolai Okhlopkov (1900–1967), actor, director Alexey Popov (1892–1961), director 1943 Nikolai Golovanov (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (1891–1953), composer Faina Ranevskaya (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 (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 (1902–1963), composer. Dmitri Shostakovich (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