List of People's Artists of the USSR

This is a list of People's Artists of the USSR, an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union 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.Музалевский М. В., Иванов В. Л. «Народные артисты Советского Союза». В 2-х томах.. — М.: РИЦ "Кавалер", 2007.

1936

Konstantin Stanislavski (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 (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 (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 (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 (1873–1950), opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano) Boris Shchukin (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 (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 (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 (1912–1957) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano)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 (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 (1883–1946) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), composer and conductor, founder of the Alexandrov EnsembleБольшая 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 (1898–1973) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), movie and theatre actress Nikolai Khmelyov (1901–1945), stage actor Mikhail Tarkhanov (1877–1948), movie and theatre actor Halima Nosirova (1913—2003MILLIY KUTUBXONA), singer (soprano) Valeria Barsova (1892–1967), opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano)Архивы России. Архивные справочники Ksenia Derzhinskaya (1889–1951), opera singer (dramatic soprano)Архивы России. Архивные справочники Nadezhda Obukhova (1886–1961), singer (mezzo soprano)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 (1899–1964) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), opera singer (bass)Музыкальная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. Ю. В. Келдыш. Том 4. Окунев — Симович. 976 с ил. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1978 год Mark Reizen (1895–1992) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), opera singer (bass) []. Гл. ред. Г. В. Келдыш. М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1990 Samuil Samosud (1884–1964), conductor Elena Stepanova (1891–1978), opera singer (lyric coloratura soprano)Театральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1965, Том 4. Нежин — Сярев 1152 стб. с илл., 6 л. илл. Lev Steinberg (1870–1945), conductor and composer Boris Dobronravov (1896–1949) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), stage and film actor Mikhail Klimov (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 (1868–1959), theater actress Alexander Ostuzhev (1874–1953), theater actor Vera Pashennaya (1887–1962), theater and film actress Varvara Ryzhova (1871–1963), actress of theater and cinema Prov Sadovsky, jr. (1874–1947), theater actor and director Aleksandra Yablochkina (1866–1964), theater actress

1938 Ivan Yershov (1867–1943), opera singer (dramatic tenor)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 (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 (1885–1948), composer, conductor, publicist, playwright Reinhold Glière (1875–1956), composer and conductor Shovkat Mammadova (1897–1981), singer (lyric coloratura soprano)

1939 Yuri Yuriev (1872–1948), stage actor Pavel Zakharovich Andreev (1874–1950), opera singer (bass baritone), soloist of the Kirov Theatre Vera Michurina-Samoilova (1866–1948), actress of the Alexandrinsky Theatre Solomon Mikhoels (1890–1948), actor and the artistic director of the Moscow State Jewish TheaterУказ Президиума Верховного Совета СССР от 31 марта 1939 г. «О присвоении С. Михоэлсу звания народного артиста СССР» 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), singer (lyric coloratura soprano), soloist of the Yerevan Opera Theatre

1940

Hnat Yura (1888–1966), director, actor of theatre and film, founder of the Ivan Franko National Academic Drama TheaterГнат (Игнатий) Юра — биография — советские актёры — Кино-Театр. РУ 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 Ivan Kozlovsky (1900–1993) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), opera singer (lyric tenor), soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre Maxim Mikhailov (1893–1971) (bypassing the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR), opera singer (bass), soloist of the Bolshoi Theatre 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), 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 Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theater Vasily Vasilko (1893–1972), theater actor, director, art director of the Odessa Academic Ukrainian Music and Drama Theater Zoia Gaidai (1902–1965), opera soprano, soloist of the National Opera of UkraineГАЙДАЙ Зоя Михайловна // Вокально-энциклопедический словарь Andrey Alekseevich Ivanov (1900–1970), opera singer, soloist of the National Opera of Ukraine 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 Ivan Maryanenko (1878–1962), theater actor Ivan Patorzhinsky (1896–1960), opera singer (bass) Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), composer Boris Romanitsky (1891–1988), actor, theater director Nikolai Smolich (1888–1968), theater director Natalia Uzhviy (1898–1986), theater and movie actress Konstantin Khokhlov (1885–1956), actor and theater directorТеатральная энциклопедия. Гл. ред. П. А. Марков М.: Советская энциклопедия, 1967, Том 5 стр 647 Yuri Shumsky (1887–1954), actor and theater director Vladimir Grigoryevich Zakharov (1901–1956), composer Nikolai Yakovlev (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 (1899–1968), actor and director Boris Asafyev (1884–1949), composer and musicologist Aleksandr Goldenweiser (1875–1961), pianist, teacher and composer Konstantin Igumnov (1873–1948), pianist Nikolai Myaskovsky (1881–1950), composer

1947 Nikolay Cherkasov (1903–1966), theater and movie actor Vladimir Gardin (1877–1965), film director, screenwriter and actor (for 70th birthday)

1948 Grigori Aleksandrov (1903–1983), film director Ivan Bersenev (1889–1951), theater actor and director, movie actor Sergei Vasilyev (1900–1959), film director Gleb Glebov (1899–1967), theater and movie actor Nikolai Golovanov (1891–1953), conductor, pianist and composer Borisas Dauguvietis (1885–1949), theater actor, director and playwright Yuri Zavadsky (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 (1894–1973), theater actor and director, movie actor Nikolay Okhlopkov (1900–1967), theater and movie actor and director Aleksey Dmitrievich Popov (1892–1961), theater director and pedagogyst Vsevolod Pudovkin (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 (1901–1968), film director Natan Rakhlin (1906–1979), conductor and pedagogyst Eduards Smiļģis (1886–1966), theater actor and director Mikheil Chiaureli (1894–1974), movie director Fridrikh Ermler (1898–1967), movie director Olga Androvskaya (1898–1975), theater and film actress Alexey Gribov (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