People's Artist of Russia

• The lower Honored Artist of Russia 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 is the highest honorary title of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of theater, music, circus, vaudeville and film art.

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People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list)

1992

• Vadim Abdrashitov — film director
• Vera Alentova – actress
• Gennadi Bortnikov – actor
• Ivan I. Krasko – actor
• Yuri Lyubimov – actor
• Tamara Nosova – actress
• Tatiana Samoilova – actress
• Vitaly Solomin – actor
• Tatyana Vasilyeva – actress

  1993

• Lev Dodin – theatre director
• Pyotr Fomenko – film and theatre director
• Georgy Garanian – musician
• Boris Khimichev – actor
• Olga Ostroumova – actress
• Ruzhena Sikora – singer
• Sergei Solovyov – director
• Evgeniy Steblov – actor
• Olga Volkova – actress
• Irina Zhurina – singer

  1994

• Liya Akhedzhakova – actress
• Oleksandr Bondurianskyi – pianist
• Boris Novikov – actor
• Albert Filozov – actor
• Yevgeny Krylatov – composer
• Rimma Markova – actress
• Andrey Martynov – actor
• Irina Muravyova – actress
• Georgy Natanson – director
• Valery Nosik – actor
• Victor Pavlov – actor
• Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti – circus performer
• Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov – actor, director
• Viktor Alexejewitsch Romanko - bayan-virtuoso
• Boris Shcherbakov – actor
• Nina Usatova – actress
• Anatoly Vasilyev – actor
• Gennadi Yukhtin – actor
• Aleksei Zharkov – actor
• Lev Leshchenko – singer

  1995

• Nina Ananiashvili – ballet dancer
• Yevgeniya Glushenko – actress
• Dmitri Hvorostovsky – singer
• Igor Kostolevsky – actor
• Savva Kulish – director
• Gennady Pasko – painter
• Vladimir Rubin – composer
• 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

  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

  2000's

2000

• Ivan Bortnik – actor
• Tatyana Dogileva – actress
• Taisia Kornilova — circus performer
• Evgeny Brazhnik – conductor
• Aleksandr Misharin
• Dmitry Nazarov – actor
• Emilyano Ochagaviya – actor
• Yuri Sarantsev – actor
• Alla Surikova – director

  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
• 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
• Elena Yakovleva – actress
• Leonid Yakubovich – actor
• Alla Yoshpe – 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

  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

  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's

2010

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

  2011

• Fyodor Dobronravov – actor
• Vera Glagoleva – actress and film director
• Andrei Khrzhanovsky – film director
• Denis Matsuev – pianist
• Boris Nevzorov – actor, director
• Irma Nioradze – ballet dancer

  2012

• Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer
• Konstantin Khabensky – actor
• Chulpan Khamatova – actress

  2013

• Nikolai Chindyajkin – actor
• Natalya Gvozdikova – actress
• Lev Prygunov – actor
• Igor Sklyar – actor
• Aleksandr Trofimov – actor
• Valeriya – singer

  2014

• Valery Khalilov – conductor, composer

  2015

• Arkady Arkanov – actor
• Kseniya Rappoport – actress

  2016

• Marina Esipenko – actress
• Nikolay Lazarev – actor
• Vladimir Nosik – actor
• Yuliya Rutberg – actress
• Alexander Sladkovsky – conductor
• Igor Vernik – actor

  2017

• Olga Pogodina – actress

  2018

• Ekaterina Krysanova - ballet dancer
• Viktoria Tereshkina - ballet dancer