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href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D1%8B%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0" title="Народны артыст СССР – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Народны артыст СССР" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0" title="Народен артист на СССР – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Народен артист на СССР" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artista_del_Poble_de_l%27URSS_(arts_esc%C3%A8niques)" title="Artista del Poble de l'URSS (arts escèniques) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Artista del Poble de l'URSS (arts escèniques)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cv mw-list-item"><a href="https://cv.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0%D0%9F_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%C4%83%D1%85_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%87%C4%95" title="ССРП халăх артисчĕ – Chuvash" lang="cv" hreflang="cv" data-title="ССРП халăх артисчĕ" data-language-autonym="Чӑвашла" data-language-local-name="Chuvash" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Чӑвашла</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkets_Kunstner_i_USSR" title="Folkets Kunstner i USSR – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Folkets Kunstner i USSR" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksk%C3%BCnstler_der_UdSSR" title="Volkskünstler der UdSSR – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Volkskünstler der UdSSR" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSV_Liidu_rahvakunstnik" title="NSV Liidu rahvakunstnik – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="NSV Liidu rahvakunstnik" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artista_del_Pueblo_de_la_URSS" title="Artista del Pueblo de la URSS – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Artista del Pueblo de la URSS" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popola_artisto_de_Sovetunio" title="Popola artisto de Sovetunio – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Popola artisto de Sovetunio" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%B2%D9%87_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%B1%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF_%D9%85%D8%B1%D8%AF%D9%85%DB%8C_%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%AD%D8%A7%D8%AF_%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C%D8%B1_%D8%B4%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%DB%8C" title="جایزه هنرمند مردمی اتحاد جماهیر شوروی – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جایزه هنرمند مردمی اتحاد جماهیر شوروی" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artiste_du_peuple_de_l%27URSS" title="Artiste du peuple de l'URSS – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Artiste du peuple de l'URSS" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D4%BD%D5%8D%D5%80%D5%84_%D5%AA%D5%B8%D5%B2%D5%B8%D5%BE%D6%80%D5%A4%D5%A1%D5%AF%D5%A1%D5%B6_%D5%A1%D6%80%D5%BF%D5%AB%D5%BD%D5%BF" title="ԽՍՀՄ ժողովրդական արտիստ – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="ԽՍՀՄ ժողովրդական արտիստ" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narodni_umjetnik_SSSR-a" title="Narodni umjetnik SSSR-a – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Narodni umjetnik SSSR-a" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artista_del_popolo_dell%27Unione_Sovietica" title="Artista del popolo dell'Unione Sovietica – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Artista del popolo dell'Unione Sovietica" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9E%D7%9F_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%9D_%D7%A9%D7%9C_%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%94%D7%9E%D7%95%D7%A2%D7%A6%D7%95%D7%AA" title="אמן העם של ברית המועצות – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="אמן העם של ברית המועצות" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%99_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%AE%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%AE%E1%83%9D_%E1%83%90%E1%83%A0%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A2%E1%83%98" title="სსრკ სახალხო არტისტი – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="სსრკ სახალხო არტისტი" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%A1%D0%A0%D0%9E_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D2%9B_%D3%99%D1%80%D1%82%D1%96%D1%81%D1%96" title="КСРО халық әртісі – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="КСРО халық әртісі" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSRS_Tautas_skatuves_m%C4%81kslinieks" title="PSRS Tautas skatuves mākslinieks – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="PSRS Tautas skatuves mākslinieks" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSRS_liaudies_artistas" title="TSRS liaudies artistas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="TSRS liaudies artistas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksartiest_van_de_Sovjet-Unie" title="Volksartiest van de Sovjet-Unie – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Volksartiest van de Sovjet-Unie" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%BD%E9%80%A3%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E8%8A%B8%E8%A1%93%E5%AE%B6" title="ソ連人民芸術家 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ソ連人民芸術家" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/SSSR_xalq_artisti" title="SSSR xalq artisti – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="SSSR xalq artisti" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludowy_Artysta_ZSRR" title="Ludowy Artysta ZSRR – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Ludowy Artysta ZSRR" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artista_do_Povo_da_URSS" title="Artista do Povo da URSS – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Artista do Povo da URSS" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist_al_Poporului_din_URSS" title="Artist al Poporului din URSS – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Artist al Poporului din URSS" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0" title="Народный артист СССР – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Народный артист СССР" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narodni_umjetnik_SSSR-a" title="Narodni umjetnik SSSR-a – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Narodni umjetnik SSSR-a" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0%D0%91%D0%BD%D1%8B%D2%A3_%D0%A5%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D1%8B" title="ССРБның Халык артисты – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="ССРБның Халык артисты" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D2%B2%D1%83%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%B0%D0%B8_%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BB%D2%9B%D0%B8%D0%B8_%D0%98%D2%B6%D0%A8%D0%A1" title="Ҳунарпешаи халқии ИҶШС – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Ҳунарпешаи халқии ИҶШС" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sovyetler_Birli%C4%9Fi_Halk_Sanat%C3%A7%C4%B1s%C4%B1" 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USSR (performing arts)</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0.jpg/150px-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D0%B9_%D1%85%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A1%D0%A0.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="225" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/Title_of_honor" title="Title of honor">honorary title</a> granted to artists of the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный артист СССР (<i>Narodny artist SSSR</i>), awarded in <a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">performing arts</a> and Народный художник СССР (<i>Narodny khudozhnik SSSR</i>), granted in some <a href="/wiki/Visual_arts" title="Visual arts">visual arts</a>. </p><p>As those titles were granted by the government, honorees were afforded certain privileges and would often receive commissions from the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(Soviet_Union)" title="Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union)">Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union</a>. Accordingly, artists and authors who expressed criticism of the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Communist Party of the Soviet Union">Communist Party</a> were seldom granted such recognition, if not outright <a href="/wiki/Censorship_in_the_Soviet_Union" title="Censorship in the Soviet Union">censored</a>. Each <a href="/wiki/Republics_of_the_Soviet_Union" title="Republics of the Soviet Union">Soviet Republic</a>, as well as the Autonomous Republics (ASSRs), had a similar award that would be held previously by virtually every receiver of the higher title of People's Artist of the USSR.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Performing_arts">Performing arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Artist_of_the_USSR&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Performing arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title was bestowed for exceptional achievements in the performing arts in the <a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union">Soviet Union</a>. Its recipients included many of the most-acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, film and theatre directors and actors of every Soviet republic. In all, there were 1006 recipients of the award.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The title was introduced in 1936, replacing the earlier title of "People's Artist of the Republic". The first recipients of the title (6 September 1936) were <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Stanislavski" title="Konstantin Stanislavski">Konstantin Stanislavski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Nemirovich-Danchenko" title="Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko">Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Moskvin" title="Ivan Moskvin">Ivan Moskvin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Antonina_Nezhdanova" title="Antonina Nezhdanova">Antonina Nezhdanova</a>, <a href="/wiki/Boris_Shchukin" title="Boris Shchukin">Boris Shchukin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kulyash_Baiseitova" title="Kulyash Baiseitova">Kulyash Baiseitova</a> and some other actors. The last persons to be honored with the title were <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sofia_Pilyavskaya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sofia Pilyavskaya (page does not exist)">Sofia Pilyavskaya</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Yankovsky" title="Oleg Yankovsky">Oleg Yankovsky</a> (21 December 1991).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Originally, the title was bestowed on theatre actors, ballet dancers, and opera singers only. Gradually, it came to be bestowed upon film actors (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Lyubov_Orlova" title="Lyubov Orlova">Lyubov Orlova</a>), composers (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Arno_Babajanian" title="Arno Babajanian">Arno Babajanian</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dmitri_Shostakovich" title="Dmitri Shostakovich">Dmitri Shostakovich</a>), violinists (e.g. <a href="/wiki/David_Oistrakh" title="David Oistrakh">David Oistrakh</a>), pop singers (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Leonid_Utyosov" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonid Utyosov">Leonid Utyosov</a>), comedians (e.g., <a href="/wiki/Arkady_Raikin" title="Arkady Raikin">Arkady Raikin</a>), and even circus performers such as <a href="/w/index.php?title=Natalya_Durova&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Natalya Durova (page does not exist)">Natalya Durova</a> and <a href="/wiki/Oleg_Popov" title="Oleg Popov">Oleg Popov</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Normally, a person was named the People's Artist of the USSR after 40 years of age. Exceptions were made for dancers, e.g., <a href="/wiki/Nadezhda_Pavlova" title="Nadezhda Pavlova">Nadezhda Pavlova</a>, a ballet artist, received the title at the age of 28, and <a href="/wiki/Malika_Kalontarova" title="Malika Kalontarova">Malika Kalontarova</a>, a famous <a href="/wiki/Bukharan_Jews" title="Bukharan Jews">Bukharian Jewish</a> folk dancer from <a href="/wiki/Tajikistan" title="Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a>, received the title at the age of 34.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The youngest female persons to receive this title were Kazakh opera singers <a href="/wiki/Kulyash_Baiseitova" title="Kulyash Baiseitova">Kulyash Baiseitova</a> (1936) and <a href="/wiki/Halima_Nosirova" title="Halima Nosirova">Halima Nosirova</a> (1937) (at the age of 24). The youngest male person was the Azerbaijani baritone operatic and pop singer <a href="/wiki/Muslim_Magomayev_(musician)" title="Muslim Magomayev (musician)">Muslim Magomayev</a> (1973) (at the age of 31). Among the actors, the youngest recipient was <a href="/wiki/Sergei_Bondarchuk" title="Sergei Bondarchuk">Sergei Bondarchuk</a> (age 32). The youngest actress to receive the title was <a href="/wiki/Yuri_Andropov" title="Yuri Andropov">Yuri Andropov</a>'s daughter-in-law,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lyudmila_Chursina" title="Lyudmila Chursina">Lyudmila Chursina</a>, at age 40.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sofia_Rotaru" title="Sofia Rotaru">Sofia Rotaru</a>, for example, was named <a href="/wiki/Merited_Artist_of_Ukraine" title="Merited Artist of Ukraine">Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR</a> in 1973, <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Artist_of_Ukraine" title="People's Artist of Ukraine">People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR</a> in 1976, People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR in 1983, an attained cumulation of People's Artist titles,<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and finally People's Artist of the Soviet Union in 1988, the first female pop-singer to be honored with this award and the only one with three People's Artists.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visual_arts">Visual arts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=People%27s_Artist_of_the_USSR&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Visual arts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The title of People's Painter of the USSR (Народный художник СССР) was awarded for exceptional achievements in certain <a href="/wiki/Visual_arts" title="Visual arts">visual arts</a>: <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">painting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">sculpture</a>, <a href="/wiki/Drawing" title="Drawing">drawing</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Photography" title="Photography">photography</a>. 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style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Civil and military orders</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Victory" title="Order of Victory">Order of Victory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Lenin" title="Order of Lenin">Order of Lenin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_October_Revolution" title="Order of the October Revolution">Order of the October Revolution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Banner" title="Order of the Red Banner">Order of the Red Banner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Suvorov" title="Order of Suvorov">Order of Suvorov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Ushakov" title="Order of Ushakov">Order of Ushakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Kutuzov" title="Order of Kutuzov">Order of Kutuzov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Nakhimov" title="Order of Nakhimov">Order of Nakhimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Star" title="Order of the Red Star">Order of the Red Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Patriotic_War" title="Order of the Patriotic War">Order of the Patriotic War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Alexander_Nevsky" title="Order of Alexander Nevsky">Order of Alexander Nevsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Bogdan_Khmelnitsky_(Soviet_Union)" title="Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky (Soviet Union)">Order of Bogdan Khmelnitsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Glory" title="Order of Glory">Order of Glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_%22For_Service_to_the_Homeland_in_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR%22" title="Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"">Order "For Service to the Homeland in the Armed Forces of the USSR"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Red_Banner_of_Labour" title="Order of the Red Banner of Labour">Order of the Red Banner of Labour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Friendship_of_Peoples" title="Order of Friendship of Peoples">Order of Friendship of Peoples</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour" title="Order of the Badge of Honour">Order of the Badge of Honour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Maternal_Glory" title="Order of Maternal Glory">Order of Maternal Glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Labour_Glory" title="Order of Labour Glory">Order of Labour Glory</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Badge_of_Honour" title="Order of the Badge of Honour">Order of Honour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Order_%22For_Personal_Courage%22" title="Order "For Personal Courage"">Order "For Personal Courage"</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Military medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Courage%22_(Russia)" title="Medal "For Courage" (Russia)">Medal "For Courage"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Battle_Merit%22" title="Medal "For Battle Merit"">Medal "For Battle Merit"</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Ushakov" title="Medal of Ushakov">Medal of Ushakov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Nakhimov" title="Medal of Nakhimov">Medal of Nakhimov</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Distinction_in_Guarding_the_State_Border_of_the_USSR%22" title="Medal "For Distinction in Guarding the State Border of the USSR"">For Distinction in Guarding the State Border</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Distinction_in_the_Protection_of_Public_Order%22" title="Medal "For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order"">For Distinction in the Protection of Public Order</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Distinction_in_Military_Service%22" title="Medal "For Distinction in Military Service"">For Distinction in Military Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Strengthening_Military_Cooperation%22" class="mw-redirect" title="Medal "For Strengthening Military Cooperation"">For Strengthening Military Cooperation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_Impeccable_Service%22" title="Medal "For Impeccable Service"">For Impeccable Service</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22Veteran_of_the_Armed_Forces_of_the_USSR%22" title="Medal "Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR"">Veteran of the Armed Forces of the USSR</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;">Second World War medals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Defence_of_Leningrad%22" title="Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"">For the Defence of Leningrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Defence_of_Odessa%22" title="Medal "For the Defence of 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title="Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"">Budapest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Capture_of_K%C3%B6nigsberg%22" title="Medal "For the Capture of Königsberg"">Königsberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Capture_of_Vienna%22" title="Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"">Vienna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Liberation_of_Prague%22" title="Medal "For the Liberation of Prague"">For the Liberation of Prague</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Liberation_of_Warsaw%22" title="Medal "For the Liberation of Warsaw"">Warsaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Liberation_of_Belgrade%22" title="Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade"">Belgrade</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Victory_over_Germany_in_the_Great_Patriotic_War_1941%E2%80%931945%22" title="Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"">For the Victory over Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medal_%22For_the_Victory_over_Japan%22" 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