People's Artist of the USSR

People's Artist of the USSR
People's Artist of the USSR medal

People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to citizens of the Soviet Union.

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Nomenclature and significance

The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный артист СССР (fem. Народная артистка СССР), awarded in performing arts and Народный художник СССР, granted in some visual arts.

Each Soviet Republic, as well as the Autonomous Republics (ASSRs), had a similar award held previously by virtually every receiver of the higher title of People's Artist of the USSR.

Republic performing arts visual arts
Russian SFSR народный артист РСФСР народный художник РСФСР
Ukrainian SSR народний артист Української РСР народний художник Української РСР
Byelorussian SSR народны артыст Беларускай ССР народны мастак Беларускай ССР
Uzbek SSR Ўзбекистон ССР халқ рассоми
Kazakh SSR Қазақ КСР-ң халық әртісі
Georgian SSR საქართველოს სსრ სახალხო არტისტი
Azerbaijan SSR Азәрбајҹан ССР халг артисти
Lithuanian SSR Lietuvos TSR liaudies artistas Lietuvos TSR liaudies dailininkas
Moldavian SSR артист ал попорулуй дин РСС Молдовеняскэ
Latvian SSR Latvijas PSR tautas mākslinieks
Kyrgyz SSR Кыргыз ССР эл артисти
Tajik SSR
Armenian SSR Հայաստանի ՍՍՀ ժողովրդական արտիստ
Turkmen SSR
Estonian SSR Eesti NSV rahvakunstnik

As this title was granted by the government, honorees were afforded certain privileges and would often receive commissions from the Minister of Culture of the Soviet Union. Accordingly, artists and authors who expressed criticism of the Communist Party were seldom granted such recognition, if not outright censored.

Performing arts

Maria Yermolova, first People's Artist of the Republic 1920.

The title bestowed for exceptional achievements in performing arts in the former USSR. Its recipients include many of the most-acclaimed composers, dancers, singers, film and theatre directors and actors of every republic. In all, there was 1010 recipients of the award.

The title was introduced in 1936, replacing an earlier title of "People's Artist of the Republic". The first recipients of the title (6 september 1936) were Constantin Stanislavski, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, Ivan Moskvin, Antonina Nezhdanova, Boris Shchukin, Kulyash Baiseitova and some other actors. The last persons to be honoured with the title were Sofia Pilyavskaya and Oleg Yankovsky (21 december 1991).

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., Lyubov Orlova), composers (e.g., Arno Babajanian, Dmitri Shostakovich), violinist (e.g., Anahit Tsitsikian, David Oistrakh), pop singers (e.g., Leonid Utyosov), comedians (e.g., Arkady Raikin), and even clowns (e.g., Oleg Popov).

Normally, a person was named the People's Artist of the USSR after 40 years of age. Exceptions were made for dancers, e.g., Nadezhda Pavlova, a ballet artist, received the title at the age of 28, and Malika Kalantarova, a famous Bukharian Jewish folk dancer from Tajikistan, received the title at the age of 34. [1]

The youngest female persons to receive this title were Kazakh opera singers Kulyash Baiseitova (1936) and Halima Nasyrova (1937) (at the age of 24). The youngest man was Azerbaijani baritone operatic and pop singer Muslim Magomayev (1973) (at the age of 31). Among the actors, the youngest recipient was Sergey Bondarchuk (age 32). The youngest actress to receive the title was Yuri Andropov's daughter-in-law[1], Lyudmila Chursina, at age 40[2].

Sofia Rotaru, for example, was named Merited Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1973, People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1976, People's Artist of the Moldavian SSR in 1983, an attained cumulation of People's Artist titles[3], and finally People's Artist of the USSR in 1988, the first female pop-singer to be honored with this award and the only one with three People's Artists.[4]

As of 2009, the earliest living[5] recipient is Turkmen opera singer Maya Kuliyeva (1955).

Visual arts

The title Народный художник СССР (People's Painter of the USSR) was awarded for exceptional achievements in certain visual arts: painting, sculpture, drawing, and photography. The lesser title of Заслуженный художник СССР (Meritorious Painter of the USSR) was also awarded for achievement in these fields.

Other honored professions

  • Architecture: Народный архитектор СССР (People's Architect of the USSR)
  • Literature: Народный писатель СССР (People's Writer of the USSR); Народный поэт СССР (People's Poet of the USSR, roughly equivalent to Poet Laureate)
  • Education: Народный учитель СССР (People's Teacher of the USSR)
  • Medicine: Народный врач СССР (People's Doctor of the USSR)

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