People's Artist of the USSR

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honorary title state award

People's Artist of the USSR was one of the highest honorary titles in the Soviet Union, awarded to outstanding performers in fields such as theater, music, film, and circus for exceptional contributions to the arts.

Aliases (4)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	honorary title → state award →
alsoKnownAs	Narodny artist SSSR → People's Artist of the Soviet Union → Народный артист СССР →
awardFor	outstanding achievements in the performing arts →
conferredBy	Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR →
country	Soviet Union →
dissolved	1991 →
domain	culture → performing arts →
eligibility	citizens of the Soviet Union → in exceptional cases, foreign artists →
field	ballet → cinema → circus → drama → music → opera → theatre →
hasGenderSpecificForm	People's Artist of the USSR (female) → People's Artist of the USSR (male) →
hasNotableRecipient	Alla Pugacheva → Andrei Tarkovsky → Dmitri Shostakovich → Galina Ulanova → Innokenty Smoktunovsky → Joseph Kobzon → Leonid Utyosov NERFINISHED → Maya Plisetskaya → Mstislav Rostropovich → Oleg Yefremov → Rudolf Nureyev → Sergei Bondarchuk → Sergei Eisenstein → Sergei Prokofiev → Yuri Nikulin →
higherRankThan	Honored Artist of the RSFSR → Honored Artist of the USSR →
inception	1936 →
languageOfName	Russian →
partOf	Soviet system of honorary titles →
precededBy	People's Artist of the RSFSR →
reasonForEnd	dissolution of the Soviet Union →
status	defunct →
symbolizedBy	badge of People's Artist of the USSR → certificate of conferment →
typeOfRecognition	lifetime achievement award →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sergo Zakariadze ("People’s Artist of the USSR") → Yevgeny Vuchetich →	awardReceived
People's Artist of the USSR ("People's Artist of the USSR (male)") → People's Artist of the USSR ("People's Artist of the USSR (female)") →	hasGenderSpecificForm
People's Artist of the USSR ("People's Artist of the Soviet Union") →	alsoKnownAs
People's Teacher of the USSR →	comparedTo
Sergo Zakariadze ("People’s Artist of the USSR") →	hasHonorificTitle
Soviet system of orders, medals and titles →	includesTitle