People's Artist of the Russian Federation (, Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an honorary and the highest title awarded to citizens of the Russian Federation, all outstanding in the performing arts, whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). It succeeded both the all-Soviet Union "People's Artist of the USSR" award (Народный артист СССР), and more directly the local republic's "People's Artist of the RSFSR" award (Народный артист РСФСР), after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Now, the status of the People's Artist of the Russian Federation has risen above that of the earlier RSFSR award. There are presently two levels to this award: Receiving the lower "Honored" (Заслуженный, Zasluzhenniy artist) award makes the recipient eligible to receive the higher "People's" (Народный, Narodny) award at a later time. For example, the light entertainment singer Sergei Georgievich Zakharov was awarded Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Заслуженный артист РСФСР) in 1988, then People's Artist of Russia (Народный артист России) in 1996.

Categories awarded

The awards may be issued to people working in the following fields: Other professionals are open to attaining the title as well as those listed.

Gallery

People's Artist of the Russian Federation (list)

1990s

1992

February 21, 1992 April 6, 1992 May 8, 1992 June 10,1992 June 23, 1992 June 24,1992 June 25,1992 August 25,1992 August 26,1992 August 27,1992 August 31,1992 September 21,1992 September 28,1992 October 13,1992 November 20,1992 December 8,1992 December 31,1992

1993

January 15,1993 February 2,1993 February 20,1993 March 2,1993 March 18,1993 April 23,1993 May 7,1993 May 13,1993 May 22,1993 June 1,1993 June 16,1993 Jule 3,1993 Jule 14,1993 Jule 27,1993 ** August 20,1993** October 26,1993 October 28,1993 November 23,1993 November 30,1993 December 16,1993 December 18,1993 December 20,1993

1994

January 6, 1994 January 11, 1994 February 9, 1994 February 12, 1994 March 1, 1994 March 14, 1994 March 21, 1994 April 11, 1994 May 6, 1994 May 26, 1994 June 3, 1994 June 28, 1994 July 6, 1994 August 29, 1994 September 12, 1994 December 1, 1994 December 29, 1994

1995

January 27,1995 March 17,1995 April 25,1995 May 11,1995 May 30,1995 August 4,1995 August 5,1995 August 11,1995 August 17,1995 October 19,1995 November 27,1995 December 28,1995

1996

January 29,1996 ** February 21,1996** ** March 9,1996** ** April 9,1995** ** May 2,1996** ** June 7,1996** ** June 13,1996** June 20,1996 ** August 30,1996**

1997

1998

1999

2000s

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020s

2020

2021

2022

2023