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.

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  Stage actor Yuri Lyubimov
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  Ballet dancer Nina Ananiashvili
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  Operatic singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky
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  Singer Valery Leontiev
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  Conductor Valery Gergiev
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  Composer and singer Yuri Antonov
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  Musician Andrey Makarevich
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  Composer Eduard Artemyev
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  Composer David Tukhmanov
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  Bard Alexander Rosenbaum
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  Composer Aleksandr Zatsepin
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  Filmmaker Alexander Sokurov
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  Singer Philipp Kirkorov
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  Ballet dancer Svetlana Zakharova
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  Actor Sergey Bezrukov
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  Operatic singer Anna Netrebko
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  Singer Nikolay Baskov
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  Classical pianist Denis Matsuev
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  Writer, satirist Mikhail Zhvanetsky
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  Actor Konstantin Khabensky
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  Actress Chulpan Khamatova
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  Conductor Valery Khalilov
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  Actress Kseniya Rappoport
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  Singer Lev Leshchenko
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  Poet Ilya Reznik

1992 edit

February 21, 1992

• Ivan Krasko (b.1930)— actor^[4]

April 6, 1992

• Boris Diev (1924–2008) — composer^[5]

May 8, 1992

• Lyudmila Fedotova (1939–2004), actress and singer
• Vladimir Bylkov (1938–2004) — theater director

June 10,1992

• Gennady Frolov (1937–2019) — actor
• Tamara Krasnyuk-Yablokova (1939–2008) — actress
• Tatyana Samoylova (1934–2014) – actress

June 23, 1992

• Tamara Nosova (1927–2007) — actress
• Harry Grodberg (1929–2016) — organist
• Yaroslav Baryshev (1942–2013) — actor

June 24,1992

• Pavel Rudakov (1915–1993), concertina player
• Vadim Abdrashitov — film director
• Vera Alentova – actress
• Gennadi Bortnikov – actor
• Yuri Lyubimov – actor
• Tatyana Vasilyeva – actress
• Gelena Velikanova – singer
• Izabella Yurieva – singer

1993 edit

• 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
• Yevgeny Steblov – actor
• Olga Volkova – actress
• Irina Zhurina – singer

1994 edit

• 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
• Viktor Pavlov – actor
• Elvina Podchernikova-Elvorti – circus performer
• Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov – actor, director
• Boris Shcherbakov – actor
• Nina Usatova – actress
• Anatoly Vasilyev – actor
• Gennadi Yukhtin – actor
• Aleksei Zharkov – actor

1995 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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
• Sergei Makovetsky – actor

1999 edit

• 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
• Eduard Artemyev - composer

2000s edit

2000 edit

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

2001 edit

• 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
• Yuriy Stoyanov – actor
• Slava Polunin – circus performer, actor
• Alexander Rosenbaum – musician
• Vladimir Steklov – actor
• Nikolay Tsiskaridze – ballet dancer
• Alexandra Zakharova – actress

2002 edit

• Olga Borodina – singer
• Gennady Gladkov – composer
• Boris Klyuyev – actor
• Tatyana Kravchenko – actress
• Vladimir Ponkin – conductor
• Stahan Rakhimov – singer
• Nikolay Rastorguyev – singer
• Karen Shakhnazarov – filmmaker
• Elena Yakovleva – actress
• Leonid Yakubovich – actor
• Alla Yoshpe – singer
• Ludmila Senchina – singer

2003 edit

• 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
• Mikhail Tanich – poet

2004 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• 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 edit

• Sergey Bezrukov – actor
• Yuri Chernov – actor
• Philipp Kirkorov – singer
• Yulia Makhalina – ballet dancer
• Anna Netrebko – singer
• Svetlana Zakharova – prima-ballerina

2009 edit

• Maria Alexandrova – ballet dancer
• Nikolay Baskov – singer
• Alexey Buldakov – actor
• Oleg Mityaev – musician
• Anatoly Mukasei – cinematographer
• Valentina Telichkina – actress
• Roman Viktyuk – actor, director

2010s edit

2010 edit

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

2011 edit

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

2012 edit

• Dmitry Gudanov – ballet dancer
• Konstantin Khabensky – actor
• Chulpan Khamatova – actress
• Bedros Kirkorov – singer
• Hibla Gerzmava – opera singer
• Mariya Aronova – actress

2013 edit

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

2014 edit

• Valery Khalilov – conductor, composer

2015 edit

• Arkady Arkanov – actor (posthumous)
• Kseniya Rappoport – actress

2016 edit

• Vladimir Nosik – actor
• Yuliya Rutberg – actress
• Alexander Sladkovsky – conductor
• Igor Vernik – actor

2017 edit

• Olga Pogodina – actress

2018 edit

• Viktoria Tereshkina – ballet dancer^[6]
• Nikolai Lebedev - actor
• Yekaterina Shipulina - principal dancer

2019 edit

• Mikhail Porechenkov - actor
• Angelina Vovk - presenter
• Igor Nikolayev - composer, singer

2020s edit

2020 edit

• Anna Kovalchuk - actress
• Felix Korobov - conductor
• Aleksei Kravchenko - actor
• Maria Mironova - actress

2021 edit

• Andrey Ilyin - actor
• Galina Tyunina - actress
• Anita Tsoy - singer
• Natalia Vdovina - actress

2022 edit

• Vladislav Vetrov - actor
• Elena Sanayeva - actress
• Alexander Kniazev - cellist, organist
• Vadim Repin - violinist
• Diana Gurtskaya - singer
• Stas Mikhaylov - singer
• Grigory Leps - singer
• Igor Matvienko - composer, producer

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