Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky was a Soviet writer, satirist and performer of Jewish origin, best known for his shows targeting different aspects of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life.
People's Artist of the USSR, also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. The term is confusingly used to translate two Russian language titles: Народный артист СССР, awarded in performing arts and Народный художник СССР, granted in some visual arts.
The State Prizes of the Soviet Republics were each republic counterpart to the USSR State Prize. Each republic granted several different prizes, generally named after writers or artists from the republic, as well as a blanket Komsomol prize for young artists.
Samad Vurgun was an Azerbaijani and Soviet poet, dramatist, public figure, first People's Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR (1943), academician of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (1945), laureate of two Stalin Prizes of second degree, and member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1940.
Merited Artist, Honored Artist, etc., is an honorary title in the Soviet Union, Russian Federation, Union Republics, and autonomous republics, also in some other Eastern Bloc states, as well as in a number of post-Soviet states. Specifically, the term may refer to:
The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, previously known as the Russian Soviet Republic and the Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, and unofficially as Soviet Russia, was an independent federal socialist state from 1917 to 1922, and afterwards the largest and most populous constituent republic of the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1922 to 1991, until becoming a sovereign part of the Soviet Union with priority of Russian laws over Union-level legislation in 1990 and 1991, the last two years of the existence of the USSR. The Russian SFSR was composed of sixteen smaller constituent units of autonomous republics, five autonomous oblasts, ten autonomous okrugs, six krais and forty oblasts. Russians formed the largest ethnic group. The capital of the Russian SFSR and the USSR as a whole was Moscow and the other major urban centers included Leningrad, Stalingrad, Novosibirsk, Sverdlovsk, Gorky and Kuybyshev. It was the first socialist state in history.
Honorary titles of Ukraine are meritorious awards of Ukraine. Most of them are state awards and practically all were transformed from the same titles of the Ukrainian SSR.
Sergey Davidovich Izgiyayev was a member of the Union of Soviet Writers, the author of nine books of poetry and five plays, the translator and creator of lyrics for more than thirty songs. He was of Mountain Jew descent.
Fazu Aliyeva was an Avar-speaking Soviet-born Russian poet, novelist and journalist. She played a significant role in the development of Dagestani in Russian literature. She was also a human rights activist.
Tankho Selimovich Izrailov was a Soviet Dagestan ballet dancer, a ballet master, a choreographer, and of Mountain Jewish origin. He was awarded the honorary title People's Artist of the USSR.
Zelimkhan Yaqub was an Azerbaijani poet and politician. He served as a deputy of the National Assembly of Azerbaijan from 1995 to 2005. He was also named the national poet of Azerbaijan in 2005.
State awards of the Kyrgyz Republic include the orders, decorations, and medals in Kyrgyzstan. They consist of military and civil decorations that are bestowed by various agencies of the government.
People's Artist of Azerbaijan is the honorary title and award granted for contribution to the development of Azerbaijani culture in the fields of visual art and painting. The People's Artists of the Azerbaijan SSR (1944–1990) was a precursor award given during the time of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union.
The Mirza Fatali Akhundov State Prize of the Azerbaijan SSR was an award given to cultural figures distinguished in various fields of art in the Azerbaijan SSR.
People's Writer of Azerbaijan is the honorary title granted to the distinguished writers of Azerbaijan for their contribution to the development of Azerbaijani literature.
Honored Artist of the Azerbaijan SSR was an honorary title awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic and was one of the forms of recognition by the state and society of the merits of distinguished citizens. The awards were issued from January 13, 1929 to June 2, 1990; and there were more than 600 recipients.
The People's Writer of the Lithuanian SSR was a state award and an honorary title of the Lithuanian SSR to distinguished Lithuanian writers. It was established in 1957 and awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. Frequently, the award was granted on the occasion of writer's anniversary. It was awarded until the re-established independence of Lithuania in 1990.
The People's Poet of the Lithuanian SSR was a honorary title and a state award of the Lithuanian SSR for distinguished Lithuanian poets. It was established in 1954 and awarded by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. It was awarded until the re-established independence of Lithuania in 1990.
People's Poet may refer to:
Gyulboor Shaulovna Davydova was a Soviet winegrower of Mountain Jewish descent. She was a manager of the collective farm named after Kaganovich in the Dagestan ASSR, the Soviet Union. She was an awardee of the Hero of Socialist Labor (1949).
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