People's Artist of Russia
People's Artist of the Russian Federation, 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.
Stage actor Yuri Lyubimov
Operatic singer Dmitri Hvorostovsky
Singer Valery Leontiev
Conductor Valery Gergiev
Yuri Petrovich Lyubimov was a Soviet and Russian stage actor and director associated with the internationally renowned Taganka Theatre, which he founded in 1964. He was one of the leading names in the Russian theatre world.
Lyubimov in 2007