It is noted that the artistic director of the Russian State Academic Youth Theater Alexei Borodin was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree.
Artist-vocalist of the Moscow State Academic Operetta Theater Gerard Vasiliev and composer Vladimir Komarov were awarded the Order of Alexander Nevsky.
Among the awardees: artist-trainer of the Russian State Circus Company Nina Kornilova, rector of the State Music and Pedagogical Institute named after M.M. Ippolitov-Ivanov Valery Vorona, artist of the Moscow Drama Theater named after M.N. Ermolova Georgy Nazarenko, academician of the Russian Academy of Arts Konstantin Khudyakov ...
The title "People's Artist of Russia" was awarded to the head of the ballet troupe of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia Makhar Vaziev, artist of the Russian State Academic Youth Theater Nina Dvorzhetskaya, singer-songwriter Anita Tsoi and others.
The honorary title "People's Artist of Russia" was given to the artist Nikas Safronov.
In April, the Golden Mask theater award was presented in Moscow.