Artists / Honored artist

Meritorious Artist, Zasluzhenny artist, also translated as Merited Artist, Deserved Artist or Distinguished Artist or Honorary Artist 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.
The title is awarded by a national government to painters for exceptional achievements in arts.

Shinyaev Nikolay
Elista, Russia
Volyk Pavel
Poltava, Ukraine
Nepyanov Victor
Penza, Russia
Klyukin Oleg
Noginsk, Russia
Rumyantsev Sergey
Kostroma, Russia
Lavrinenko Ruslan
Saratov, Russia
Yaroslavtsev Anatoly
Reutov, Russia
Balakshin Evgeniy
Saransk, Russia
Vystropov Andrej
Volgograd, Russia
Poletayev Mikhail
Moscow, Russia
Gretsky Irina & Yriy
St.Petersburg, Russia
Nabiulin Alexander
Kirov, Russia
Polozov Aleksandr
St.Petersburg, Russia
Nagornov Vladimir
Cheboksary, Russia
Fedorov Alexander
Cheboksary, Russia
Milokumov Sergey
Yalta, Russia