Honored Artist of the RSFSR

Honored Artist of the RSFSR (Russian: Заслуженный артист РСФСР, Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR) was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the arts, and who lived in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic (RSFSR) from 1931 to 1991.

From 1931 to May 1992, the title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" was awarded to artists, directors, composers, instrumentalists, circus and colloquial performers, famous performers of classical, pop and jazz music from the RSFSR and the union republics, as well as dozens of other famous creative figures of Russia in the field of cinema, music and other spheres of culture (see the list of Honored Artists of the RSFSR).

[3] The badge is made of gilded tombac and has the shape of an oval measuring 28.7 x 43 mm with an eyelet.

In the central part of the badge there is an image of a lyre and below the inscription "Honored Artist of the RSFSR" with laurel and oak branches along the edges.

The shoe is entwined with a moire ribbon with the red and light blue colors of the RSFSR flag.