Rock musician Vyacheslav Butusov received the title of Honored Artist of Russia

The leader of the Nautilus Pompilius and Yu-Piter groups Vyacheslav Butusov received the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russia. This is stated in the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation of June 13, published on the portal of legal information. Butusov was awarded the title as an artist of the Limited Liability Company "Yu-Piter", the city of St. Petersburg. "

In 2011, on the eve of his 50th anniversary, Butusov was awarded the Order of Merit to the Fatherland of the IV degree for great merits in the development of musical art and many years of creative activity. " Among the awards of the musician there is also the “Golden Gramophone” for the song “Yu-Piter” “Girl in the City” and the Muz-TV-2005 award for contribution to the development of domestic rock music.

In addition to Butusov, actress Polina Agureeva, the Horemaster of the ensemble “Russian Song” Peter Klyuchnikov, conductor of the Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra Denis Lotoev, actress of the Moscow Drama Theater named after Stanislavsky Elena Morozova, Mossovet Theater Yuri Cherkasov and actress Irina Shevchuk received.

The director of the Moscow Theater named after Mayakovsky Yuri Ioffe was awarded the medal of the Order "For Merit to Patronymic" of the II degree. This awards were also awarded the actor of the St. Petersburg Youth Theater on Fontanka Sergey Barkovsky and actress of the Alexandrinsky Theater Elena Nemzer.