Galina Vishnevskaya

Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist

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Lived 1926–2012, aged 86

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1926–2012
Aged 86
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Updated 2026-06-21

Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya was a Russian soprano opera singer and recitalist who was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1966. She was the wife of cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and mother to their two daughters, Olga and Elena Rostropovich.

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Commander of the Legion of Honour
People's Artist of the USSR
Order of Lenin
Officer of Arts and Letters
Medal "In Commemoration of the 300th Anniversary of Saint Petersburg"
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class
Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
Medal "Veteran of Labour"
Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "60 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "50 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Jubilee Medal "65 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
Medal "In Commemoration of the 850th Anniversary of Moscow"
People's Artist of the RSFSR
Merited Artist of the RSFSR
Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
honorary doctor of Brandeis University
Government Prize of the Russian Federation
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
Government Prize in Culture
Order of the Holy Princess Olga
Russian Federation Presidential Certificate of Gratitude