Leonid Utyosov

Soviet musician (1895-1982) · Russia · On the map · Musicians · Died at 87

Leonid Osipovich Utesov, also spelled Utyosov or Utiosov, born Lazar (Leyzer) Iosifovich Vaysbeyn or Weissbein, was a famous Soviet estrada singer, and comic actor, who became the first pop singer to be awarded the prestigious title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1965.

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1982Died9 March 19821976Medal "Veteran of Labour"Award1975Jubilee Medal "Thirty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder of the October RevolutionAward1970Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"AwardMore about this1965Jubilee Medal "Twenty Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardPeople's Artist of the USSRAward1958People's Artist of the RSFSRAward1957Jubilee Medal Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"AwardMore about this1947Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist RepublicAwardMore about thisMedal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow"Award1946Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"Award1945Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945"AwardOrder of the Red Banner of LabourAward1942Merited Artist of the RSFSRAward1895Born9 March 1895