The Letter
The Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation
March 11, 2014
In the days when the fate of Crimea and our countrymen is being decided, Russia’s cultural figures cannot remain indifferent, cold-hearted observers. Our shared history and shared roots, our culture and its spiritual sources, our fundamental values and language have always united us. We want the commonality of our peoples and our cultures to have a strong future.
This is why we firmly declare our support of the position of the President of the Russian Federation in regards to Ukraine and Crimea.
- Rubin Abdullin, president of the Kazan State Conservatory
- Lidia Abramova, professor at the Moscow Academy of Choral Arts
- Alexander Adabashyan, film writer, director, actor
- Aytalina Adamova-Afanasieva, opera singer
- Nikolay Azarov, president of the Moscow Academy of Choral Art
- Aygum Aygumov, artistic director of the Dagestan State Theatre
- Albina Akritas, painter
- Sergey Alimov, painter
- A.I. Alint
- Elena Alferova, art historian
- Edward Ambartsumian, artistic director of the Bryansk Symphony Orchestra
- Andrey Andriyanov, director of Mendeleevsk Regional Museum
- Dmitry Antonov, president of the State Institute of Restoration
- Irina Antonova, president of the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts
- Guzel Apanaeva, director of the Moiseyev Dance Academy
- Ekaterina Artyushkina, general manager of the concert agency “Petersburg-Konzert”
- L.M. Arustamova
- Viktor Arshinov, painter
- Amina Asfandiyarova, president of the Ufa State Academy of Arts
- Ramzan Akhmadov, choreographer
- Ildus Akhmetzianov, actor
- Lidia Akhmetova, singer
- Beslan Ashkhotov, professor at the North-Caucasian State Institute of Arts
- Alena Babenko, actress
- Vladimir Babenko, president of the Yekaterinburg State Institute of Drama
- Nadezhda Babkina, singer
- Rafael Bagdasarian, clarinetist, professor at the Moscow State Conservatory
- Valentin Badiyarov, violinist
- Dmitry Bak, director of the State Museum of Literature
- Tserendorj Baljanov, stage director
- Alexey Batalov, actor
- Andrey Baturin, composer
- Ilya Bachurin, movie producer
- Yuri Bashmet, violist
- Tatiana Bedina, general manager of the Amur State Theatre
- Svetlana Bezrosnaya, violinist
- Sergey Bezrukov, actor
- Galina Belonovich, director of the Tchaikovsky Museum
- Mikhail Belousov, painter
- Nadezhda Belyaeva, president of the Perm State Gallery of Arts
- Y.A. Berezovsky
- Anatoly Bichukov, sculptor
- Konstantin Bobkov, director of the Chekhov Museum
- Svetlana Bobrova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Andrey Bobykin, painter
- Irina Bogacheva, opera singer, professor at the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Natalia Bondarchuk, actress
- Fedor Bondarchuk, movie director
- O.I. Borisova, art historian
- Vladimir Bortko, film director
- Eduard Boyakov, president of the Voronezh State Academy of Arts
- Mikhail Boyarsky, actor
- Petr Boyarsky, vice-president of the Russian Institute for Cultural Heritage
- Mikhail Bryzgalov, director of the Glinka Museum
- Metodie Bujor, singer
- Alexander Buyvol, singer
- Alexey Buldakov, actor
- “Buranovskie Babushki”, ethno-pop band
- Alexander Burganov, sculptor
- Nikolay Burlyaev, actor
- Nikolay Burov, actor
- Andrey Busygin, director of the Arkhangelskoe Palace Museum
- Igor Butman, saxophonist
- Mikhail Bushnov, actor
- V.V. Bykov
- Elina Bystritskaya, actress
- Leonid Vavakin, architect
- Natalia Vavilova, director of the Karelian State Museum of Fine Arts
- Razil Valeev, poet
- Zilya Valeeva, director of the Kazan Kremlin Museum
- Valeria, pop-singer
- Nailya Valiullina, director of the Tatarstan Republican Youth Library
- Viktor Vanslov, art historian
- Anatoly Vasilevsky, artistic director of the Tatarstan Philharmonic Jazz Orchestra
- Alexander Vasilevsky, president of the Novosibirsk State Choreographic College
- Ivan Vasiliev, ballet dancer
- Yuri Vasiliev, actor
- Maria Vedenyapina, director of the Russian State Children Library
- Leonid Vinukevich, jazz pianist
- Alexander Vislyi, director of the Russian State Library
- Lyubov Vlasenko, choral conductor
- Svetlana Volodina, art historian
- Vladimir Vorokhov, movie director
- Valery Vorona, violinist, president of the State Institute of Music named after Ippolitov-Ivanov
- Valery Voronin, conductor, artistic director of the Astrakhan State Opera Theatre
- Elena Gagarina, director of the Moscow Kremlin Museum
- Oleg Gazmanov, pop-singer
- Alsu Gaynullina, actress
- Rustem Galiev, general manager of the Nizhnekamsk State Theatre
- Galina Galkina, director of the Kamchatka Regional Cultural Center
- Yuri Galtsev, actor
- Venera Ganeeva, opera singer
- Mikhail Gantvarg, violinist, president of the Saint Petersburg Conservatory
- Dmitry Garkavi, conductor, artistic director of the Ivanovo State Philharmonic Orchestra
- Natalia Gastasheva, opera singer
- Khristofor Gevorkyan, painter
- Valery Gergiev, conductor
- Hibla Gerzmava, opera singer
- Viktor Glukhov, painter
- Stanislav Govorukhin, movie director
- Sergey Golynets, art historian
- Valentin Gordeev, conductor
- Vyacheslav Gordeev, ballet dance
- Aigul Gornysheva, music theorist
- Husin (Aslan) Gotov, singer
- Ruslan Gochiyaev, general manager of the Karachaevo State Theatre
- Valery Gradkovsky, general manager of the Saint Petersburg Lensovet Theatre
- Boris Grachevsky, movie producer
- N.E. Grigorieva, art historian
- Vladimir Gronsky, director of the State Memorial Suvorov Museum
- N.S. Grustnova, economist
- Boris Gunin, general manager of the Vladimir Regional Theatre
- Diana Gurtskaya, pop-singer
- Vladimir Gusev, director of the Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg
- Vladimir Gusev, conductor, professor at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory
- Aleksei Guskov, actor
- Mutalip Davletmirzaev, actor
- Renat Davletiyarov, movie producer
- Vladimir Danilin, illusionist, professor at the Perm State Institute of Arts
- Sergey Danilyan, producer
- Nur Daurov, composer
- Nadezhda Deverilina, journalist
- Vladimir Demidov, president of the Moscow College of Music
- Evgeny Derbenko, composer
- Andrey Derzhavin, rock-musician
- Zinaida Didenko, opera singer, professor at the Novosibirsk State Conservatory
- Georgiy Dmitriev, composer
- I.E. Dolmatova, art historian
- Lyudmila Drobysheva-Rozumovskaya, president of the Perm State Academy of Arts
- Svetlana Druzhinina, actress
- Nikolay Dunaev, actor
- L.V. Evdokimova
- Klavdiya Evloeva, composer
- Nikolay Evseenko, general manager of the Khabarovsk Regional Music Theatre
- Natalia Egorova, actress
- Valentina Elkova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Alexander Emelianov, general manager of the Khabarovsk Philharmonic Society
- Alexander Ermakov, director of the Rachmaninov Museum in Ivanovka
- Alexander Efimov, director of the State Russian Folk Art Center
- Erzhena Zhambalova, actress, singer, general manager of the Buryat State Philharmonic Society
- A.V. Zhenukhin, lawyer
- Ivan Zhiganov, poet, educator, producer
- Dmitry Zhilinsky, painter
- Sergey Zhitenev, scientist, art historian, vice-president of the Russian Institute for Cultural Heritage
- Yuri Zhukov, manager of the Tatarstan State Dance and Song Ensemble
- Olga Zhuravleva, director of the Birobidzhan Regional Scientific Library
- Vladimir Zabarovsky, director of the Moscow Museum of the Great Patriotic War
- Farida Zabirova, architect
- Fanzilya Zavgarova, art historian
- Rashid Zafidullin, artistic director of the Tatarstan State Theatre
- Mikhail Zadornov, stand-up comedian, writer
- Askold Zapashny, circus artist
- Edgard Zapashny, circus artist, general manager of the Great Moscow State Circus
- Marat Zaripov, violinist
- Svetlana Zakharova, ballet dancer
- Viktor Zakharchenko, choral conductor
- Yefim Zvenyatsky, artistic director of the Vladivostok Regional Theatre named after Maksim Gorky
- T.G. Zelenskaya, art historian
- Sergey Zengin, president of the Krasnodar State University of Culture
- Tatiana Zenkova, scientist, art historian
- Andrey Zolotov, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Kanta Ibragimov, writer
- Konstantin Ivanov, ballet dancer, artistic director of the Mari El State Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Nikolay Ivanov, sculptor
- Sargylana Ignatieva, president of the Arctic State Institute of Art
- Mikhail Izotov, painter
- Vyacheslav Inkizhekov, conductor, artistic director of the Khakassia Republican Symphony Orchestra
- Leila Ismagilova, composer
- Farida Ismagilova, director of the Almetyevsk Tatar State Theatre
- Sergey Kazakov, artistic director of the Penza Regional Theatre
- Rashid Kalimullin, composer
- Viktor Kalinin, painter
- Vladimir Kalisanov, actor
- Elena Kalnitskaya, director of the Peterhof Museum
- Nail Kambeev, director of the Tatarstan National Library
- Joseph Kamyshev, actor
- Tatiana Kapustina, ballet dancer
- Yuri Kara, film director
- Galina Kargopolova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Vladimir Kechman, general manager of the Mikhaylovsky Theatre, general manager of the Novosibirsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Timur Kizyakov, TV host
- Fliura Kidiyarova, opera singer
- Natalia Kindyakova, choreograph
- Vladimir Kiselev, president of the Kirov College of Culture
- Valery Kishmakhov, artistic director of the Karachaevo State Dance Theatre
- Igor Klevanov, cinematographer
- Vladimir Klimenko, conductor
- Boris Klyuev, actor
- Evgeniy Knyazev, actor, president of the Shchukin Theatre Institute
- Joseph Kobzon, singer
- Andrey Kovalchuk, sculptor
- Alla Kozhurova, director of the Nenets Central Library
- Sergey Kolov, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Alexander Kolyakin, director of the Saint Petersburg Historical Museum
- N.V. Komarova, art historian
- Alexey Kompantsev, director of the Moscow State Nesterenko Gallery
- Lyudmila Kondrashova, ballet dancer
- Anatoly Kondykov, president of the Altai State Academy of Arts
- Andrey Konstantinov (Bakonin), writer
- Natalia Korlyakova, stage director
- Larisa Koroleva, director of the Tula Regional Science Library
- A.N. Korotaeva
- Grigory Korchmar, composer, pianist
- Tatiana Kosvintseva, director of the Birobidzhan Regional Museum
- Tatiana Kochemasova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Yuri Kochetkov, stage director
- Yuri Kochnev, Conductor, artistic director of Saratov Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Oleg Koshkin, architect, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Vladilen Krasilnikov, architect
- Oleg Krivtsun, art historian
- Kirill Krok, general manager of the Vakhtangov Theatre
- Anatoly Kroll, conductor, jazz pianist
- Andrey Kruzhkov, conductor
- Elbrus Kubalov, choreographer
- Ekaterina Kudrina, president of the Kemerovo State University of Arts
- Tatiana Kuznetsova, president of the Moscow State University of Arts
- Vera Kuzmina, actress
- Grigory Kukareka, poet
- Rushania Kulakova, manager
- Aleksandra Kulikova, folk singer
- Leonid Kuravlev, actor
- Rafis Kurbanov, playwright
- Valentin Kurbatov, writer
- T.F. Kurepina, art historian
- Kosntantin Kurlenya, president of the Novosibirsk State Conservatory
- Tatiana Kurochkina, art historian
- Eleonora Kurulenko, president of the Samara Stare Academy of Arts
- Sergey Kutsenko, president of the Yaroslavl State Theatre Institute
- Vyacheslav Kuchenov, sculptor, folk musician
- Zoya Kyrgys, art historian
- Svetlana Lavretsova, general manager of the Saint Petersburg Youth Theatre
- Emma Lavrinovich, general manager of the Oktyabrsky Concert Hall in Saint Petersburg
- Vasily Lanovoy, actor
- Yuri Laptev, professor at the Moscow State Conservatory
- Anna Lapteva, actress
- Viktor Lebedev, conductor
- Anatoly Levitin, painter
- Aleksey Levykin, director if the State Historic Museum
- Pavel Legkobit, actor
- Vladimir Lenyashin, art historian, vice-president of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Marina Leonova, president of the Moscow State Academy of Choreography
- Alexander Lesovoy, director of the Grabar Art Conservation Center
- Lev Leshchenko, singer
- Alexander Lib, folk musiciam, artistic director of the Pskov Ensemble
- Darima Linkhovoin, pianist, vocal coach
- Friedrich Lips, accordionist, professor at the Gnessin Academy of Music
- Alexander Litvinov, movie producer
- N.V. Litvinov
- Anton Likhomanov, director of the Russian National Library
- Natalia Lomova, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Oleg Loshakov, painter
- Anton Lubchenko, composer, conductor
- S.A. Lunigin
- Alexandra Luzhina, professor at the Russian Academy of Justice
- Pavel Lungin, film director
- Anatoly Lyubavin, painter
- T.E. Lyubetskaya, art historian
- Boris Lyubimov, president of the Shchepkin Higher Theatre School
- L.Y. Mayorova, art historian
- Evgeny Maksimov, painter
- Anton Malyshev, movie producer
- Vladimir Malyshev, president of the Russian State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK)
- Arkady Mandzhiev, composer, general manager of the Kalmykia State Philharmonic Society
- Viktor Manzhos, head of the Ukrainian community in Kamchatka
- Vyacheslav Morokin, painter
- Svetlana Maslakova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Atrs
- Fabio Mastrangelo, conductor, pianist
- Vladimir Matveev, actor
- Yuri Makhotin, painter
- Denis Matsuev, pianist
- Galina Mayarovskaya, president of the Gnessin Academy of Music
- Sergey Medvedev, painter
- Ovanes Melik-Pashaev, music producer
- Karina Melik-Pashaeva, president of the Russian Academy of Theatre Art (GITIS)
- Anastasia Melnikova, actress, TV host
- Tamara Melnikova, director of the Tarkhany Lermontov Museum
- Dmitry Meshiev, film director
- Natalia Metelitsa, director of the Saint Petersburg Theatre and Music Art Museum
- Ekaterina Mechetina, pianist
- Svetlana Mizeri, actress
- Leonid Milovanov, choreographer
- Mikhail Mindlin, art historian, director of the Moscow Modern Art Center
- Viktor Minkov, stage director
- Viktor Miroshnichenko, actor
- Sergey Miroshnichenko, film director
- Alexandr Mikhaylov, actor
- T.V Mikhailova
- Semen Mikhailovsky, president of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts
- Alexander Michri, painter, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Andrey Moguchiy, artistic director of the Tovstonogov Bolshoi Drama Theatre
- Aleksey Morozov, president of the Moscow Art College
- Nikolay Morozov, filmmaker
- Alexander Mostykanov, president of the Astrakhan State Conservatory
- Gyulli Mubaryakova, actress
- Madina Muzakaeva, choreographer
- Anatoly Mukasey, filmmaker
- Alexander Muntagirov, ballet dancer
- Milyausha Murtazina, professor of the Ufa Academy of Arts
- Fanis Musagitov, general manager of the Tatar State Drama Theatre
- Alexander Mustaev, actor
- Ruziya Mutygullina, actress
- Raufal Mukhametzyanov, general manager of the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre
- Fargat Mukhametov, director of the Bolgar State Museum
- Nikolay Mukhin, painter
- Nadezhda Mukhina, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Larisa Myzina, director of the Kemerovo Regional Museum of Arts
- Tatiana Nazarenko, painter
- Yuri Nazarov, actor
- Gulchachak Nazipova, director of the Tatarstan National Museum
- Georgy Natanson, movie director
- Vasily Nesterenko, painter
- O.V. Nesterenko
- Aslan Nekhai, composer
- Vladimir Nikeev,opera singer
- Viktor Nikitushkin, choreographer
- Marat Nikolaev, conductor
- Sergey Nikonenko, actor
- Pavel Nikonov, painter
- Inga Novikova, general manager of the Tatarstan Bolshoi Concert Hall
- Rozalia Nurgaleeva, director of the State Museum of Fine Arts of Tatarstan Republic
- Kadim Nurullin, general manager of the Tatar Stare Philharmonic Society
- Elena Obraztsova, opera singer
- Georgy Obukhov, actor
- Vladimir Ovchinnikov, pianist, president of the Moscow Central Music School
- Igor Okolnikov, composer
- Alexander Okorokov, president of the Russian Institute for Cultural Research
- Vyacheslav Okunev, painter
- Sergey Oleshnya, sculptor, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Dagun Omaev, actor
- Elena Orlova, actress
- Petr Ossovsky, painter
- A.A. Oskin
- Yuri Asherov, artistic director of the Saratov Youth Theatre
- Alexander Pankratov-Cherniy, actor
- N.N Panyusheva, journalist
- Georgy Parajanov, filmmaker
- Nikolay Parshikov, president of the Orel State Institute of Culture
- E.V. Pakhomova
- Olga Pashina, art historian
- Alexandra Permyakova, artistic director of the Pyatnitsky Russian Folk Chorus
- Aleksey Petrov, choral director
- Alla Petrukhno, director of the Alexandrov Kremlin Museum
- Lyudmila Pilipchuk, general manager of the Kuzbass Philharmonic Society
- Eduard Pichugin, general manager of the Lenfilm Studios
- Vasily Pichul, film director
- Yuri latonov, architect, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Irina Plisko, actress, movie producer
- Pavel Pozhigaylo, director of the Russian Choral Society
- Ivan Polienko, painter
- Yuri Polyakov, writer
- Lyudmila Popilina, professor at the Novosibirsk State Theatre Institute
- Alexander Popovich, artistic director of the Ivushka Dance Ensemble
- Mikhail Porechenkov, actor
- Mikhail Posokhin, architect
- Iosif Prigozhin, musis producer
- Vladislav Piavko, opera singer
- Valery Raevsky, conductor, artistic director of the Vyatka Symphony Orchestra
- Nikolay Rastorguyev, singer
- Olga Rastorguyeva, general manager of the Music Center “Chukotka’s Heritage”
- M.A. Raskhleyeva, painter
- Anatoly Rakhaev, president of the North-Caucasian State University of Arts
- Aleksey Redchits, painter
- Igor Ringer, vice-president of the Russian Union of Composers Union
- Elena Rzhevskaya, press secretary of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Nikolay Rogotnev, conductor
- Alexander Rozhi, art historian
- Yuri Rozum, pianist
- Vitaly Romanov, director of the Saint Petersburg Music Lyceum
- Nikolay Ruban, director of the Khabarovk Regional Museum
- Gulzada Rudenko, director of the Elabuga Museum
- Ivan Rudin, pianist
- Alexander Rukavishnikov, sculptor, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Philip Rukavishnikov (Jr.), sculptor, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Vladimir Runov, journalist
- Vladimir Rushanin, president of the Chelyabinsk Academy of Culture and Arts
- Aleksey Rybin, music producer
- Anna Savelieva, actress, artistic director of the Kamchatka Theatre of Drama and Comedy
- Lyubov Savelieva, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Valentina Savina, president of the State School of Circus and Variety Arts
- Oleg Savostyuk, painter
- Dmitry Sandzhiev, painter
- Vladimir Sapunov, music producer
- Lidia Saurova, cinematograph
- Mikhail Safronov, general manager of the Sverdlovsk Theatre of Musical Comedy
- Valery Sevastianov, filmmaker
- Arkady Sevidov, pianist, professor at the Moscow State Conservatory
- Lilya Semenova, general manager of the Saint Petersburg Youth Theatre on Fontanka.
- Lyudmila Senchina, actress, singer
- Sergey Sereychik, director of the Saint Petersburg Lermontov Library
- Anatoly Sivushov, film producer
- Natalia Simkina, art historian, manager of the Krasnoyarsk Surikov Museum
- Natalia Sipovskaya, president of the State Institute for Art Studies
- Igor Sirenko, stage director
- Boris Sklyaruk ,painter
- Alexander Slavutsky, artistic director of the Kazan Russian Bolshoi Drama Theatre
- Alexander Sladkovsky, conductor, artistic director of the Tatarstan Stare Symphony Orchestra
- Viktor Slobodchuk, artistic director of the Belgorod State Drama Theatre
- Yuri Smirnov, actor
- Sergey Snezhkin, actor, film director
- Alexander Sokolov, president of the Moscow State Conservatory
- Yuri Solomin, actor, artistic director of the Maly Theatre
- Renata Sotiriadi, actress, stage manager
- Semen Spivak, stage manager, artistic director of the Saint Petersburg Youth Theatre on Fontanka
- Vladimir Spivakov, violinist, conductor
- Sergey Stadler, violinist
- Evgeny Steblov, actor
- Yefim Stepanov, actor
- Nikolay Stepanov, conductor
- Liliya Stepanova, director of the Karelia Kantele Dance and Song Ensemble
- Anatoly Streltsov, general manager of the Irkutsk Drama Theatre
- Vitaly Stuhev, actor
- Valery Sudakov, manager
- Vladimir Sukhanov, accordionist, professor at the Ufa Academy of Arts
- Nikolay Syrovatka, folk musician
- Oleg Tabakov, actor, artistic director of the Moscow Art Theater
- Valentina Talyzina, actress
- Milyausha Tamindarova, artistic director of the Chamber Choir of the Republic of Tatarstan
- Natalia Tarasova, opera singer, professor at the Astrakhan State Conservatory
- Olga Taratynova, director of the Tsarskoye Selo Museum
- Mikhail Tatarnikov, conductor, music director of the Mikhailovsky Theatre
- Valentina Telichkina, actress
- Aleksey Telnov, film producer
- Alexander Teslik, painter member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Vladimir Timofeev, director of the Saint Petersburg Museum of City Sculpture
- Alexander Tikhomirov, painter
- Aleksey Tikhonov, architect
- Yuri Tkachev, accordionist
- Alexander Tolstikov, painter, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Lyudmila Tomskaya, general manager of the Petersburg Kino Theatres
- Sergey Trofimov, singer, songwriter
- Rashida Tuysina, dancer
- Pavel Turaev, sculptor, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- I.V. Turaeva, art historian
- Alexander Turgaev, president of the Saint Petersburg State University of Arts
- Sergey Tyufyakov, accordionist, professor at the Ufa Academy of Arts
- L.A. Uglinskaya
- Igor Ugolnikov, producer
- Viktor Ulianich, composer
- Vladimir Urin, general manager of the Bolshoi Theatre.
- Leontiy Usov, sculptor
- Aleksey Uchitel, film director
- Jahongir Fayziev, filmmaker
- Aydar Fayzrakhmanov, opera singer, artistic director of the Tatar State Philharmonic Society
- Rashat Fayzrakhmanov, general manager of the Naberezhnye Chelny Tatar State Drama Theatre
- Yulia Fayzullina, manager
- Anastasia Fedorenko, writer
- Viktor Fedorov, president of the Russian State Library
- L.B. Fedorovskaa, art historian
- Marina Fedoseeva, choral director, folk musician
- Eduard Fortelmeister, president of the Nizhni Novgorod State Conservatory
- Vladimir Firsov, vice-president of the Russian State Library
- Valery Fokin, artistic director of the Alexandrinsky Theatre
- Rudolph Furmanov, stage director
- Margarita Khabarova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Gennady Khazanov, actor, stand-up comendian
- Ildar Khayrullin, actor
- Ayrat Khametov, artistic director of the Tatarstan State Ensemble of Song and Dance
- Dmitry Kharatyan, actor
- Renat Kharisov, poet
- Nadezhda Khira, choreographer
- Olga Khomova, general manager of the Saint Petersburg State Capella
- Vladimir Khotinenko, film director
- Konstantin Khudyakov, painter, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Viktor Tsvigun, folk musician
- Zurab Tsereteli, sculptor, president of Russian Academy of Arts
- Nikolay Tsiskaridze, ballet dancer
- Zoya Chalova, director of the Saint Petersburg Central Public Library
- Albert Charkin, painter, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Maria Chegodaeva, art historian
- Alexander Chepurov, president of the Russian State Institute of Performing Arts
- Vladislav Chernushenko, artistic director of the Saint Petersburg State Capella
- Lyudmila Chursina, actress
- Olga Chursina, actress, Чурсина О.С., член Союза кинематографистов России.
- Valery Shadsky, artistic director of the Ryazan State Puppet Theatre
- Fariza Shadyzheva, composer
- Robert Shaymardanov, general manager of the Menzelinsk State Tatar Drama Theatre
- Aleksey Shalashov, general manager of the Moscow Philharmonic Society
- Farit Shamsiev, general manager of the Kazan Youth Theatre
- Irek Sharipov, manager
- Anton Sharoev, conductor
- Karen Shakhnazarov, filmmaker
- Yuri Schwarzkopf, manager at the Mariinsky Theatre
- Vladimir Shevelkov, actor
- Aleksey Shevchenkov, actor
- N.G. Shepeleva, art historian
- Valentina Shershneva, singer
- Alexander Shilov, painter
- Lyubov Shirshova, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Igor Shishkin, president of the Tyumen State Academy of Culture and Arts
- Vyacheslav Shlyakhtov, actor
- Galina Shoydagbaeva, opera singer, professor at the East Siberian Institute of Culture
- Yuri Shrader, actor
- Sergey Shub, general manager of the Baltic House Festival Theatre
- Nikolay Shumakov, architect
- Irina Shumskaya, general manager of the National Theatre of Karelia
- Anatoly Shutikov, conductor
- Mikhail Shcherbakov, conductor, artistic director of the Samara Philharmonic Orchestra
- Elena Shcherbakova, artistic director of the Moiseev Folk Dance Ensemble
- Valery Erdniev, choreographer
- Sergey Eskin, singer
- Olga Yudakhina, composer
- Vladimir Yudelson, general manager of the Kuzbass Music Theatre
- Inga Yudenich, art historian, member of the Russian Academy of Arts
- Vladislav Yudin, general manager of the Bugulma State Russian Drama Theatre
- Pavel Yudin, president of the Russian Institute for Cultural Heritage
- Rivkat Yusupov, president of the Kazan State University of Arts
- Valery Yakovlev, actor, stage director
- Alexander Yakupov, president of the Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts
- Ilfir Yakupov, general manager of the Tatar State Kamal Theatre
- Roza Yapparova, general manager of the Tatar State Puppet Theatre Ekiyat
- Mansur Yarmiev, general manager of the Kazan Youth Theatre
(From the website of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation: http://mkrf.ru/press-center/news/ministerstvo/deyateli-kultury-rossii-v-podderzhku-pozitsii-prezidenta-po-ukraine-i-krymu)