Meritorious Titles

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Honorary Titles
in the USSR, a means by which the state and society acknowledge the achievements of outstanding citizens and groups.

Under the Constitution of the USSR, the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR has the power to establish and award the following honorary titles of the USSR: Hero of the Soviet Union, Hero of Socialist Labor, Hero City, Hero Fortress, Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR, Mother-Heroine (established on July 8, 1944), People’s Artist of the USSR (performing arts; Sept. 6, 1936), People’s Architect of the USSR (Aug. 12, 1967), People’s Artist of the USSR (fine arts; July 16, 1943), Honored Military Pilot of the USSR (Jan. 26, 1965), Honored Military Navigator of the USSR (Jan. 26, 1965), Honored Test Pilot of the USSR (Aug. 14, 1958), Honored Test Navigator of the USSR (Aug. 14, 1958), Honored Pilot of the USSR (Sept. 30, 1965), and Honored Navigator of the USSR (Sept. 30, 1965).

Persons who receive the Lenin Prize or the State Prize in science and technology, literature, art, and architecture are awarded the title of laureate of these prizes. Honorary titles m the armed forces of the USSR include guards’ titles and military honorary designations. In some industries honorary titles are awarded to workers who have attained a high level of mastery; the titles are conferred by the appropriate ministries jointly with the central committee of their trade union and include the titles Honored Miner (Pochetnyi gorniak, Pochetnyi shakhter) and Honored Metallurgist. The model regulations for the kolkhoz adopted in 1969 provide for awarding the titles of Honored Kolkhoznik (Zasluzhennyi kolkhoznik) and Honorary Kolkhoznik (Pochetnyi kolkhoznlk). The Ministry of Culture of the USSR awards theaters and artistic groups the honorary title of academic. In sports two honorary titles are awarded by the Committee of Physical Culture and Sports under the USSR Council of Ministers: Honored Master of Sports of the USSR (established May 27, 1934) and Honored Coach of the USSR (Mar. 24, 1956).

Under the constitutions of the Union and autonomous republics, the establishment and awarding of honorary titles is within the competence of the Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of these republics. The Presidiums of the Supreme Soviets of the Union republics have established and award the following honorary titles (group and individual):

Honored Accountant, established in the Georgian SSR (Jan. 9, 1968) and Armenian SSR (Mar. 15, 1972).

Honored Agricultural Worker, established in the Ukrainian SSR (Oct. 10, 1969), Byelorussian SSR (Oct. 29, 1971), Kazakh SSR (Mar. 27, 1960), Georgian SSR (Nov. 16, 1970), Lithuanian SSR (Aug. 30, 1962), and Latvian SSR (Feb. 19, 1965).

Honored Agronomist, established in the RSFSR (Jan. 28, 1954), Ukrainian SSR (Dec. 9, 1953), Uzbek SSR (Apr. 19, 1948), Kazakh SSR (Apr. 26, 1949), Georgian SSR (Nov. 28, 1953), Azerbaijan SSR (Dec. 10, 1951), Lithuanian SSR (Aug. 4, 1954), Moldavian SSR (Nov. 28, 1951), Latvian SSR (Jan. 22, 1954), Kirghiz SSR (Apr. 3, 1951), Tadzhik SSR (Jan. 15, 1951), Armenian SSR (Dec. 15, 1953), Turkmen SSR (Nov. 25, 1948), and Estonian SSR (Apr. 17, 1954).

Honored Animal Husbandry Expert, established in the RSFSR (June 16, 1949), Ukrainian SSR (May 19, 1949), Uzbek SSR (Mar. 18, 1971), Kazakh SSR (Aug. 4, 1947), Georgian SSR (May 5, 1949), Azerbaijan SSR (July 11, 1949), Lithuanian SSR (Aug. 13, 1949), Moldavian SSR (May 20, 1949), Latvian SSR (June 16, 1949), Kirghiz SSR (Dec. 8, 1947), Tadzhik SSR (July 6, 1949), Armenian SSR (May 26, 1949), Turkmen SSR (Nov. 25, 1948), and Estonian SSR (Nov. 4, 1949).