January 27, 1904 the command of the Japanese squadron, which approached the neutral Korean port Chemulpo, offers Russian ships — cruiser Varyag and gunboat Korietz — to leave the port.
It essentially played the same role; therefore upon the establishment of the USSR State Prize, the diplomas and badges of the recipients of Stalin Prize were changed to that of USSR State Prize.
The list covers both the award for performance arts (Russian: Народный артист СССР, romanized: Narodny artist SSSR) and a separate award for visual arts (Народный художник, Narodny khudozhnik).