Awards
Sofia Rotaru is a Meritorious Citizen of Crimea and Yalta. She has received numerous awards, including Meritorious Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, People's Artist of Ukraine, People's Artist of Moldavian SSR, People's Artist of USSR, Laureate of the YCL Prize, Hero of Moldova, and Cavalier of the Republican Order of Moldova. In August 2002, President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma and President of Russia Vladimir Putin honoured Rotaru on her 55th birthday, bestowing upon her the high rank of Hero of Ukraine for her "outstanding personal merits in the sphere of art", and the Russian order "For merits before the Nation".
| Awards | ||
|---|---|---|
| Slavianski Bazaar | ||
| Preceded by 2007 Alla Pugacheva |
Through Art - to Peace and Understanding 2008 Sofia Rotaru |
Succeeded by 2009 Valery Leontiev |
| Golden Orpheus | ||
| Preceded by 1972 Zdzisława Sośnicka |
First Prize 1973 Sofia Rotaru |
Succeeded by 1974 Sergei Zakharov / Nereida Naranjo |
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