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- Aleksey Buldakov was born on 26 March 1951 in Makarovka, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Peculiarities of the National Hunt (1995), Peculiarities of the National Fishing (1998) and Peculiarities of the National Hunt in the Winter (2000). He was married to Lyudmila Buldakova and Lyudmila Kormunina. He died on 3 April 2019 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.
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Vasili Shukshin, one of Russian cinema's notable figures, was born Vasili Makarovich Shukshin into a peasant family on July 25, 1929, in the village of Srostki, Altai province, Siberian Russia. His father, named Makar Leontievich Shukshin, was a landlord who refused to join a collective farm and was arrested and executed in 1933. A that time Shukshin's mother, Maria Sergeevna, was 22, with two children, and she married another peasant who was soon drafted and was killed in WWII. Young Vasili Shukshin was raised by a single mother.
After WWII Shukshin studied to become a car mechanic, then served in the Navy in the Baltic Sea, then worked as a school teacher in Siberia, then went to study film directing in Moscow. He was accepted by director Mikhail Romm, who recognized Shukshin's natural talent. From 1954-1960 he studied acting and directing at Soviet State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, and made his big screen debut as cameo in Quiet Flows the Don (1957) by director Sergey Gerasimov. During the 50s and 60s he starred in several popular films. Shukshin published his first short stories in 1958, during the "Thaw" that was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev. In 1964 he wrote and directed Zhivyot takoy paren (1964) and the film was critically acclaimed at XVI International Film Festival in Venice (1965). At that time Shukshin became a well-known party man in Moscow, he was romantically involved with popular poet Bella Akhmadulina. He later married actress Lidiya Fedoseeva-Shukshina, and the couple had two daughters.
In 1965 Shukshin started his new project, titled 'Stepan Razin', about the 17 century Cossac leader who led a major popular uprising against the Russian Tzar, and was brutally executed at the Red Square in Moscow. In 1967 the film 'Stepan Razin' was in development and Shukshin went on location at the Volga river where the historic uprising took place; but the Soviet authorities crashed the film for political reasons. Shukshin eventually had serious problems with alcohol and depression for several years. Only later, after the birth of his second daughter, he completely abstained from alcohol for the rest of his life. In 1969 he was designated Honorable Artist of Russia. In 1971 he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR for his outstanding acting in the leading role as Chernov in the popular film U ozera (1970) by director Sergey Gerasimov.
In 1973, Vasili Shukshin starred in what became his most popular film, Kalina krasnaya (1974), which he also wrote and directed, earning himself awards and fame. In 1974 Shukshin re-started his film project titled 'Stepan Razin' and also wrote a novel about Stepan Razin titled 'I came to let you free'. Shukshin was found dead on October 2, 1974, aboard the "Dunai" cruise-ship on the Volga river, near Kletskaya in Volgograd province, Russia. He was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.
Shukshin's main novel 'I came to let you free' was published posthumously. His novels and short stories were translated in more than 30 languages and sold over 20 million copies across the world. A comprehensive artistic biography of Vasili Shukshin was written by Evgeni Vertlib, and published in New York, in 1990.- Actor
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Ivan Stebunov was born on 9 November 1981 in Pavlovsk, Altai Krai, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Stiker (2022), Posledniy uik-end (2005) and We Are Family (2012). He was previously married to Marina Aleksandrova.- Actor
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Valeri Zolotukhin, one of Russian cinema's most popular faces, who was disabled in his childhood and had to walk with crutches, is now a renown actor, singer, and writer.
He was born Valeri Sergeevich Zolotukhin on June 21, 1941, in Bystry Istok village, Altai region, Russia. His father was chairman of a local collective farm; a powerful man in that remote Siberian region. His mother was a homemaker. At the age of 7 Zolotukhin fell out of window and suffered a severe trauma. He had to wear a cast and used crutches for several years, but he was dreaming of becoming an actor, because he was inspired by touring drama troupe. Upon his graduation from the village school, Zolotukhin went straight to Moscow. In spite of being lame he was admitted to the Department of Musical Comedy at the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS). While being a student he made his name as a singer of popular folk songs. His songs, peppered with risqué vernacular lyrics and funny jokes, soon made him one of the most popular singers in Russia. Zolotukhin married his girlfriend from the acting class, Nina Shatskaya, on the Valentine's Day, February 14, 1963. That same year he graduated from the Department of Musical Comedy of the Moscow Theatre Institute (GITIS).
Zolotukhin was hired by Yuriy Lyubimov almost simultaneously with the famous singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotskiy and the two actors became best friends. From 1964 Zolotukhin has been a permanent member of the legendary troupe at the Taganka Theatre, working mostly with the famous director Yuriy Lyubimov. His stage works include leading roles in such plays as 'Medeya', 'Marat i Markiz de Sad', 'Dobry chelovek is Sezuana', 'Tsena', 'Teatrlny roman', 'Faust', 'Pavel Pervy', 'Vladimir Vysotsky'. Zolotukhin shines on stage and in film as an actor of multifaceted talent and great versatility. He is particularly proud of his works in 'Sharashka', written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and in 'Zhivago', based on the novel by Boris Pasternak.
Valeri Zolotukhin was once asked by the Taganka director Yuriy Lyubimov to play the role of Hamlet instead of Vladimir Vysotskiy, who was very busy with concert tours and traveling abroad. Zolotukhin had several rehearsals as Hamlet, and he was confronted by Vysotsky, "Valery, if you ever play Hamlet, I'll leave this theatre on the day of your premiere. I'll leave and go to the worst theatre." Hamlet was a dream role for any actor. Finally Vysotsky won. Zolotukhin generously stepped aside and never played Hamlet. Later Vysotsky summarized: "Zolotukhin is aware that he is the best. That's why he is never jealous."
He shot to fame after starring in popular films 'Khozyain taygi' (1968) and 'Interventsiya' (1969), where his film partner was Vladimir Vysotskiy. Zolotukhin was best known for the leading role in 'Bumbarash' (TV 1971). His latest film works are the role of father-vampire in 'Nochnoi Dozor' (The Night Watch, 2004) and its sequel 'Dnevnoi Dozor' (The Day Watch, 2006). He also played a small, but beautifully performed role as Bosoy in the popular TV-series _Master i Margarita (2005)_ based on the eponymous novel by Mikhail A. Bulgakov and directed by Vladimir Bortko. Zolotukhin created his character in a masterful interplay with a stellar ensemble of actors; such as Oleg Basilashvili, Aleksandr Abdulov, Kirill Lavrov, Anna Kovalchuk, Aleksandr Galibin, Sergey Bezrukov, Aleksandr Filippenko, Valentin Gaft, Vladislav Galkin, Aleksandr Bashirov, and other Russian film stars.
Zolotukhin recently published a two-volume edition of his memoirs. He presented many revelations and unusually candid observations in his well-written memoirs; sincere, sharp, generous and insightful comments about his career and about some of his stage and film partners. This included such stars as Vladimir Vysotskiy, Venyamin Smekhov, Leonid Filatov, Anatoli Efros, Yuriy Lyubimov, and many other Russian celebrities. He was the closest friend of the famous singer-songwriter Vladimir Vysotskiy, who was arguably the biggest star in the 60's and 70's Russia. Zolotukhin was asked to say the last word when Russia buried Vysotsky.
In 2011, after resignation of Lyubimov, Valery Zolotukhin was appointed artistic director of the Taganka company. He was designated People's Actor of Russia in 1987 and received numerous awards for his film and theatre performances. In the course of his acting career he appeared in more than 40 feature films, 20 TV works, and played over 60 roles on stage. Valeri Zolotukhin is a proud father of three sons. He is living and working in Moscow, Russia.- Mikhail Kalashnikov is a Russian and Soviet designer of small arms. Doctor of Technical Sciences (1971), Lieutenant General (1999), Hero of the Russian Federation (2009), creator of the world famous Kalashnikov assault rifle (AK).
From childhood, he was interested in technology, with interest studying the device and principles of operation of various mechanisms. At school he was fond of physics, geometry and literature. For the first time Mikhail got acquainted with the device of weapons, having disassembled the Browning gun with his own hands.
.In the fall of 1938 he was drafted into the Red Army in the Kiev Special Military District. After a course of junior commanders, he received the specialty of a tank driver and served in the 12th Panzer Division. He showed his inventive abilities already there - he developed an inertial counter for shots from a tank gun, a device for a TT pistol to increase the efficiency of firing through slots in a tank tower, a tank life meter.
Kalashnikov began the Great Patriotic War in August 1941 as a tank commander with the rank of senior sergeant, and in October he was seriously wounded near Bryansk. At the hospital, he really got into the idea of creating his own model of automatic weapons. He began to make sketches and drawings, comparing and analyzing his own impressions of battles, the opinions of his comrades in arms. Since 1942, Kalashnikov worked at the Central Research Range of Small Arms and Mortar Weapons. Here in 1944 he created a prototype self-loading carbine, which, although it did not go into mass production, partially served as a prototype for the creation of an assault rifle. Since 1945, Mikhail Kalashnikov began the development of automatic weapons under the intermediate cartridge 7.62 × 39 of the 1943 model. Kalashnikov assault rifle won the competition in 1947 and was adopted. In March 1948, Kalashnikov was sent to the Izhevsk to participate in the development of technical documentation and organize the production of the first experimental batch of his AK-47 assault rifle. In the shortest possible time, the task was completed: 1,500 assault rifles manufactured at the Motozavod successfully passed military tests and were adopted by the Soviet Army. - Music Department
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Robert Rozhdestvenskiy is a Soviet and Russian poet, translator, songwriter.
Rozhdestvenskiy was born as Robert Petkevich, in the village of Kosikha, West Siberia. Father - Stanislav Petkevich, worked in the NKVD. In 1941 he was drafted into the Red Army. With the rank of lieutenant, he commanded a platoon of the separate engineer battalion. Killed in action in Latvia in 1945. Mother - Vera Fyodorova, a military doctor, before the war she was the director of a rural primary school, and at the same time studied at a medical institute. His parents divorced when Robert was five years old. Mother remarried, stepfather - Ivan Rozhdestvenskiy, military man. Robert took the surname and patronymic of his stepfather. Since 1934, he lived with his parents and grandmother in Omsk. At the beginning of the war, his mother was called to the front and Robert remained with his grandmother Nadezhda Fyodorova.
Robert's first publication was the poem "My dad goes on a hike with a rifle" ('Omskaya Pravda', July 8, 1941). In 1943 he studied at the military music school. In 1950, the first adult publications of Robert Rozhdestvenskiy's poems appeared in the magazine 'Na rubezhe' (Petrozavodsk). In the same year, Rozhdestvenskiy tries to enter the Literary Institute named after Maxim Gorky, but unsuccessfully. He studies for a year at the historical and philological department of Petrozavodsk State University. In 1951, on his second attempt, the poet managed to enter the Literary Institute (graduated in 1956), he moved to Moscow. At the same time he met Yevgeniy Yevtushenko, and later Bulat Okudzhava and Andrei Voznesensky.
In 1955, the young poet's book "Flags of Spring" was published in Karelia. A year later, the poem "My Love" was also published there. In 1955, Robert, while practicing in Altay, met conservatory student Aleksandr Flyarkovsky, with whom the Rozhdestvenskiy's first song, "Your Window," was created.
A characteristic property of Rozhdestvenskiy's poetry is its constantly pulsating modernity, the living relevance of the questions that he poses to himself and to us. These questions concern so many people that they instantly resonate in a wide variety of circles. If you arrange Rozhdestvenskiy's poems in chronological order, you can be convinced that the poet's lyrical confession reflects some essential features characteristic of social life, its movement, maturity, spiritual gains and losses.- Raisa Maksimovna Gorbacheva is a Soviet and Russian public figure, wife of the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the CPSU, USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev.
During the reign of her husband, she became one of the active women on a European scale, became a laureate of a number of public awards, an honorary professor at universities in Europe, America, and Asia. PhD in Philosophy.
As the wife of the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the CPSU, and later the President of the USSR, accompanied Gorbachev on his trips, participated in receptions of foreign delegations coming to the Soviet Union, regularly appeared on television, often causing dislike of Soviet women, many of whom it seemed she often changes outfits and talks a lot.
Abroad, the personality of Raisa Gorbacheva aroused great interest and high marks. So, the British magazine Woman's Own called her the Woman of the Year (1987), the International Fund Together for Peace awarded Gorbacheva the Women for Peace Award, and in 1991 the Lady of the Year Award. - Actor
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Sergey Koltakov was born on 10 December 1955 in Barnaul, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Novye priklyucheniya yanki pri dvore korolya Artura (1989), Iskusstvo zhit v Odesse (1989) and Leningrad (2009). He died on 7 September 2020 in Moscow, Russia.- Vladimir Kashpur was a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
He was born Vladimir Terentevich Kashpur on October 26, 1926, in Severka village, Altai province, Soviet Union (now Russia). During the WWII he served as a pilot-navigator in the Red Army, then from 1946 - 1949 he was an officer of military air traffic control. During his Red Army service, Kashpur was also involved in amateur acting. From 1951 - 1955 he was an actor of Lunacharsky Drama Theatre in Vladimir, Russia. From 1956 - 1959 he studied acting together with such classmates as Anatoliy Romashin, Albert Filozov, Aleksandr Lazarev and Evgeniy Lazarev among others, under Viktor Stanitsyn at Moscow Art Theatre School of Acting, graduating in 1959 as an actor.
From 1959 - 1961 he was member of the troupe at Sovremennik Theatre in Moscow. There his stage partners were such actor as Oleg Efremov, Evgeniy Evstigneev, Galina Volchek, Stanislav Lyubshin, Andrey Myagkov, Viktor Sergachyov, Alla Pokrovskaya, Oleg Tabakov, Oleg Dal, Igor Kvasha, Valentin Gaft and other notable Russian actors.
Since 1961 Vladimir Kashpur has been a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Mark Prudkin, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Vasili Toporkov, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and the next generation of MKhAT actors - Oleg Efremov, Tatyana Doronina, Innokentiy Smoktunovskiy, Oleg Tabakov, Kristina Babushkina, Alla Pokrovskaya, Kira Golovko, Tatyana Lavrova, Iya Savvina, Nina Gulyaeva, Elena Panova, Darya Moroz, Olga Litvinova, Natalya Rogozhkina, Ekaterina Semyonova, Olga Yakovleva, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Irina Miroshnichenko, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Sergei Sosnovsky, Vladimir Krasnov, Dmitriy Nazarov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, Igor Vernik, Aleksei Agapov, Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Valeri Khlevinsky, Valeriy Troshin, Mikhail Trukhin, Eduard Chekmazov, Aleksey Kravchenko, and Evgeniy Mironov among others. His best known stage appearances include his roles as Firs in Anton Chekhov's Vishnevy sad (aka.. The Cherry Orchard) and as Marmeladov in Fyodor Dostoevsky's Prestuplenie i Nakazanie (aka.. Crime and Punishment). Kaspur is co-starring as Zakhar in 'Oblomov', an adaptation of the eponymous novel by Ivan Goncharov, directed by Aleksandr Galibin.
Vladimir Kashpur was designated People's Actor of Russia. He died on the 17th of October, 2009, and was laid to rest in Dolgoprudny cemetery near Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his son, Aleksei Kaspur, and his wife Lyudmila Kashpur, a Medical Doctor. - Aleksas Kazanavicius was born on 17 January 1971 in Altai Krai, Russia. He is an actor, known for Nova Lituania (2019), Uosviu nepasirinksi (2019) and Isaac (2019).
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Rita Streich was born on 18 December 1920 in Barnaul, Altai Governorate [now Altai Krai], Russia. She was an actress, known for The Merry Wives of Windsor (1950), Mr. Bean's Holiday (2007) and Es geht nicht ohne Gisela (1951). She was married to Dieter Berger. She died on 20 March 1987 in Vienna, Austria.- Actress
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Ekaterina Savinova was born on 26 December 1926 in Yeltsovo, Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. She was an actress, known for A Big Family (1954), V odin prekrasnyy den (1956) and Cossacks of the Kuban (1950). She was married to Evgeniy Tashkov. She died on 25 April 1970 in Novosibirsk, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Actor
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Aleksey Vanin was born on 13 February 1924 in Blagoveshchenka, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was an actor and writer, known for Gentlemen of Fortune (1971), And I Was There (2016) and Pogovorim, brat (1979). He died on 22 May 2012 in Moscow, Russia.- German Titov was born on 11 September 1935 in Verkhneye Zhilino, West Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Slike sveta (1962), Stan niewazkosci (1994) and Our World (1986). He died on 20 September 2000 in Moscow, Russia.
- Valentina Kasyanova was born on 27 March 1964 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Russian Ark (2002), Satana (1991) and Gibel imperii (2005).
- Larisa Burkova was born on 15 October 1940 in Kamen-na-Obi, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Zhivyot takoy paren (1964), Styozhki-dorozhki (1964) and Mama vyshla zamuzh (1970). She died on 2 January 2004 in Kamen-na-Obi, Russia.
- Vladimir Ryzhkov was born on 3 September 1966 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Arkadi Kordon was born on 27 May 1945 in Barnaul, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and writer, known for Nabat na rassvete (1986), Velikiy samoed (1982) and Bud proklyata ty, Kolyma (1992).- Yevgeniya Kuznetsova was born on 29 July 1962 in Biysk, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Yurev den (2008) and Vremya (1968).
- Anatoly Ugorsky was born on 28 September 1942 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, Russia. He was an actor, known for Zhizn Klima Samgina (1988). He was married to Maya Elik and Gabriella Talrose. He died on 5 September 2023 in Lemgo, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
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Nikolay Lyrchikov was born on 8 March 1954 in Rogozikha, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Ukhodyashchaya natura (2014), Eshchyo lyublyu, eshchyo nadeyus (1985) and My zhili po sosedstvu (1982).- Vladimir Ratomskiy was born on 23 July 1891 in Barnaul, Barnaul okrug, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Dream of a Cossack (1951), True Friends (1954) and Avariya (1965). He died on 21 May 1965 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Pyotr Ufimtsev was born on 8 July 1931 in Ust-Charyshskaya Pristan, West Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia].
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Boris Chebotaryov was born on 22 March 1907 in Barnaul, Tomsk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was a production designer, known for Six P.M. (1944), Opasnye tropy (1955) and Chelovek rodilsya (1956). He died in 1995.- Viktor Tarasov was born on 29 December 1934 in Barnaul, West Siberian Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Altai Krai, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Krusheniye imperii (1971), Avariya (1965) and Ryadom s vami (1967). He died on 9 February 2006 in Smalyavichy, Minsk Voblast, Belarus.
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Kliment Chimidov was born on 27 January 1949 in Krasny Yar, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a director and assistant director, known for Klinika (1987), Stuk v dver (1990) and Oni byli aktyorami (1981).- Writer
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Mikhail Konovalchuk was born on 19 November 1955 in village Zarinskiy, Sorokino Raion, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Zarinsk, Altai Krai, Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Tsvety kalenduly (1999), Den zverya (2010) and Den angela (1988).- Additional Crew
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Boris Eifman was born on 22 July 1946 in Rubtsovsk, Altai Krai, RSFSR, USSR. He is a director and writer, known for Rodin (2014), The Brothers Karamazov (2016) and Roden (2022).