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He was born with a disability because of an anatomic defect of his leg, in 1951 in Podorvikha village in Siberian Russia. His father was a Red Army veteran of WW2. One of most important contemporary filmmakers, Sokurov worked extensively in television and later graduated from the prestigious film school, VGIK, in 1979. His films often created tensions with the Soviet authorities but he received great support from such outstanding film masters as Andrei Tarkovsky. Particularly, after the collapse of the regime, Sokurov's films started earning him numerous awards around the world. While most known for his feature films, Sokurov has directed over 20 interesting documentaries. His 2002 sensational "Russian Ark" is a historic achievement that will be watched and talked about by many generations.
Sokurov has collected a number of awards at Berlin, Cannes, Moscow, Toronto, Locarno and European Film Awards. He lives and works in Russia.- Marina Yakovleva was born on 1 April 1959 in Zima, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Shestoy (1982), After the Rain, on Thursday (1986) and Serebryanoye revyu (1982). She was previously married to Andrey Rostotskiy.
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Ekaterina Markova was born on 18 November 1946 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress and writer, known for Tretiy v pyatom ryadu (1984), Zhelayu uspekha (1980) and Matters of the Heart (1974). She was previously married to Georgiy Taratorkin.- Galina Belyaeva was born on 26 April 1961 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Black Arrow (1985), Anna Pavlova (1983) and The Shooting Party (1978). She has been married to Sergey Doychenko since 1989. They have two children. She was previously married to Emil Loteanu.
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Ivan Vyrypaev was born on 3 August 1974 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Euphoria (2006), Kislorod (2009) and UFO (2020). He has been married to Karolina Gruszka since 2007. They have one child. He was previously married to Polina Agureeva.- Aleksey Filimonov was born on 3 February 1981 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Another Year (2014), Great Poetry (2019) and Vertinskiy (2021). He is married to Olga Filimonova. They have one child.
- Natalya Egorova was born on 22 August 1950 in Usol-Sibirskoe, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Russkiy bunt (2000), Tayny dvortsovykh perevorotov (2000) and Tsarevich Aleksey (1996).
- Yuri Stepanov was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre.
He was born Yuri Konstantinovich Stepanov on June 7, 1967, in the village of Rysyevo, Irkutsk province, Russia. His father, Konstantin Stepanov, was director of a Soviet collective farm in Siberia. His mother was a schoolteacher. Young Yuri Stepanov grew up in rural Siberia. There he enjoyed fishing and hunting with his father. As a schoolboy, he caught the acting bug and joined amateur theatre in his community. From 1984 - 1988 he studied at the Irkutsk Theatrical School under Nadezda Arno and Valentina Dulova. There he was spotted by an agent and was invited to Moscow. From 1988 - 1992 he studied acting at State Institute of Theatrical Arts (GITIS) under Petr Fomenko, graduating in 1992.
Yuri Stepanov had a successful stage career with the company of Petr Fomenko in Moscow. He made memorable appearances in classical plays, most notably as flamboyant crook Chichikov in the "Dead Souls" by Nikolay Gogol and as Benjamin in "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner, for which he was awarded the Prize of Moscow Theatrical Festival in 1993. Later he went on to play in Chekhov's "The Three Sisters" and in the Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" among other plays.
In 1991, Yuri Stepanov made his film debut in Alexander Pushkin's "Povesti Belkina." Then he went on to work with the best filmmakers in Russia, such as Danelia, Abdrashitov, German and Dostal. Stepanov made a solid performance in _Vremya tantsora (1998)_ by director Vadim Abdrashitov and later earned wide recognition as Glymov in the popular series Shtrafbat (2004) by director Nikolai Dostal.
Yuri Stepanov was married to Irina Stepanova, a costume designer. The couple had two sons and were expecting their third child; at the time of Stepanov's tragic death, his wife was 8 month pregnant. Yuri Stepanov died after a traffic accident on March 3, 2010, in Moscow, and was laid to rest next to his fellow actors, Vladislav Galkin, Aleksandr Dedyushko and Igor Starygin, in Troekurovskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. His tragic death caused a considerable mourning in Russia. Director Nikolai Dostal said that he lost a good friend and Russia lost a great actor. - Director
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Ideya Garanina was born on 8 August 1937 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Ideya was a director and writer, known for The Cat Who Walked by Herself (1988), 100 gramm dlya khrabrosti (1977) and Crane's Feathers (1977). Ideya died on 19 March 2010 in Tver, Russia.- Kristina Isaykina-Berger was born on 13 September 1988 in Angarsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Call-center (2020), The Big Moment (2021) and Air (2023).
- Oleg Gayanov was born on 10 December 1963 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Gogol. A Terrible Vengeance (2018), Vremya goda zima (2022) and Rzhev (2019).
- Irina Sabanova was born on 7 January 1967 in Tayshet, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR. She is an actress, known for Russkiy bunt (2000), Dance Macabre (1992) and The Successor (1996).
- Alisa Vladimirovna Mon (birth name - Svetlana Vladimirovna Bezukh) is a Soviet Union and Russian pop singer who became popular in the late 1980s after performing the song "Podorozhnik". The second wave of popularity was associated with her 1997 hit "Almaz". In 1983, in Novosibirsk, she entered the pop department at the music school. She worked as a singer in Novosibirsk restaurants. In 1985 she became a soloist in the school's jazz orchestra. Subsequently, she left the educational institution without receiving a secondary education (in her own words, she was expelled for incompetence). From January 1986 to December 1989 she worked in the "Labyrinth" team under the direction of Sergei Muravyov at the Novosibirsk State Philharmonic Society, while also doing solo work. She took the pseudonym "Alisa Mon", which is consonant with the word "Mona Lisa". This pseudonym became the real name of the singer on the passport.
- Vladimir Kapustin was born on 16 March 1971 in Angarsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for Zaveshchanie Lenina (2007), Isaev (2009) and Shtrafbat (2004).
- Elizaveta Shumskaya was born on 1 September 1926 in Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She was an actress, known for Moscow Skies (1944) and Neoknchennaya simfoniya (1968). She died in December 2018.
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Boris Grigorev is Soviet and Russian film actor, director, teacher. Honored Artist of Russia (2000). In 1952-1958 he studied at the construction department of the Ural Polytechnic Institute of Sergey Kirov in Sverdlovsk. In 1965, he graduated from the directing department of VGIK (workshop of Sergey Gerasimov and Tamara Makarova). From 1964 Grigorev worked as a production director at the M. Gorkiy's Studio. He taught at the directing department of the VIPPK (All-Russian Institute for Retraining and Advanced Training of Cinematographic Workers). Since 2006, he has led a workshop (together with Yuriy Kara) at the Film and Television Department of the Moscow Academy of Education of Natalya Nesterova. Boris Grigorev shot 17 motion pictures. Among the most famous director's works of Boris Grigoriev are the films Pervyy sneg (1965), Parol ne nuzhen (1967), Petrovka, 38 (1980), Ogaryova, 6 (1981), Pristupit k likvidatsii (1984) and Bes v rebro (1990).- Anatoliy Alekseev was born on 5 May 1909 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now Irkutskaya oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Nebesa (1940), Golubaya strela (1959) and Myatezh (1929). He died on 22 January 1988 in Yalta, Crimean Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.
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- Camera and Electrical Department
Yuri Durinov was born on 29 July 1941 in Sr. Tarasa, Bokhanskiy rayon, Irkutskaya oblast, USSR. Yuri is a cinematographer, known for Protiv techeniya (1981) and Pozdnyaya vstrecha (1979).- Andrey Gelasimov was born on 7 October 1965 in Irkutsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. Andrey is a writer, known for Piraty galaktiki Barrakuda (2024), Zhazhda (2013) and Sneakers (2016).
- Vladimir Kondratiev was born on 1 December 1945 in Irkutskaya oblast, USSR. He was an actor, known for 07-y menyaet kurs (2007), A Dream in Polar Fog (1994) and Net chuzhoy zemli (1990). He died on 13 July 2012.
- Dmitriy Chernigovskiy was born on 20 July 1962 in Angarsk, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Angarksiy rayon, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Police Academy: Mission to Moscow (1994), Peter the Great (1986) and Malchiki (1991). He died on 1 February 2001 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Anastasiya Chursina was born on 10 August 1994 in Tulun, Irkutskaya oblast, Russia. She is an actress, known for Falshiviy flag (2023), Elefant (2019) and Nevskiy (2016).
- Viktor Korolyov was born on 26 July 1961 in Tayshet, Tayshetskiy rayon, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is an actor, known for La batalla de los Tres Reyes (1990), Siluet v okne naprotiv (1993) and Ermak (1997).
- Vladimir Manketov was born in 1929 in Naymaday, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Pora tayozhnogo podsnezhnika (1959). He died on 11 February 1966.
- Valentina Timoshchuk was born on 29 March 1986 in Cheremkhovo, Irkutskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR.