Mikhail Derzhavin was born on July 25, 1903 in village Aksinino, Zvenigorod uyezd, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Stupinsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for
The Turning Point (1945),
The Great Glinka (1946) and
Pervopechatnik Ivan Fedorov (1941). He died on July 30, 1951 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].