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Evgeniy Aleksandrovich Evstigneev was born on October 9, 1926, in Gorky, Russia, USSR (now Nizhni Novgorod, Russia). His father, Aleksandr Mikhailovich Evstigneev, was a metal worker. His mother, Maria Ivanovna (nee Chernysheva), was an industrial metal-miller. Young Evstigneev also worked as an industrial metal-worker in the city of Gorky.
In 1946 Evstigneev made an effort to enter the Gorky Theatrical School. There he was criticized by one of the examiners and was rejected with a comment: "We do not need short, balding actor.s" He had to return to his industrial job. However, he was able to express his creativity through music performances. Evstigneev was fond of American jazz music: he played drums with a local jazz-band in the city of Gorky. There he was scouted by Vitali Lebsky, director of Gorky Theatrical School. Vitali Lebsky immediately noticed Evstigneev's bright smile and musical virtuosity, and was impressed with Evstigneev's radiant personality and stage presence. Lebsky admitted Evstigneev to his acting class without an entrance exams. From 1946-1951 Evstigneev studied acting and graduated from the Gorky Theatrical school in 1951. From 1951-1954 he worked with the Vladimir City Drama Theatre.
In 1954 Evstigneev came to Moscow in his pursuit of an acting career. At that time the cultural revival known as the "Thaw" was initiated by Nikita Khrushchev, which opened many new opportunities for talented people. From 1954-1956 Evstigneev studied at School of Acting of the legendary Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There he became involved with the Moscow intellectual and artistic milieu. In 1955 Evstigneev joined Oleg Efremov, Oleg Tabakov, Igor Kvasha, Galina Volchek, and other student-actors to start an independent theatre company, named 'Studio of Young Actors'. In 1956, upon their graduation, Evstigneev and his fellow actors became co-founders of their own theatre company in Moscow which became known as "Sovremennik". In 1957 he married actress Galina Volchek, their son Denis Evstigneev was born in 1961.
Evstigneev shot to fame after he starred as Comrade Dynin in 'Dobro pozhalovat, ili postoronnim vkhod vospreshchen' (Welcome, or No Trespassing 1964) by director Elem Klimov. He made remarkable performances in films from such directors, as Grigoriy Chukhray, Eldar Ryazanov, Mikhail Shvejtser, Aleksandr Alov, Vladimir Naumov, Karen Shakhnazarov, Leonid Filatov, Stanislav Govorukhin, Vladimir Bortko, Yuriy Kara, and other Russian film directors. From 1971-1992 he was a permanent member of the troupe of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). His stage partners were Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Oleg Efremov, Sergey Yurskiy, Aleksandr Kalyagin, Viktor Sergachyov, Evgeniy Kindinov, Boris Shcherbakov, and other notable Russian actors.
Evgeni Evstigneev was awarded the State Prize of the USSR (1974) for his theatrical work. He was designated People's Artist of the USSR (1983) and received numerous awards and recognitions for his acting works in film and on stage. Evstigneev suffered from a chronic heart condition and complications from a heart attack. He died while undergoing preparation for a heart surgery on March 4, 1992, in London, England, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow, Russia.- Natalya Pavlenkova was born on 7 September 1960 in Gorky, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Zoology (2016), Conference (2020) and Kontakty (2023).
- Artyom Bystrov was born on 19 March 1985 in Gorky, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for The Fool (2014), T-34 (2018) and Planeta.
- Vladimir Vikhrov was born on 17 January 1954 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Krasnye dipkurery (1977), Ekipazh mashiny boevoy (1983) and Den svadby pridyotsya utochnit (1980). He died on 6 September 2010 in Moscow, Russia.
- Yevgeniy Yegorov was born on 30 July 1999 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He is an actor, known for Mira (2022), Guests (2019) and The North Wind (2021).
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Maksim Gorky is a pseudonym of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, who was born into a poor Russian family in Nizhnii Novgorod on Volga river. Gorky lost his father at an early age, he was beaten by his stepfather and became an orphan at age 9, when his mother died. He was brought up by his grandmother, who helped his development as a storyteller.
He was blessed with a brilliant memory, but failed to enter a University of Kazan. At age 19 he survived a suicide attempt, because the bullet missed his heart. After that Gorky traveled on foot for 5 years all over Central Russia, worked as a sailor on a Volga steamboat, then a salesperson, a railway worker, a salt miller, and a lawyer's clerk. At that time he was arrested for his public criticism of the Tsar and social injustices in Russia. He started writing for newspapers and published his first 'Sketches and Stories' in 1890s. Later he wrote an autobiographic book "My Universities" based on impressions from his travels and jobs. Gorky wrote with sympathy about the simple folks, the outcasts, the gypsies, the hobos and dreamers in the context of social decay in the Russian Empire. He became friends with Anton Chekhov and Lev Tolstoy. His play 'The Lower Depths' (1892) was praised by Chekhov and was successfully played in Europe and the United States. His political activism resulted in cancellation of his membership in the Russian Academy. Anton Chekhov and Vladimir Korolenko left the Academy in protest and solidarity with Gorky. He went to live in Europe and America in 1906-13. In America he started his classic novel, 'The Mother', about a Russian Christian woman and her imprisoned son, who both joined revolutionaries under the illusion that revolution follows Christ's messages.
After the Russian revolution in 1917, Gorky criticized Lenin and communists for their "bloody experiments on the Russian people". He wrote, 'Lenin and Trotsky are corrupted with the dirty poison of power. They are disrespectful of human rights, freedom of speech and all other civil liberties". Soon Gorky received a handwritten warning letter from Lenin. Later his friend Nikolai Gumilev, ex-husband of Anna Akhmatova was executed by communists. In 1921 Gorky emigrated to Europe and settled in Capri. He became careful in his critique of communism. In 1932 after a series of brief visits, he returned to Soviet Russia. He was placed in a rich Moscow mansion of the former railroad tycoon Ryabushinsky. His return from the fascist Italy was a victory for Soviet propaganda. He was made the Chairman of the Soviet Writer's Union, and a figurehead of "socialist realism" . After the murder of Kirov in 1934 Gorky was under a house arrest. His son died in 1935. The following year Gorki Gorky died suddenly at the Lenin's dacha in Moscow.- Actress
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Natalya Kudryashova was born on 12 October 1978 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, USSR. She is an actress and director, known for Pionery-geroi (2015), The Man Who Surprised Everyone (2018) and Peterburg. Tolko po lyubvi (2016).- Actor
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Andrey Fayt was born on 29 August 1903 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), The Great Consoler (1933) and Treasure Island (1972). He was married to Galina Kravchenko and Maria Nikolajewna Briling. He died on 17 January 1976 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Writer
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Aleksandr Veledinskiy was born on 27 July 1959 in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013), Zhivoy (2006) and 1993 (2023).- Director
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Igor Maslennikov was born on 26 October 1931 in Nizhny Novgorod, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a director and writer, known for Sentimentalnyi Roman (1976), Pisma k Elze (2002) and Zimnyaya vishnya 2 (1990). He died on 17 September 2022 in St. Petersburg, Russia.- Vera Voronkova was born on 21 March 1965 in Gorky, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lyubovnik (2002), Paradise (2016) and Kontakt (2005).
- Ilya Alekseev was born on 27 September 1980 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, USSR. He is an actor, known for Dark World (2010), Devushka na million (2022) and Olya + Kolya (2007).
- Artyom Suchkov was born on 3 August 1992 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He is an actor, known for Mafia: Game of Survival (2016), The (UN)perfect Guy (2020) and To the Lake (2019).
- Claude Génia was born on 4 March 1913 in Vetluga, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Le père Goriot (1945), The Count of Monte Cristo (1954) and La louve (1949). She was married to Jacques Le Beau. She died on 18 May 1979 in Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France.
- Nikolai Bulganin was born on 30 March 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was married to Elena Mikhailovna. He died on 24 February 1975 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Leonid Obolensky was born on 21 January 1902 in Arzamas, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and director, known for Torgovtzy slavoj (1929), Albidum (1928) and Kirpichiki (1925). He died on 17 November 1991 in Miass, Chelyabinsk Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Actor
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Sergei Desnitsky is a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT).
He was born Sergei Glebovich Desnitsky on April 4, 1941, in the Soviet Union. From 1958 - 1962 he studied acting under A. Karev and G. Gerasimov at Moscow Art Theatre School of Acting, graduating in 1962 as an actor. In 1968 he starred in the title role in Eksperiment doktora Absta (1969), by director Anton Timonishin. He later continued his 'Sci-Fi' career as the title character in Pilot Pirx's Inquest (1979), adapted from the eponymous book by Stanislaw Lem.
Since 1964 Sergei Desnitsky 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, Alla Tarasova, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Mikhail Yanshin, Viktor Stanitsyn, 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, Nina Gulyaeva, Olga Barnet, Iya Savvina, Irina Miroshnichenko, Elena Panova, Darya Moroz, Olga Litvinova, Natalya Rogozhkina, Ekaterina Semyonova, Olga Yakovleva, Raisa Maksimova, Evgeniya Dobrovolskaya, Anastasiya Voznesenskaya, Andrey Myagkov, Stanislav Lyubshin, Vladimir Kashpur, Vladlen Davydov, Viktor Sergachyov, Vyacheslav Nevinnyy, Evgeniy Kindinov, Vladimir Krasnov, Dmitriy Nazarov, Sergey Sazontev, Avangard Leontev, Igor Vasilev, Igor Vernik, Sergei Sosnovsky, Mikhail Porechenkov, Konstantin Khabenskiy, Valeri Khlevinsky, Aleksei Agapov, Valeriy Troshin, Mikhail Trukhin, Eduard Chekmazov, Aleksey Kravchenko, and Evgeniy Mironov among others. During the 1960s - 2000s Desnitsky made stage appearance in about 100 various roles. His most memorable stage roles were as Karelin in 'Shestoe Iyulya' (aka.. The 6th of July) by Mikhail Shatrov, and as Monakhov in 'Varvary' (aka.. The Barbarians) by Maxim Gorky. He also appeared in supporting roles in Anton Chekhov's classic plays 'Chaika' (aka.. The Seagull), 'Dyadya Vanya' (aka.. Uncle Vanya), and 'Vishnevy sad' (aka.. The Cherry Orchard). Besides his acting career, Desnitsky was assistant director for Boris Livanov and Oleg Efremov.
Since 1991 Desnitsky with his wife, actress Vera Desnitskaya, has been performing with their own theatrical enterprise in Moscow. There he made acclaimed performances as Illarion in 'ya, babushka, Iliko i Illarion' (aka.. Me, grandmother, Iliok, and Illarion) by Nodar Dumbadze. He played about twenty roles in Soviet films and on television, and also made voice-overs for characters in Soviet cartoons, as well as imported foreign films. Desnitsky was designated Honorable Actor of Russia. He is living in Moscow, Russia.- Lyudmila Khityaeva was born on 5 August 1930 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Night Before Christmas (1961), Ekaterina Voronina (1957) and Evdokiya (1961).
- Natalya Gudkova was born on 23 October 1977 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Dikiy (2009), Bullet: Ek Dhamaka (2005) and Voditel dlya Very (2004).
- Vassa Bokova was born on 8 May 1996 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She is an actress, known for The Method (2015), Korol i Shut (2023) and Medium (2021).
- Gennady Yanayev was born on 26 August 1937 in Perevoz, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He died on 24 September 2010 in Moscow, Russia.
- Evgeniy Menshov was born on 19 February 1947 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Gde ty, lyubov? (1981), Gosudarstvennaya granitsa (1980) and Postaraysya ostatsya zhivym (1986). He was married to Larysa Borushko, Olga Groznoy and Natalia Selivyorstova. He died on 19 May 2015 in Moscow, Russia.
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Eduard Limonov was born on 22 February 1943 in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Russkoe (2004), Des Teufels Kinder (2011) and Symphony of Donbass (2015). He was married to Ekaterina Volkova, Nataliya Medvedeva, Yelena Shchapova and Anna Rubinshtein. He died on 17 March 2020 in Moscow, Russia.- Maia Usova was born on 22 May 1964 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. She is married to Abatoly Orletsky. They have one child. She was previously married to Alexander Zhulin.
- Ekaterina Travova was born on 10 September 1985 in Arzamas, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Sklifosovsky (2012), Black Cat (2016) and The Baloon Will Come Back (2015).
- Anna Kolomiytseva was born on 10 November 1898 in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Private Ivan (1955), Teper pust ukhodit (1963) and Ivan Brovkin na tseline (1959). She died on 30 July 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Igor Levit was born on 10 March 1987 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.- Konstantin Kuznetsov was born on 6 April 1886 in Pochinki, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russia. He was an art director, known for The Tale of Tsar Saltan (1943). He died on 30 November 1943 in Moscow, USSR.
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Marina Kapatsinskaya was born in the town of Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. She studied in the Moscow Academy of Music "Tchaykovsky" and graduated from professor Dmitri Bashkirov's piano class in 1969. In 1970 marriage brought her to Bulgaria where in 1974 she won First Prize and Gold Medal in the All-Bulgarian Competition for vocal and instrument performers. The year after Mrs. Kapatsinskaya became a laureate of the Busoni Competition in Boltsano, Italy. From 1973 till 1988 Marina Kapatsinskaya was working as a piano soloist at the State Music Agency. In 1975 she began to work for the National Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov" - first as an assistant to professor Konstantin Ganev and then in 1988 as a pedagogue herself. At the moment she is a professor at Piano Department in the National Music Academy "Pancho Vladigerov"- Mikhail Zimin was born on 5 August 1930 in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhegorodskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Krasnoe i chernoe (1976), We'll Live Till Monday (1968) and Moscow Does Not Believe in Tears (1980). He died on 30 December 1991 in Moscow, Russia.
- Pavel Makhotin was born on 19 February 1926 in Vyksa, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ya byl sputnikom solntsa (1959), Day of Wrath (1985) and Veter 'Nadezhdy' (1978). He died on 1 March 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
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Stepan Bogdanov was born on 28 April 1936 in Gorky, Gorky Krai, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is known for The Island (2006), Prostodushnyy (1994) and Dolphin Jump (2009).- Writer
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Anna Kuzminykh was born on 24 June 1994 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. She is a writer and director, known for Involution (2018), Chay (2016) and Pereattestatsiya (2019).- Issay Dobrowen was born on 27 February 1891 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Issay was a composer, known for Polikushka (1922). Issay died on 9 December 1953 in Oslo, Norway.
- Natalya Merts was born on 7 June 1962 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Nochevala tuchka zolotaya... (1990) and Khleb - imya sushchestvitelnoe (1988).
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Natalya Minyaeva was born on 31 March 1974 in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was previously married to Aleksandr Rudin.- Anatoliy Garichev was born on 6 September 1938 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Oshibki yunosti (1978), Foma Gordeev (1959) and Chelovek-nevidimka (1977). He died in 2014 in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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Nikolay Glazkov was born on 30 January 1919 in Lyskovo, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Andrei Rublev (1966), Romans o vlyublyonnykh (1974) and Flames on the Volga (1956). He died on 1 October 1979 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Isaak Kastrel was born in 1917 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire. He was an actor, known for Nabat na rassvete (1986), Mobi Dik (1972) and Ostrova v okeane (1978). He died in 2000.
- Mili Balakirew was born on 2 January 1837 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He died on 29 May 1910 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia].
- Larisa Pashkova was born on 12 October 1921 in Balakhna, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Volnyy veter (1961), Gorod na zare (1959) and Yegor Bulychyov i drugiye (1953). She died on 4 February 1987 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Soviet test pilot, brigade commander (1938), Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). The commander of the crew of the aircraft, which made the first non-stop flight through the North Pole from Moscow to Vancouver (Washington State) in 1937. In 1919, Valeriy Chkalov first saw a plane and, having a tingling dream of aviation, left for Nizhny Novgorod, where he met fellow villager Vladimir Frolishchev, who worked as an aircraft assembly team leader in the 4th Kanavinsky Aviation Park. On his advice, Valery, at the age of 15, volunteered for the Red Army and began working as an apprentice fitter. In 1921, Chkalov got a referral to study at the Yegoryevsk Military Theoretical School of the Air Force. After graduating from it in 1922, he was sent to further studies at the Borisoglebsk Military Aviation School of Pilots, where he made his first independent flight on an Avro 504 aircraft. At the end of the school, in 1923-1924, in accordance with the practice of preparing military personnel at that time pilots, he was trained at the Moscow Military Aviation School of Aerobatics, where he mastered combat aircraft (Martinsyde and Junkers fighters). Then he studied at the Serpukhov Higher Aviation School of Shooting, Bombing and Air Combat. In June 1924, a military fighter pilot Chkalov was sent to serve in the Leningrad Red Banner Fighter Squadron named after Nesterov (Commandant Airfield). The case when Chkalov flew under the Equality Bridge (Trinity) in Leningrad is widely known. For the film "Valery Chkalov" this flight was made by pilot Evgeni Ivanovich Borisenko. In 1926, the 1st Red Banner Fighter Aviation Squadron was relocated from the Commandant airfield to the Trotsk airfield (now Gatchina), where Chkalov served from 1926 to 1928. In 1927, Chkalov married a Leningrad teacher Olga Orekhova. In March 1928, he was transferred to serve in the 15th Bryansk Aviation Squadron, and his wife and his son Igor remained in Leningrad. In November 1930, Chkalov was reinstated in a military rank and sent to work at the Moscow Air Force Research Institute of the Red Army. In two years of work at the research institute, he completed more than 800 test flights, having mastered the technique of piloting 30 types of aircraft. On December 3, 1931, Chkalov participated in the tests of an aircraft aircraft (air carrier), which was a heavy bomber carrying up to five fighter aircraft on its wings and fuselage. In 1932, the Air Force Research Institute was transferred from the Khodynka field in Moscow to an airfield near the city of Shchelkovo, Moscow Region. Relocation from an ordinary event turned into the first air parade in the USSR with a flight over Red Square. 45 aircraft flew in a convoy of three cars in a row, and at the head was a TB-3 bomber with tail number 311, controlled by the crew of Valery Chkalov. Since January 1933, Valery Chkalov was back in stock and transferred to work as a test pilot at the Menzhinsky Moscow Aviation Plant No. 39. Together with his senior comrade Alexander Anisimov, he tested the latest 1930s fighter aircraft I-15 (biplane) and I-16 (monoplane) designed by Polikarpov. He took part in the tests of the fighter tanks "VIT-1", "VIT-2", as well as heavy bombers "TB-1", "TB-3", a large number of experimental and experimental vehicles of the OKB Polikarpov. The author of new aerobatics - an upward corkscrew and a slowed-down barrel. On May 5, 1935, aircraft designer Nikolai Polikarpov and test pilot Valery Chkalov were awarded the highest government award, the Order of Lenin, for creating the best fighter aircraft. Already on the island of Udd, the inscription "Stalin's route" was inscribed on board the plane, which was preserved on the next flight through the North Pole to America. Both Chkalov flights officially bore this name until the beginning of the struggle with the personality cult of Stalin. For the flight to the Far East, the entire crew was awarded the title of Heroes of the Soviet Union with the awarding of the Order of Lenin: the Gold Star medal, introduced in 1939 after the death of Chkalov, was awarded only to his children in 2004. In addition, Chkalov was presented with a private U-2 plane (now located in the museum in Chkalovsk). The exceptional propaganda importance of this flight for its time is indicated by the fact that Stalin personally arrived on August 10, 1936 at the Shchelkovsky airfield near Moscow to meet the returning plane. From this moment, Chkalov gained popular fame in the USSR. Chkalov continued to seek permission to fly to the United States, and in May 1937 permission was obtained. The start of the ANT-25 aircraft took place on June 18. The flight took place in much more difficult conditions than the previous one (lack of visibility, icing, etc.), but on June 20 the plane made a safe landing in Vancouver, Washington, USA. The length of the flight was 8504 kilometers. All crew members have become celebrities in America. Among the welcoming crew on American soil were the USSR ambassador to the USA, Troyanovsky and J.K. Marshall, the future general and US secretary of state, who later received the crew members at home. For this flight, the crew was awarded the Order of the Red Banner. December 12, 1937 Valery Chkalov was elected to the Council of Nationalities of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from the Gorky Region and the Chuvash Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic. At the request of the residents of Vasilyov, their village was renamed Chkalovsk. Chkalov died on December 15, 1938 during the first test flight on a new I-180 fighter at the Central Airfield.
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Jadwiga Hryniewiecka was born on 20 June 1903 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. Jadwiga is known for Colonel Wolodyjowski (1969) and Przygody pana Michala (1969). Jadwiga died on 19 June 1988 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Composer
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Aleksandr Kreyn was born on 20 October 1883 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a composer, known for Ballet Tales (1955), Tom Sawyer (1936) and Uchitel tantsev (1952). He died on 25 April 1951 in Staraya Ruza, Moscow Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Aleksei Ivanov was born on 23 November 1969 in Gorky, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. He is a writer, known for Tsar (2009), The Geographer Drank His Globe Away (2013) and The Conquest of Siberia (2019).
- Nikolai Khmelev (Khmelyov) was a Russian actor of Moscow Art Theatre, known for his role as Belikov in Chelovek v futlyare (1939) by director Isidor Annensky.
He was born Nikolai Pavlovich Khmelev on August 10, 1901, in Sormovo on Volga, central Russia. His father, Pavel Khmelev, was a master-manager at locomotive building plant. His mother was a music teacher. Young Khmelev received a good private education. In 1916 - 1919 he studied at Demidov's Gymnasium in Moscow, then, in 1919 attended Moscow University's department of History and Philology, then transfered to Acting School of Moscow Art Theatre. Khmelev studied acting at the 2nd MKhAT Studio under Yevgeni Vakhtangov, V. Mchedelov, and Yuri Zavadsky.
He took advise from Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, and also learned from other actors of Moscow Art Theatre, such as Michael Chekhov's and Aleksei Dikij's experimental gestures, time control, and make-up. However, during the bitter divide within the Moscow Art Theatre, Khmelev sided with Stanislavski. At age 20 Khmelev made stage appearance as Snegirev in 'Brothers Karamazov', and his acting was personally acclaimed by Konstantin Stanislavski.
From 1924 - 1945 Nikolai Khmelev was a permanent member of the troupe at Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT). There his stage partners were such renown Russian actors as Alla Tarasova, Ivan Moskvin, Nikolai Sosnin, Anatoli Ktorov, Olga Androvskaya, Angelina Stepanova, Anastasiya Georgievskaya, Kira Golovko, Mikhail Yanshin, Aleksey Gribov, Boris Livanov, Mikhail Kedrov, Viktor Stanitsyn, Vasili Toporkov, Mark Prudkin, Mikhail Bolduman, Pavel Massalsky, and others.
In 1937 Khmelev shone as Count Karenin opposite Alla Tarasova as Anna Karenina in the Moscow Art Theatre's stage adaptation of the eponymous story by Lev Tolstoy. In 1940 Khmelev received much critical acclaim for his performances as Tuzenbakh in 'Tri sestry' (aka.. The Three Sisters), a classic play by Anton Chekhov.
Khmelev's career took an unusual turn when he shone as Aleksei Turbin in 'Dni Turbinykh' (aka.. The days of the Turbins) by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. Khmelev's powerful performances attracted the eyes and ears of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Official record show that Khmelev's performances were attended by Stalin at least 15 times. Khmelev's lines from the Bulgakov's play, such as "Brothers and Sisters," as well as his delivery and acting style, were later used by Stalin himself in his official speeches, most notably during the Second World War.
Nikolai Khmelev was designated People's Actor of Russia (1937), and received the State Stalin's Prize three times (1941, 1942, and 1946 posthumously). He was married to actress Lyalya Chyornaya. From 1937 - 1940 he was Director-General at Theatre of Ermolova in Moscow. In 1943 Khmelev was appointed Artistic Director of Moscow Art Theatre.
After the end of WWII in 1945, Moscow Art Theatre, like most Soviet companies, had to update repertoire to glorify the Soviet leadership. At that time Khmelev worked on his role as Ivan the Terrible, and anxiously anticipated a visit by Joseph Stalin. Khmelev had a heart attack during the last rehearsal, and died on stage dressed as Tsar Ivan the Terrible, on November 1, 1945, in Moscow. He was laid to rest in Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow. Russia. - Born may 29, 1984 in Nizhny Novgorod In 2004 he graduated from Nizhny Novgorod theatre school of E. Evstigneeva (course of L. Belova). From 2004 to 2012 - actor of the theater "Comedy" (Nizhny Novgorod). From 2015 to 2019 - actor of Chekhov city theater (Chekhov city). In 2021 graduated Russian Institute of Theatral Arts in Moscow (correspondence Department of RITI-GITIS, workshop of Vladislav Dolgorukov).
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Andrey Shchipanov was born in 1987 in Kstovo, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Zaza (2009), Skazhi Leo (2008) and Besy (2014).- Vladimir Dorofeyev was born on 5 July 1895 in Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod Governorate, Russian Empire [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Secret Brigade (1949), Twelve Chairs (1971) and The Train Goes East (1948). He died on 2 July 1974 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Sergey Tsepov was born on 16 July 1960 in Kstovo, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Fortress of War (2010), Fart (2005) and Begletsy (2014).