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- Marina Mazepa was born in Konotop, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. She is an actress, known for The Continental (2023), Malignant (2021) and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021).
- Andrei Chikatilo was one of the world's most prolific and barbaric serial killers. Born on October 16, 1936, in the Ukraine, he witnessed the devastation of his country at the onset of World War II. His mother Anna repeatedly told him of an older brother, Stephan, who had been murdered and cannibalized during the Ukrainian famine in the 1930s, in which it is estimated that several million died.
Although he was extremely tall and attractive, Chikatilo was always shy with girls and believed himself to be impotent. However, in 1963 his younger sister Taytana introduced him to a friend of hers named Fayina. Things clicked, and he and Fayina married that same year. They had two children, a daughter Ludmilla in 1965 and a son Yuri in 1969. Chikatilo graduated from Rostov University and became a teacher for a brief time, but he was eventually caught molesting some students, which led to his expulsion from the profession. By the end of 1978 Chikatilo had murdered his first victim, Lena Zakotnova, in Shankty, Russia. He didn't kill again for three years, but over the next nine years he tortured, murdered and cannibalized at least 51 more women and children. Russian authorities at first refused to believe that a serial killer could operate in their midst -- that sort of thing only occurred in degenerate capitalist societies -- but Chikatilo's victims began turning up so often and in so many places that the authorities finally were forced to admit that a monster was indeed loose among them. A task force consisting of the best homicide detectives in the country was assigned to hunt down and capture the killer (although they had no idea it was Chikatilo). He was finally captured on November 20, 1990, when a policeman noticed him acting suspiciously at a railroad station, detained him, and further investigation revealed that he had just committed three murders. Chikatilo confessed to 55 killings -- although due to the initial indifference and incompetence of the authorities it's been estimated that he likely committed at least twice that many before he was finally caught -- but was charged with only 53.
His trial opened on April 14, 1992, with victims' relatives screaming for retribution. Chikatilo acted like a raving maniac throughout the trial, rolling his eyes, moving back and forth, contorting his face and hurling curses at spectators and the judge, among others. On October 14, 1992, Andrei Chikatilo was convicted of 52 murders -- one charge was dropped for lack of evidence -- and five counts of child molestation. The next day he was given 52 death sentences and taken to Novocherkassk Prison in the Rostov-on-Don region of Russia. Sixteen months later, on February 14, 1994, his death sentence was carried out in the manner prescribed by Russian law -- a single bullet to the back of the head. - Vitaly Kravchenko was born on 10 November 1966 in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol (2011) and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009).
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- Camera and Electrical Department
- Producer
Born on 31 January 1981 in Konotop Sumy region, north-east part of Ukraine. In 2005 graduated from the Film and Television Institute of Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts, specialty "Cameraman Film and TV". Parallel with studies at the university since 2003, began working on the set of cinema, music videos and advertising - at first as light crew, then - after graduation cameraman in 2005 - as cinematographer.- Ada Rogovtseva was born on 6 July 1937 in Glukhov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Hlukhiv, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Salyut, Mariya! (1971), Taras Bulba (2009) and Zimniy roman (2004). She was previously married to Konstantin Stepankov.
- Writer
- Actor
Anton Makarenko was born on 13 March 1888 in Belopolye, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer and actor, known for Road to Life (1931), Pedagogicheskaya poema (1969) and Zacínáme zít (1952). He was married to Galina Stahievna Makarenko. He died on 1 April 1939 in Golizyno, Moscow Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- The father had survived Auschwitz and wore the prisoner number from the concentration camp on his arm. Yushchenko grew up with his parents in poor, rural conditions. He completed school with a high school diploma. Yushchenko then studied at the Financial Technical Institute in Ternopil from 1975. Here he worked, among other things, in the departments for Marxism and Leninism. After his studies he was called up for military service. Yushchenko began his professional life as an accountant in a collective farm in Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast. In 1976-1985 he worked at a branch of the State Bank in Ulyanivka in his native Sumschina Oblast.
Here he initially worked in the economics department, which he headed from 1977. From 1985 to 1987, Yushchenko was deputy department head of the State Bank in Kiev, responsible for agricultural issues such as collective farm loans and financing. At the end of 1987 he moved to the Ukrainian republic headquarters of the Soviet Union's "Agroprombank". In 1990 he became deputy department head of the Agricultural Bank Ukraina in Kiev, which was organized as a commercial joint-stock company. In 1993, Yushchenko was appointed chairman of the National Bank of Ukraine. As Ukraine broke away from the USSR, he successfully introduced the Ukrainian currency, the hryvnia.
In 1998, Yushchenko published his dissertation on "Development of money supply and demand in Ukraine." As his economic influence increased in the following years, his political acceptance also increased. On December 22, 1999, Yushchenko was elected Prime Minister of Ukraine. In this position he initiated a market economy reform. The economist established himself as the father of the stable currency. Internally, he asserted himself as a fighter against corruption. This made Yushchenko a serious threat to the oligarchs in eastern Ukraine. Yushchenko lost the office of head of government on May 29, 2001 due to a vote of no confidence.
Observers saw the power intrigues being spun against him as an intention to prevent the popular and Western-oriented politician from running for president and possibly winning the election. Yushchenko's successor as prime minister was Anatoly Kinach from the "Party of Industrial Entrepreneurs of Ukraine" (PIUU). In 2002, Yushchenko returned to the political stage by becoming a member of parliament and parliamentary group leader of the opposition party "Our Ukraine". In June 2002 he became a member of the Committee on Civil Affairs, National Minority Issues and International Relations. In 2004, Yushchenko ran in the presidential election campaign of Ukraine.
However, during his candidacy, the popular opposition politician was the victim of a poison attack. The first symptoms appeared on September 6, 2004, during a meal with the head of Ukrainian state security, Igor Smeshko. The cause of the illness was not clear for a long time, as no such dramatic clinical pictures were known in civilian medicine. Shortly afterwards, dioxin poisoning was diagnosed in the Rudolfinerhaus hospital in Vienna, where Yushchenko was being treated. 1000 times the normal concentration of TCDD dioxin was found in his blood and tissue. The poisoning caused such damage to the skin tissue on his face that it disfigured him beyond recognition.
In the presidential elections on November 21, 2004, Yushchenko's competitor Viktor Yanukovych initially emerged as the winner. However, the events of the runoff election resulted in the so-called "Orange Revolution", a peaceful protest that lasted several weeks against the election fraud, as a result of which the runoff election was repeated on December 26, 2004 following a decision by the Supreme Court. In the third round of voting on December 26, 2004, Viktor Yushchenko emerged as the clear winner with almost 52% of the votes. Right at the beginning of his term in office, the new President of Ukraine was confronted with a challenge to the election by his opponent: Yanukovych filed a lawsuit against the election results with the Supreme Court.
In March 2005, Yushchenko came to Berlin on a state visit. In June 2005 he visited Paris. In September 2005, the Ukrainian President fired his Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, who was considered a figurehead of the democracy movement, but whose government had fallen into disrepute due to allegations of corruption. He appointed Yuri Yechanurov as the new head of government. Viktor Yushchenko was first married to Svetlana Kolenik. His second marriage is to the American-born daughter of a Ukrainian emigrant family: Yekaterina Yushchenko-Tchumatschenko. He is the father of three daughters and two sons from both marriages. - Director
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Ivan Kavaleridze was born on 1 April 1887 in Ladansky, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ladansky, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Natalka Poltavka (1936), Koliyivshchyna (1933) and Zaporozhets za Dunayem (1937). He died on 3 December 1978 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Composer
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Isaak Shvarts was a prominent Soviet and Russian composer of Jewish descent. Born in Ukraine (Soviet Union), his family soon moved to Leningrad (present day St. Petersburg) in 1930. By the age of 12 young Isaac has already given his major concert performance at Leningrad Philharmonic Hall. In 1936, during Stalin repressions, his father was arrested (later executed in 1938) and the family was sent in exile to Frunze (present day Bishkek), Kyrgyzstan. He got married in 1943 and had a daughter Galina. He remained in exile until 1945 and upon his return to St. Petersburg began his studies at the city's Conservatory. Graduating in 1951, he began his life-long career of a composer for stage plays and motion pictures. He composed music for over 35 various plays for theaters of Leningrad and Moscow and for over 110 motion pictures, working with well-known directors. He was Akira Kurosawa's choice in composing music for award winning Dersu Uzala (1975). His other notable works on motion pictures include White Sun of the Desert (1970), One Hundred Days After Childhood (1975), Young Catherine (1991), Luna Park (1992), Muzhchina dlya molodoy zhenshchiny (1996). He received several international and local awards and nominations at various festivals and was an Acedemician of the National Academy of Cinematographic Arts, Russia.- Aleksey Vertinskiy was born on 2 January 1956 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is an actor, known for Devyat zhizney Nestora Makhno (2007), East/West (1999) and Byvshaya (2007).
- Fyodor Panasenko was born on 6 March 1926 in Khoruzhyovka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Khoruzhivka, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Zdes nam zhit (1972), Povest o zhenshchine (1975) and Dudaryky (1980). He died on 29 May 2002 in Ukraine.
- Leonid Tarabarinov was born on 8 November 1928 in Shalygine, Hlukhiv region, Ukrainian SSR [now Hlukhiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Molchat tolko statui (1963), Dmitro Goritsvit (1962) and Esli vrag ne sdayotsya... (1983). He died on 6 January 2008 in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
- Aleksandr Tairov was born Aleksandr Yakovlevich Korenblit on July 6, 1885, in Berdichev, Ukraine, Russian Empire. His father, named Yakov Korenblit, was the headmaster of primary school in Berdichev. At the age of 10 he moved to Kiev and settled with his aunt, a retired actress. She introduced him to theatre. He took part in amateur performances and assumed the name Tairov as a pseudonym. In 1904 he enrolled in the Law School at Kiev University, and married his cousin Olga the same year. In 1905 Tairov opposed the pogroms of Jews in Kiev and was arrested by the Tsar's police and imprisoned. His second arrest led him to a decision to move to St. Petersburg. He was invited by the famous Russian actress Vera Komissarzhevskaya and joined her theatre as an actor under directorship of Vsevolod Meyerhold. Tairov also continued his studies at the Law school of St. Petersburg University. There he started his life-long friendship with Anatoli Lunacharsky. At that time he collaborated with Vsevolod Meyerhold on a joint production of a play by Paul Claudel. Both directors were creating new experimental models for theatre in Russia.
Tairov created a prototype of his Chamber Theatre as "synthetic theatre" with high goals in mind. As director he experimented with staging, acting, individual and group movements, stage and costume designs, and worked with every detail of theatrical performance in order to brake away from the traditional theatre. He established ideal discipline at his Chamber Theatre. Tairov's experimental approach spread to all phases of creating a stage show including even the rehearsals and practice. He used the music of Ludwig van Beethoven and Frédéric Chopin as a way of helping his actors achieve spiritual union in there scenes. In 1912 Tairov was invited to direct a play in collaboration with the Russian Drama Theatre in Riga. There he was once again attacked by the local anti-Semites and was banned by the local authorities from staying and working in the city of Riga. The conflict took two weeks to resolve. Tairov prevailed, he stayed and completed his work for the Russian Drama Theatre in Riga. Upon his return to St. Petersburg, Tairov converted to Evangelic Lutheranism.
In 1913 Tairov moved to Moscow. There he joined a corporation of attorneys at law and could continue a comfortable career. Instead Tairov established himself as important anti-realist director. His Chamber Theatre became the center of experimental creativity for many Russian actors, artists, writers, and musicians. Tairov was the first director in Russia to stage the Three-Penny Opera by Bertolt Brecht. He staged plays of Valery Briusov, O'Neal, J.B. Pristley, Oscar Wilde, and other contemporary writers. Tairov collaborated with such artists as Alexandra Exter, Pavel Kuznetsov, Sergei Soudeikin, Mikhail Larionov, Natalya Goncharova, and others. Tairov's Acting Studio became extremely popular among aspiring actors such as Vera Karalli, Alisa Koonen, Evgeniy Lebedev, and others. He worked with composers Sergei Prokofiev, A. Aleksandrov, Georgi Sviridov, and Dmitri Kabalevsky.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Tairov continued his independent approach to theatre. His early productions were Salome by Oscar Wilde and Adrienne Lecouvrer, which became a legendary play and ran over 800 performances. Chamber Theatre remained very popular and toured across the Soviet Union. The Chamber Theatre's tours of Europe in 1923, and of South America in 1930 were critically acclaimed as "a total victory of the famous Russian innovator and a genius of staging." In 1929 Tairov produced 'Bagrovy Ostrov' (The Crimson Island) by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. At that time Joseph Stalin began his total control of culture and labeled the play bourgeois. That was enough for attacking Tairov in the Soviet media. His next production of 'Optimistic tragedy' was criticized by Vyacheslav Molotov as a slander of Russian history. Tairov tried to defend his theatre, he stated that theatres must be established on the level of research institutes. 'Pavlov has an institute on which millions are spent. Stanislavsky must have an institute too", said Tairov. As a punishment Tairov's Chamber Theatre was sent to work in Siberia.
In August of 1941 Tairov joined the Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee. It was formed by the group of leading intellectuals to campaign against the Nazis during the Second World War. The Committee was headed by Solomon Mikhoels. Along with Tairov other prominent members were Emil Gilels, David Oistrakh, Samuil Marshak, Ilja Ehrenburg, and many other leading intellectuals in the Soviet Union. The main driving force of the Committee was represented by the group of Yiddish writers such as Perets Markish, Lev Kvitko, David Gofstein, Itsik Fefer, David Bergelson, and others. The Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee provided over 45 million rubles to the Soviet Red Army. After the end of the Second World War it was denounced by Joseph Stalin, and many of its members were executed by the Soviet secret service.
In 1946 the Communist Party launched attacks on intellectuals in the Soviet Union. Such leading cultural figures as Anna Akhmatova, Sergei Prokofiev, Aram Khachaturyan, Boris Pasternak, and many others suffered from censorship and severe repressions. Tairov's Chamber Theatre was attacked for having little to do with contemporary Soviet life. Tairov tried to make additions to repertoire and invited writer Aleksandr Galich, and young director Georgi Tovstonogov, but it was too late. Soviet Committee for Arts ordered in May of 1949, to close the theatre. Tairov's Chamber Theatre was accused of "Aesthetism and Formalism" and was destroyed by the government decision. Tairov was granted a personal pension and soon was hospitalized with brain cancer. He died on September 5, 1950, in Moscow, and was laid to rest in the Novodevichy Convent Cemetery in Moscow, Russia. - Aleksei Bogdanovich was born on 23 March 1963 in Beryoza, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Ostriv lyubovi (1995), Radi semeynogo ochaga (1992) and A Friend of the Deceased (1997).
- Dmytro Kuleba was born in 1981 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is married to Yevhenia Kuleba. They have two children.
- Nina Reus was born on 29 November 1946 in Krasnopolye, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Krasnopillia, Ukraine]. She is an actress, known for Komu vgoru, komu vniz (1991), Tam vdali, za rekoy (1975) and Zdes nam zhit (1972).
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Boris Dolin was born on 2 August 1903 in Sumy, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and writer, known for Zakon velikoy lyubvi (1945), Vernye serdtsa (1959) and Seryy razboynik (1956). He died on 21 November 1976 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Actor
- Writer
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Luka Lyashenko was born on 12 November 1898 in Zhitnoye, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor and writer, known for Volchi tropy (1930), V sugrobakh (1929) and Megobroba (1941). He died on 1 December 1976 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].- Director
- Actor
Yaroslav Lanchak was born on 26 September 1948 in Sumy, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]. He is a director and actor, known for Bespokoynoye leto (1981), Vsyo nachinaetsya s lyubvi (1984) and Iz zhitiya Ostapa Vishni (1991).- Feodosiya Barvinskaya was born on 11 July 1899 in Sumy, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy oblast, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Pod zolotym orlom (1958) and Ivan (1932). She died on 12 October 1966 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].
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Heorhiy Narbut was born on 3 March 1886 in Narbutivka, Glukhovsky Uyezd, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Narbutivka, Hlukhiv Raion, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. Heorhiy died on 23 May 1920 in Kyiv, Ukrainian National Republic [now Kyiv, Ukraine].- Production Designer
- Art Department
Mikhail Rakovskiy was born on 14 January 1924 in Zasulye, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a production designer, known for Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (1965), Vesyolka (1959) and Ukrainskaya rapsodiya (1961). He died on 10 November 2000.- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Max Shepelenko was born on 25 August 1994 in Sumy, Ukraine. He is an assistant director, known for The Broken Candle (2020).- Mikhail Petrovich Artzybashev was born on 5 November 1878 in Dobroslavovka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M... (1928) and Ssanin (1924). He died on 3 March 1927 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.
- Olena Zubrilova was born on 25 February 1973 in Shostka, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].