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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).- Writer
- Actor
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.- Writer
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.- 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.
- 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 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).
- 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).
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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.- 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).- 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.
- 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).
- 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].
- 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).
- 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).
- 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 Sasha i Piter (2024).
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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.- 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].- Actor
- Director
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.- 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.
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Rustam Kasymov was born on 12 February 1980 in Dzerzhinsk, Gorky Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Command Performance (2009), Blizhniy Boy: The Ultimate Fighter (2007) and Hired Gun (2009).- 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. - 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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Igor Levit was born on 10 March 1987 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.- Aleksandr Ulyanov was born on 12 April 1866 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. He died on 20 May 1887 in Shlisselburg, Russia.