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- Natalia Vodianova was born on 28 February 1982 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Clash of the Titans (2010), Belle Du Seigneur (2012) and Together Forever. She is married to Antoine Arnault. She was previously married to Justin Portman.
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Mark Eydelshteyn was born on 18 February 2002 in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. He is an actor and director, known for Strana Sasha (2022), Nastupit leto and Krash.- Actor
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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.- Ekaterina Vilkova was born on 11 July 1984 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Hipsters (2008), Black Lightning (2009) and The Three Musketeers (2013). She has been married to Ilya Lyubimov since 1 May 2011. They have two children.
- Anne Vyalitsyna was born on 19 March 1986 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Lullaby (2014), Maroon 5: Misery (2010) and Alanis Morissette: Out Is Through - Version 2 (2004).
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (also spelled Rachmaninov) was a legendary Russian-American composer and pianist who fled Russia after the Communist revolution of 1917, and became one of the highest paid concert stars of his time, and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century.
He was born Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninov on April 2, 1873, on a large estate near Novgorod, Russia. He was the fourth of six children born to a noble family, and lived in a family estate, where he enjoyed a happy childhood. Rachmaninoff studied music with his mother from age 4; continued at the St. Petersburg Conservatory, and continued at the Moscow Conservatory with professors Arensky, Taneyev and Tchaikovsky. He graduated in 1892, winning the Great Gold Medal for his new opera "Aleko."
He was highly praised by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , who promoted Rachmaninov's opera to the Bolshoi Theater in 1893. But the disastrous premiere of his 1st Symphony, poorly conducted by A. Glazunov, coupled with his distress over the Russian Orthodox Church's pressure against his marriage, caused him to suffer from depression, which interrupted his career for three years until he sought medical help in 1900. He had a three-month treatment by hypnotherapist, Dr. Dahl, aimed at overcoming his writer's block. Upon his recovery, Rachmaninov composed his brilliant 2nd Piano Concerto, and made a comeback with successful concert performances. From 1904 to 1906 he was a conductor at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. From 1906 to 1909, Rachmaninoff lived and worked in Dresden, Germany. There he composed his 2nd Symphony.
In 1909, Sergei Rachmaninoff made his first tour of the United States having composed the 3rd Piano Concerto as a calling card. He appeared as a soloist with Gustav Mahler conducting the New York Philharmonic. His further work on merging Russian music with English literature culminated in his adaptation of a poem by Edgar Allan Poe into choral symphony, "The Bells," which Rachmaninov considered to be among the best of his works. In 1915 he wrote the choral masterpiece: "All-Night Vigil" (also known as the Vespres), fifteen anthems expressing a plea for peace at a time of war. The terror of Russian Revolution and the destruction of his estate forced him to emigrate. On December 23, 1917, Rachmaninov left Russia on an open sledge carrying only a few books of sheet music.
As a pianist, Sergei Rachmaninov made over a hundred recordings and gave over one thousand concerts in America alone between 1918 and 1943. His concert performances were legendary, and he was highly regarded as a virtuoso pianist with unmatched power and expressiveness. Rachmaninoff's technical perfection was legendary. His large hands were able to span a twelfth, that is an octave and a half or, for example, a stretch from middle C to high G. Rachmaninoff was highly regarded for accuracy on the piano keyboard, which he achieved through arduous practice by repeating difficult passages many times in a very slow tempo. In many of his original compositions, Sergei Rachmaninoff used musical allusions ranging from folk songs to oriental music and jazz. Unusually wide chords and deeply romantic melody lines were characteristic of his compositions. Besides his own music, he often performed pieces by Ludwig van Beethoven, Frédéric Chopin , Franz Liszt and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
In 1931, Rachmaninov signed a letter condemning the Soviet regime, that was published in the New York Times. There was retaliation immediately, and his music was condemned by the Soviets as "representative of decadent art." However, the official censorship in the Soviet Union could not stop the popularity of Rachmaninov's music in the rest of the world. During the 1930s and 1940s, he remained one of the highest paid concert stars.
During the 1930s, Rachmaninoff shared his time between Europe and America, because he was booked for numerous live performances in major cultural centers on both sides of the Atlantic. In 1932, Rachmaninoff with his family moved to his newly built Villa 'Senar' on Lake Luzern. There he replicated the layout of his estate that was destroyed by Russian revolution of 1917. The villa became a new home for the family and a center of cultural life, as Rachmaninoff was visited by notable musicians, such as Horowitz, writers, such as Bunin, and even Maharaja with family from India. For his guests, Rachmaninoff often played his music on the new concert grand piano that was presented to him by Hamburg Steinway company. Using that piano, Rachmaninoff composed his famous Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini in 1934. In 1939, with the onset of World War 2, Rachmaninoff left Europe and moved to America for good.
At his home on Elm Drive in Beverly Hills, Rachmaninoff had two Steinway pianos which he played together with Vladimir Horowitz and other entertainers. His love of fast cars was second to music, and led him to occasional fines for exceeding the speed limit. Since he bought his first car in 1914, Rachmaninov acquired a taste for fast cars, buying himself a new car every year. His generosity was legendary. He gave away 5000 dollars to Igor Sikorsky to start an American helicopter industry. He paid for Vladimir Nabokov and his family relocation from Paris to New York. He sponsored Michael Chekhov and introduced him to Hollywood.
Sergei Rachmaninoff gave numerous charitable performances, and donated large sums of money to fighting against the Nazis during WWII. He became a US citizen in 1943, just a few weeks before his death. In his last recital, in February, 1943, Rachmaninov played Chopin's Piano Sonata No. 2, featuring the famous "Funeral march." The New York Times obituary of March 28, 1943, stated that Sergei V. Rachmaninoff, pianist, composer and conductor, who for fifty years had been a leader in the music world on two continents, died today at his Beverly Hills home of complications resulting from pneumonia and pleurisy, which twice had caused him to cancel recitals here this month.
Rachmaninoff was survived by his wife and two daughters who arranged for his burial in Kensico Cemetery, New York. Over the years, Soviet and Russian authorities made numerous claims to re-bury the composer in Moscow, Russia, but the Rachmaninoff family successfully opposed due to the fact that Sergei Rachmaninoff made his choice to be a citizen of the United States.- Aleksey Demidov was born on 24 August 1987 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, USSR. He is an actor, known for Sputnik (2020), The Crimean Bridge. Made with Love! (2018) and Plaksa (2023).
- Vasilina Yuskovets was born on 19 September 2001 in Velikiy Novgorod, Russia. She is an actress, known for Vne igry (2018), Zhizn po vyzovu (2022) and Pokhishchenie.
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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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Michael Panaieff was born on 24 January 1909 in Novgorod, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was an actor, known for Lady, Let's Dance (1944), Gaby (1956) and The Wild Wild West (1965). He died on 7 February 1982 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- 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.
- Anna Nevskaya was born on 4 February 1977 in Velikiy Novgorod, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is an actress, known for Major Grom: Plague Doctor (2021), Aktrisy (2023) and Gosti iz proshlogo (2020). She has been married to Dimitri Klepatski since 12 January 2013.
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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.- 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).
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Rimsky-Korsakov was a navy officer but soon discovered his love for music. Since 1861 he belonged to the group of Balakirew but later he returned to the traditional way of composing. He combined uniquely the Russian folk songs with the music of the Orthodox Church. Rimsky-Korsakov wrote the first Russian symphony and Igor Strawinsky was one of his students.- Pyotr Rykov was born on 30 December 1981 in Novgorod, Novgorodskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Velikiy Novgorod, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Rikoshet (2020), Lovets snov (2022) and Litvyak.
- 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).
- Natalya Surkova was born on 14 March 1967 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for The Fool (2014), Svoi (2004) and The Arena (2001).
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After starring in 13 motion pictures that were released in the European continent and while performing in Europe, she composed a Theme song for a motion picture "Night Train to Venice" starring Hugh Grant and Malkolm McDowell. In January of 2006 she released a Full length CD "Ghost" in Japan and Asia on "Tricycle Entertainment". Natalia won an award "Silver Rose of Montreau" in an International Music and Film Festival in Switzerland for starring in a European motion picture. Full Length CD "Lingerie" was released in US. Natalia has a Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology and practices Psychology in US along with her music/acting career. Natalia was born in a musical family in ST. Petersburg, Russia. She started writing songs since the age of 7. At 17 she attended the Academy of Music, Film and Television of St. Petersburg Natalia speaks four languages (English, German, Russian and French) She writes her own lyrics and melodies.- 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).- Valeri Zoidova was born on 31 October 2000 in Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. She is an actress, known for YA zhenil svoikh roditeley (2024), Strasti po Matveyu (2023) and Korol i Shut (2023).
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Andrey Ilin was born on 18 June 1960 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. He is an actor and editor, known for Lektor (2011), Kamenskaya - 1 (1999) and Pushkin: Poslednyaya duel (2006). He is married to Inga Rutkevich. They have one child. He was previously married to Aleksandra Tabakova, Lyudmila Voroshilova and Olga ?.- Director
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Aleksandr Efremov was born on 1 May 1951 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. He is a director and actor, known for Povodyr (2001), List ozhidaniya... (2023) and Nash chelovek v San-Remo (1990).- 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.- 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].
- Aleksandr Sayutalin is a Russian theater and film actor.
In 1990 Sayutalin graduated from LGITMiK, workshop of Igor Vladimirov. Then he became an actor of the Lensoviet Theater. He was also an actor of the Theater "Dom". For the first time, the actor appeared on the screen in the early 1990s in films-performances.
Since the mid-1990s, Sayutalin began acting in films. Mostly plays supporting roles in crime series. Starred in films Streets of Broken Lights (1998), Uboynaya sila (2000), Gonchie (2007), Gaishniki (2008).
In 2010, he played the main role - Sergey - in the melodrama directed by Rudolf Fruntov "Bear Skin". Notable were the roles played by the actor in the films The Chief (2012) (Colonel Vitaliy Plekhanov), Narkotrafik (2012) (Prozorov), Ikorniy baron (2012) (Egor), Goryunov (2013) (Bystrov), Takaya rabota (2015) (Lt. Col. Stanislav Volodin) and Nevskiy (2016) (Evgeniy Arsenyev). - 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.
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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.- Elena Medvedeva was born on 30 October 1971 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for I'm Staying (2007), Manga (2005) and Night Swallows (2013). She is married to Aleksandr Bukharov. They have one child.
- 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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Rudolf Mukhin was born on 13 December 1935 in Gorky, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. He was an actor and production manager, known for The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed (1979), Obyknovennoe chudo (1965) and Kuryer na Vostok (1991). He died on 28 October 1992.- 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].- 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).
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Valentin Kuik was born on 27 January 1943 in Novgorod, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He is a writer and director, known for Lurjus (1999), Lurich (1984) and Perekonnapildid (1989).- Visual Effects
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Jacob Hunt was born on 2 October 1995 in Veliky Novgorod, Russia. He is known for Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018), Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019) and Brightburn (2019).- Tatyana Averina was born on 25 June 1950 in Nihny Novgorod, USSR [now Russia]. She was married to Inge Barabash. She died on 22 August 2001 in Moscow, Russia.
- 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).
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Arseniy Gonchukov is an independent director, screenwriter, producer and poet. Graduated from State University of Nizhny Novgorod (the faculty of philology) and Cinema School at National Research University "Higher School of Economics" (the feature film workshop of A. Fenchenko). Arseniy worked as a journalist, television presenter, screenwriter of documentaries and the second director of multi-episode feature film "Sindrom drakona" (Dragon syndrome, Channel One (Russia), directed by N. Khomeriki).
The screenwriter, director and producer of four feature-length films: "1210" (2012), "Flight. Three Days After the Crash" (2013), "The Son" (2014), "The Last Night" (2015) and a short film "The Final Stop ". All the pictures are low-budget and created with no state support. Arseniy distributes his own films. In 2014, his film "The Son" had wide release in Russia and Poland.
Arseniy Gonchukov holds 18 awards of Russian and international film festivals. Winner of the "Window to Europe" film festival Grand Prix, the National Award "Strana" and awards of the festivals "Kinoshok", "Volokolamskiy Rubezh", "West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival" (Political Theme category), "Svyataya Anna", "Kinoprizyv" and others. Participated in dozens of film festivals, including the Cannes Film Festival, the Montreal Film Festival, "Chacun son Court" (France), "Ten Festiwal Kijow Warszawa" (Poland) and many others.
Arseniy creates films without state support, at private expense.- Valentina Belyaeva was born on February 27, 1925, in the village of Nizhne Selishche in a large peasant family. During the war she worked in a school, as a pioneer leader. In 1944, in an evacuation in Omsk, she played in a dance and drama club, worked in the Omsk Regional Theater, studied in the studio at the theater. After the third year Belyaeva left for Moscow and entered the second year of the VGIK. She graduated from the VGIK (Mikhail Romm's workshop) in 1951. She worked at the Theater-Studio of the film actor. The husband of Valentina Belyaeva was the film director Ilya Yakovlevich Gurin (1922-1994). She passed away on March 27, 2015 in Moscow, Russia. She was buried at Kuntsevo Cemetery next to her husband.
- 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).
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Aleksey Zaytsev was born on 28 March 1939 in Chyornyoe, Gorky Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor and producer, known for Telo (1990), Diamonds for the Dictatorship of the Proletariat (1975) and Alyoshkina lyubov (1961). He died on 26 May 2018 in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia.- Actor
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Lev Lobov was born on 14 May 1927 in Bogorodsk, Nizhniy Novgorod governorate, RSFSR, USSR. He was an actor and assistant director, known for Private Ivan (1955), Battle Beyond the Sun (1959) and Dvadtsat let spustya (1965). He died on 26 May 2018 in Moscow, Russia.- Director
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Svetlana Proskurina was born on 27 May 1948 in Krivets, Novgorod Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. She is a director and writer, known for Remote Access (2004), Truce (2010) and Sunday (2019). She was previously married to Viktor Proskurin.- Natalya Vladimirovna Bochkaryova was born in Gorky, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Nizhny Novgorod, Russia]. Her parents died in the 2000's. She has one younger sister.
She graduated from Nizhny Novgorod Theatre School in 2000, and from Moscow Art Theatre School in 2002.
She started her career in 1999, when she played a small role in movie called "Chinese service".
Since 2006, she has played the main role of Darya Bukina in the TV series "Happy Together" which is an adaptation of TV series "Married ... With Children".
She has been a Moscow Art Theater's actress since 2002.
Since 2010, she has also been a television presenter.
She has been married to lawyer Nikolai Borisov since 2007, they have two children and live in Moscow, Russia. - Vsevolod Tsurilo was born on 24 February 1977 in Novgorod, RSFSR, USSR. He is an actor, known for Downfall (2004), Cop Wars (2005) and Mentovskie voyny - 3 (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).
- Darya Pogodina was born on 3 March 1987 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Antidur (2007), UnichtoZhanna and Mechty Alisy (2006).
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Igor Levit was born on 10 March 1987 in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia.- Actress
Dinara Yusipova was born on 2 November 1985 in Gorkiy, Gorkovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhegorodskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Inkubator, Gorod tayn and Sled (2007).