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- Yuri Belov was born on 31 July 1930 in Rzhev, Western Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Moscow on the Hudson (1984), Carnival Night (1956) and Koroleva benzokolonki (1963). He died on 31 December 1991 in Moscow, Russia.
- Liza Moryak was born on 30 September 1995 in Tver, Russia. She is an actress, known for Nostalgia (2021), Rikoshet (2020) and 8 sposobov lyubit (2021). She has been married to Sarik Andreasyan since 17 November 2022. They have one child.
- Mariya was born on August 29, 1989, in Kalinin, Kalinin region, RSFSR, in the former USSR (now Tver, Tver region, Russia). She studied ballet from an early age, and later excelled in athletics and shooting. After graduating from high school, Mariya chose a different path, and entered the Philological Department of Tver State University. In 2012, she entered the "German Sidakov School of Drama", where her specialty was "Dramatic Theater and Film Actress". After graduating, she devoted herself entirely to cinema.
- Vladimir Golovin was born on 26 April 1940 in Kalinin, Kalininskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Tverskaya oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for The Cold Summer of 1953 (1988), 20-e dekabrya (1982) and Dukhov den (1991). He was married to Era Ziganshina. He died on 18 October 2010 in Bologoe, Bologovskiy rayon, Tverskaya oblast, Russia.
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Tatyana Okunevskaya was born on 3 March 1914 in Zavidovo, Moscow Governorate, Russian Empire [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Boule de suif (1934), Davit Guramishvili (1946) and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1986). She was married to Boris Gorbatov and Dmitri Varlamov. She died on 15 May 2002 in Moscow, Russia.- Animation Department
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Fyodor Khitruk is Soviet and Russian animator, director, screenwriter, teacher, translator. People's Artist of the USSR (1987). Fyodor was born in Tver, the family moved to Moscow in 1924 and in 1931 to Stuttgart, Germany where the future animator was engaged in an art and craft school. In 1936, already in Moscow, the young man studied at the art college of OGIZ; later studied at the Institute for Advanced Studies of Graphic Artists. After watching the cartoons of W. Disney at the First Moscow International Film Festival (1935), he became interested in animation and, on the advice of a friend of the artist, decided to enter the Soyuzmultfilm studio, but was refused for a long time. In 1937, Fyodor Khitruk began working as a trainee animator, and since 1938 - as an animator at the Soyuzmultfilm studio. In August 1941, after the start of the Great Patriotic War, he was sent to study at the Institute of Foreign Languages for six months. After training, Fyodor served as a translator at the headquarters of the 3rd Ukrainian Front, commanded a platoon of radio interception of the 17th Air Army. After the war, Fyodor Khitruk was a military translator in Berlin for two years, and then returned to Soyuzmultfilm. Since 1962, he became engaged in directing. His first film The Story of One Crime (1962) was a great success. Today, the film is considered the beginning of a new style in the Soviet animation. Khitruk - director of short animated films for in different genres. The most famous satire on the bureaucracy is The Man in the Frame (1966), the parable about the loneliness of man in modern society Ostrov (1973), the parody Film, Film, Film (1968), the parable The Lion and the Bull (1984). The author of three animated films about Winnie the Pooh. Khitruk was one of the compilers of the international vocabulary of terms on animation.- Jacob Plank is an American actor born in Tver, Russia. He swiftly took off in the entertainment scene, landing roles in film and TV. Not to mention, TikTok is where his creativity also truly shone, captivating over 600K followers and amassing a staggering 200M profile views. With charisma and passion, Jacob continues to inspire audiences globally, poised for even greater success. Besides acting, Jacob's passion for philanthropy extends beyond his acting ambitions, as he seeks to make a meaningful impact in aiding the less fortunate. He envisions leveraging his resources to establish adoption centers and shelters for the homeless, driven by a deep commitment to helping others and fostering a more compassionate society.
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Mikhail Krug was the most successful amateur bard, composer and singer in "Shanson" genre. At first he was just a truck driver. Having no musical education he took the first place on a contest of authors' songs in Tver, Russia. After his victory the "Sojuz" recording company spread Krug's records in markets all over Russia. His first album "Jigan-Limon" (Gangster-lemon) became immensely popular among the Russians of 1990s and was sold in millions of copies. But the radio stations and the television did not recognize Krug as a celebrity. He rarely appeared on the TV screen. But still he was loved by the people. His songs were devoted to the problems of the criminal world. It was in the jails, that Mikhail Krug gained recognition (all in all he gave 80 concerts in jails). Now, over 5 years after his death, Krug's songs are listened to by both the criminals and the police and other residents.- Valentina Karavayeva was born on 21 May 1921 in Vyshny Volochyok, Vyshnevolotsky uyezd, Tver Governorate, RSFSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. She was an actress, known for Mashenka (1942), Boyevoy kinosbornik 13: Nashi devushki (1942) and Lyubit... (1969). She died on 25 December 1997 in Moscow, Russia.
- Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was born on July 8, 1915, in a village in Tver province, USSR. His parents were farmers. Young Kryukov was fond of silent films. In 1930, he decided to become an actor and moved to Leningrad. During the 1930s he was industrial worker at the "Sevkabel" plant in Leningrad. At that time he also attended acting class at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in Leningrad, graduating in 1935 as an actor. From 1936 - 1941 he was permanent member of the troupe with E. Radlov's theatre, then at Lensoveta Theatre in Leningrad. In 1940, Kryukov made his film debut in 'Politruk Kolyvanov' (1940), but the film was not completed because of the hardship in the Second World War.
During WWII, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov worked as actor during the siege of Leningrad. In the beginning of 1942, he was evacuated from besieged Leningrad to the city of Pyatigorsk. There he was arrested by the advancing Nazi Army and was taken to Germany as a POW. In Germany, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov worked as actor until liberation at the end of WWII. Then he was returned to the Soviet Union together with five million other POWs.
After the war, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov undergone interrogation by the Red Army intelligence and the KGB, before he was allowed to work again as a stage actor with various theatre companies in such cities as Tbilisi, Tver, Rostov, and Riga. However, he was restricted from working in Leningrad/St. Petersburg until after the death of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin a series of political changes were initiated in the Soviet Union by Nikita Khrushchev. In 1958 Nikolai Kryukov returned to Leningrad and became staff actor at the Lenfilm Studios. He was regarded for his roles in such films as Tumannost Andromedy (1967), Devushka i Grand (1982), and in the popular Russian series about Sherlock Holmes.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was married to actress Lilia Gurova and the couple lived in St. Petersburg, Russia. He was designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1992) and was a highly respected actor in Russia. He died of a heart failure on April 30, 1993, and was laid to rest in Serafimovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Actress
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Anna Tsukanova-Kott was born on 15 June 1989 in Kalinin, Kalininskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Tverskaya oblast, Russia]. She is an actress and director, known for Ottsy i deti (2008), Fortress of War (2010) and Parallelnye pryamye peresekayutsya v beskonechnosti (2015). She is married to Aleksandr Kott. They have one child.- Ivan Dmitriyev was a Russian character actor known as Gorelov in the criminal drama Krutye gorki (1956) by director Nikolai Rozantsev.
He was born Ivan Petrovich Dmitriyev on 30 July 1915, in Vyshny Volochiok, Tver Province, Russia. From 1932 to 1936 he studied acting under the legendary Yuri Yuriev at the Leningrad Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography, graduating with honors in 1936. That same year he made his stage debut in the Lermontov's "Masquerade" by director Vsevolod Meyerhold.
Ivan Dmitriyev had a stellar career as a stage actor. For several years he worked at various stage companies in Leningrad, such as, Theatre of Comedy and Theatre of the Baltic Fleet. From 1948 to 1973 he was a permanent member of the troupe and the leading actor at the Theatre of Komissarzhevskoi in St. Petersburg. There his stage partners were such actors as Alisa Freyndlikh, Galina Korotkevich, Ivan Krasko, Vladimir Chestnokov, Valentina Chemberg, Tamara Abrosimova, Natalya Chetverikova, Tatiana Samarina, Sergey Boyarskiy, Nikolay Boyarskiy, Yefim Kamenetsky, Mikhail Khrabrov, Stanislav Landgraf, Georgiy Korolchuk, Vladimir Osobik, Boris Sokolov, Petr Shelokhonov, and other notable Russian actors. There, Ivan Dmitriyev made memorable appearances in various classic and contemporary plays under such directors, as Leonid Vivyen, Aleksandr Belinsky, Zinovi Korogodsky, Igor Vladimirov and Ruben Agamirzyan.
From 1974 to 2000 he was a permanent member of the troupe and the leading actor of the Pushkin Drama Theatre in Leningrad (St. Petersburg). There his stage partners were such remarkable actors as Nikolay Cherkasov, Nikolai Simonov, Vasiliy Merkurev, Konstantin Skorobogatov, Yuriy Tolubeev, Aleksandr Borisov, Bruno Frejndlikh, Vladimir Chestnokov, Vladimir Erenberg, Konstantin Adashevsky, Leonid Vivyen, Olga Lebzak, Nina Mamaeva, Lidiya Shtykan, Nina Urgant, Igor Gorbachyov, and other notable Russian actors. His most memorable stage appearance was as Satin in "The Lower Depths" by Maxim Gorky. Besides his appearance as Gorelov in the criminal drama Krutye gorki (1956) by director Nikolai Rozantsev, Dmitriev also appeared in several memorable supporting roles, such as, Starpom in Striped Trip (1961) and as Varentsov in criminal drama Menya eto ne kasaetsya (1976) by director Gerbert Rappaport.
Ivan Dmitriyev was designated People's Artist of the USSR (1980). He also taught acting as professor at the Institute of Theatre, Music, and Cinematography. He died of a heart failure on 23 October 2003, in St. Petersburg, and was laid to rest in the Necropolis of Masters of Art "Literatorskie Mostki" at the Volkovo Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia. - Yuriy Petrov was born on 10 September 1925 in Vyshniy Volochyok, Tver Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was a director, known for Ot snega do snega (1968) and Odesskie kanikuly (1965). He died on 4 June 2012 in Moscow, Russia.
- Mikhail Kalinin was born on 7 November 1875 in Verkhnyaya Troitsa, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire [now Kashinsky District, Tver Oblast, Russia]. He died on 3 January 1946 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
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Sergey Lemeshev is a Soviet opera singer (lyric tenor), actor, director, teacher.
From a peasant family. Parents - Yakov Stepanovich and Akulina Sergeevna, were uneducated people. They had many children, but only two survived - Sergey and his younger brother Aleksey. His father died when Sergey was still little. In 1914 he graduated from parochial school. He studied shoemaking in St. Petersburg. Having an excellent ear for music and voice, he learned to sing from gramophone recordings. He mastered musical notation at an arts and crafts school, where he participated in amateur performances and concerts.
In 1920 he entered the Tver exemplary courses for the command staff of the Red Army. However, he did not study there for long; noticing Lemeshev's talent, the command gave him a direction to study at the conservatory. In 1921-1925 he studied at the Moscow Conservatory in the class of Nazariy Rayskiy.
Since 1924, he sang at the Bolshoy Theater Opera Studio under the direction of Konstantin Stanislavski (now the Moscow Musical Theater named after Konstantin Stanislavski and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko), where, among others, he performed the role of Lenskiy (opera by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky "Evgeniy Onegin"). It was this role, which the singer performed more than 500 times, that brought him widespread fame and love from the audience. The 501st and last performance took place at the Bolshoy Theater in June 1972 in honor of the singer's upcoming 70th birthday.
In addition to singing in opera performances, he worked hard and fruitfully on performing chamber repertoire. He himself proudly noted that he managed to sing all 100 romances of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. In 1959-1962 he directed the Opera Studio at the Moscow Conservatory, where he staged several performances.- Mikhail Kazakov was born on 28 January 1988 in Kalinin, Kalininskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Tverskaya oblast, Russia]. He is an actor, known for Pobeg (2005), Boris Godounov (2020) and Papiny dochki (2007). He has been married to Elena Kazakova since November 2011. They have one child.
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Igor Sadreev was born on 25 April 1985 in Kalinin, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Russia]. He is a director and producer, known for White coat (2023), Find a Jew (2022) and Please look up (2023).- Valeri Vinogradov was born on 15 November 1930 in Vysokoye, RSFSR, USSSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Pervyy den mira (1959), Fantaziya na temu lyubvi (1981) and Paytyun kesgisherits heto (1969). He died on 16 June 1988 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].
- Radij Pogodin was born on 16 August 1925 in Duplevo, Novgorod Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. He was a writer, known for Tsvety dlya Oli (1976), Dubravka (1967) and Shutite? (1971). He died on 30 March 1993.
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Yuri Tsvetkov was born on 14 February 1940 in Dvorishche, Kalinin Oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver Oblast, Russia]. Yuri is a director and writer, known for Yas i Yanina (1974), Eta vesyolaya planeta (1973) and Marinka, Yanka i tayny korolevskogo zamka (1977).- Pavel Komarov was born on 12 November 1995 in Tver, Tverskaya oblast, Russia. He is an actor, known for Zhuki (2019), Mendelson (2023) and Pozyvnoy «Zhuravlik».
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Conductor Serge Koussevitsky was born in Vyshni Volochek, Russia, on July 26, 1874. As a child he studied music in Moscow, mainly the double bass, and it wasn't long before he was considered a virtuoso on the instrument; while still a teenager he gave concerts not only in Russia but in Germany and England.
In addition to studying music, he also studied conducting. He made his debut as a conductor in Berlin in 1908. The next year he organized his own orchestra in Moscow and later that year started a music publishing company, which eventually published works by Sergei Prokofiev, Igor Stravinsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff and other notable composers. In the years between 1910 and 1914 he and his orchestra toured small towns up and down the Volga River, bringing to many of the residents the type of music that they had never heard before.
After the Russian Revolution of 1917, Koussevitsky was appointed director of the State Symphony Orchestra in Petrograd (later renamed Leningrad). He left Russia in 1920 for Paris to organize concerts; he stayed in France until 1924, when he moved to the US and settled in Boston, where he was hired to lead the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He remained its conductor and director until he retired in 1949 (he became an American citizen in 1941). Over the 25 years he was in Boston he was responsible for the premieres of the works of many major American composers, such as Aaron Copland and Walter Piston.
In 1934 he began the annual Berkshire Symphonic Festival (now known as the Berkshire Festival), a series of outdoor concerts by the Boston Symphony. Starting in 1938 the concerts were held in Tanglewood, an estate in Lenox, Massachusetts. In 1940 he founded the Berkshire Music Center at Tanglewood, a summer school where promising musical students would work with and be taught by prominent musicians.
He died in Boston on June 4, 1951.- Actress
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Valentina Ignatyeva was born on 15 January 1949 in Kalinin, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Russia]. She is an actress, known for Ballada o pesne (1981), Gran (1990) and Barkhatnyy sezon (1979).- Nikolai Sidelnikov was born on 5 June 1930 in Kalinin, Kalininskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR [now Tver, Tverskaya oblast, Russia]. He was a composer, known for The Fight in the Blizzard (1978), Ransom (1986) and Jamilya (1969). He died on 20 June 1992 in Moscow, Russia.
- William Kozlov was born on 3 November 1929 in Bologoye, Tver Oblast, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Gde ty teper, Maksim? (1965). He died on 13 April 2009 in St. Petersburg, Russia.