Ivan Vasylyovych Mykolaichuk (Ukrainian: Іван Ð'Ð°Ñ Ð¸Ð»ÑŒÐ¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡
Миколайчук) (15 June 1941, Chortoryia, Ukrainian SSR â€" 3
August 1987) was a Ukrainian soviet actor, producer, and screen
writer.He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in Shadows of
Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків) (1964),
based on Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky's book of the same name. He received
the Komsomol prize of Ukraine in 1967, and the title of Meritorious
Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1968. He posthumously received the
Taras Shevchenko prize.Mykolaichuk was born in a village of Chortoryia
(Kitsman Raion) in Western Ukraine during World War II in a family of
peasants. Ivan graduated from a high school of the neighboring village
of Brusnytsia (Kitsman Raion). In 1957 he finished the Chernivtsi
Music College and in 1961 he graduated from the theater-studio of the
Chernivtsi Music-Drama Theater of Kobylyanska. On August 29, 1962 Ivan
married an actress of the theater (later the People's Artist of
Ukraine) Maria Karpiuk.In 1963-65 he studied in the Karpenko-Karyi
Memorial Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts (instructor - Viktor
Ivchenko). During those years Ivan debuted in the Leonid Osyka's movie
Dvoye (The two).
Миколайчук) (15 June 1941, Chortoryia, Ukrainian SSR â€" 3
August 1987) was a Ukrainian soviet actor, producer, and screen
writer.He is best known for playing the Hutsul Ivan in Shadows of
Forgotten Ancestors (Тіні забутих предків) (1964),
based on Mykhailo Kotsyubynsky's book of the same name. He received
the Komsomol prize of Ukraine in 1967, and the title of Meritorious
Artist of the Ukrainian SSR in 1968. He posthumously received the
Taras Shevchenko prize.Mykolaichuk was born in a village of Chortoryia
(Kitsman Raion) in Western Ukraine during World War II in a family of
peasants. Ivan graduated from a high school of the neighboring village
of Brusnytsia (Kitsman Raion). In 1957 he finished the Chernivtsi
Music College and in 1961 he graduated from the theater-studio of the
Chernivtsi Music-Drama Theater of Kobylyanska. On August 29, 1962 Ivan
married an actress of the theater (later the People's Artist of
Ukraine) Maria Karpiuk.In 1963-65 he studied in the Karpenko-Karyi
Memorial Kyiv Institute of Theatrical Arts (instructor - Viktor
Ivchenko). During those years Ivan debuted in the Leonid Osyka's movie
Dvoye (The two).
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