Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (Russian: ÐžÐ»ÐµÌ Ð³ Ð˜Ð²Ð°Ì Ð½Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð¯Ð½ÐºÐ¾Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 23 February 1944 â€" 20 May 2009) was a Soviet
and Russian actor who had excelled in psychologically sophisticated
roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia
Pilyavskaya, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the
USSR.Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was born on 23 February 1944 in
Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan). His family was of noble
Russian, Belarusian and Polish ancestry. His father, Ivan Pavlovich,
was Life-Guards Semenovsky regiment's Stabskapitän. Yankovsky's
father was arrested during the purges in the Red Army after the
Tukhachevsky case and was deported with his family to Kazakhstan,
where he died in the camps of the Gulag system.After the death of
Stalin, the Yankovsky family was able to leave Central Asia for
Saratov. Oleg's eldest brother, Rostislav, after graduating from the
Saratov Theater School, went to Minsk to play at the Russian Theater.
He took 14-year-old Oleg with him due to financial concerns, as in the
family there was only one breadwinner â€" middle brother Nikolay. In
Minsk, youngest Yankovsky made his debut on the stage â€" it was
necessary to substitute the sick performer of the episodic role of the
boy in the play The Drummer.After leaving school, Yankovsky returned
to Saratov, where in 1965 he graduated from the Saratov Theater
School. After graduation, he was accepted into the troupe of the
Saratov Drama Theater, where for eight years of work he played a
number of leading roles. After success in the role of Prince Myshkin
in the play The Idiot in 1973, he was invited to the Lenkom Theatre.
Ð¯Ð½ÐºÐ¾Ì Ð²Ñ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹; 23 February 1944 â€" 20 May 2009) was a Soviet
and Russian actor who had excelled in psychologically sophisticated
roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he became, together with Sofia
Pilyavskaya, the last person to be named a People's Artist of the
USSR.Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky was born on 23 February 1944 in
Jezkazgan, Kazakh SSR (now Kazakhstan). His family was of noble
Russian, Belarusian and Polish ancestry. His father, Ivan Pavlovich,
was Life-Guards Semenovsky regiment's Stabskapitän. Yankovsky's
father was arrested during the purges in the Red Army after the
Tukhachevsky case and was deported with his family to Kazakhstan,
where he died in the camps of the Gulag system.After the death of
Stalin, the Yankovsky family was able to leave Central Asia for
Saratov. Oleg's eldest brother, Rostislav, after graduating from the
Saratov Theater School, went to Minsk to play at the Russian Theater.
He took 14-year-old Oleg with him due to financial concerns, as in the
family there was only one breadwinner â€" middle brother Nikolay. In
Minsk, youngest Yankovsky made his debut on the stage â€" it was
necessary to substitute the sick performer of the episodic role of the
boy in the play The Drummer.After leaving school, Yankovsky returned
to Saratov, where in 1965 he graduated from the Saratov Theater
School. After graduation, he was accepted into the troupe of the
Saratov Drama Theater, where for eight years of work he played a
number of leading roles. After success in the role of Prince Myshkin
in the play The Idiot in 1973, he was invited to the Lenkom Theatre.
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