Vladimir Mikhailovich Zeldin (Russian: Ð'ладимир
Михайлович Зельдин; 10 February [O.S. 28 January]
1915 â€" 31 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and cinema
actor. A centenarian, he was among the longest-serving stage
performers and continued acting up until his death.Zeldin was born in
the town of Kozlov (now Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast of Russia), the
youngest of five children. With the start of the Russian Civil War the
family moved to their relatives in Tver. His mother Anna Nikolaevna
Zeldina (née Popova, 1884â€"1931) was a native Russian teacher turned
a housewife. His father Mikhail Evgenievich Zeldin (1876â€"1928) was a
musician of Jewish origin who converted to Russian Orthodoxy in order
to enter the Moscow Conservatory; he served as a kapellmeister in the
Imperial Russian Army concert band and as the head of the Kozlov and
Tver music schools after the October Revolution. Vladimir himself was
raised in the Russian Orthodox traditions and associated himself with
Russian culture.In 1924 the family moved to Moscow. Zeldin continued
studying at the secondary school. He also learned to play trumpet,
piano and violin, and at the age of 12 tried to enter The Bolshoi
Theatre Ballet School. According to Zeldin, his father wished him a
better career and was highly against this decision, so he did
everything to prevent his son from entering the school. For several
years Vladimir played trumpet in the military band under the Joint
State Political Directorate led by his father's friend Feodor
Nikolaevsky. In 1935 he graduated from the theatre college at the
Mossovet Theatre where he studied under Evgeny Lepkovsky and became
its actor.
Михайлович Зельдин; 10 February [O.S. 28 January]
1915 â€" 31 October 2016) was a Soviet and Russian theatre and cinema
actor. A centenarian, he was among the longest-serving stage
performers and continued acting up until his death.Zeldin was born in
the town of Kozlov (now Michurinsk, Tambov Oblast of Russia), the
youngest of five children. With the start of the Russian Civil War the
family moved to their relatives in Tver. His mother Anna Nikolaevna
Zeldina (née Popova, 1884â€"1931) was a native Russian teacher turned
a housewife. His father Mikhail Evgenievich Zeldin (1876â€"1928) was a
musician of Jewish origin who converted to Russian Orthodoxy in order
to enter the Moscow Conservatory; he served as a kapellmeister in the
Imperial Russian Army concert band and as the head of the Kozlov and
Tver music schools after the October Revolution. Vladimir himself was
raised in the Russian Orthodox traditions and associated himself with
Russian culture.In 1924 the family moved to Moscow. Zeldin continued
studying at the secondary school. He also learned to play trumpet,
piano and violin, and at the age of 12 tried to enter The Bolshoi
Theatre Ballet School. According to Zeldin, his father wished him a
better career and was highly against this decision, so he did
everything to prevent his son from entering the school. For several
years Vladimir played trumpet in the military band under the Joint
State Political Directorate led by his father's friend Feodor
Nikolaevsky. In 1935 he graduated from the theatre college at the
Mossovet Theatre where he studied under Evgeny Lepkovsky and became
its actor.
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