Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov (Russian: Ð®Ì Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹ Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡
Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€Ð¾Ì Ð²; March 14, 1905 â€" August 20, 1980) was a well-known
Soviet Russian film and theatre actor designated People's Artist of
the USSR.He was born Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov on March 14, 1905, in St.
Petersburg, Russia. He was baptized by the Russian Orthodox Church of
St. Petersburg. His father, named Sergei Vasilyevich Lavrov, was
Director of Gymnasium of the Imperial Humanitarian Society in St.
Petersburg. Young Yuri Lavrov received an excellent private education
before the Russian Revolution. His father emigrated to Belgrade after
the Russian Revolution of 1917, and died there in 1934. Yuri Lavrov's
mother, Elizaveta Akimovna, took a greater risk, as she refused to
emigrate and stayed home in Petrograd with her children.In 1919, aged
14, Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov made his acting debut on stage of the
Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg. There his stage
costumes were designed by none other than the legendary theatrical
artist Alexandre Benois. Yui Lavrov also continued his acting studies.
In 1924, he joined the troupe of "Molodoi Theatre of Leningrad"
together with his fellow actress, Olga Gudim-Levkovich. That same year
he married actress Olga Gudim-Levkovich and they lived on Ozerny
Pereulok in the historic district of St. Petersburg. Their son, Kirill
Lavrov was born in Leningrad and was baptized at the nearby church of
St. John the Divine of Leushinsky Monastery. At that time Yuri Lavrov
was a promising young actor and his future acting career looked
bright. He made his film debut at Lenfilm studio in 1928, in Tretya
molodost (1929) by director Vladimir Shmidtgof.In the 1930s Leningrad
(St. Petersburg) was shocked by a series of high-level political
murders and Great Purges under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. In
1934, the popular governor of Leningrad, Sergei Kirov was brutally
murdered in his office. Joseph Stalin targeted Leningrad for the
purpose of degrading the superior reputation of the former Russian
capital by destruction of its culture and society through
extermination of intellectuals. Soon the director of Bolshoi Drama
Theatre (BDT, ru:Ð'ольшой Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹ театр
имени Ð". Ð . Ð¢Ð¾Ð²Ñ Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð³Ð¾Ð²Ð°) Aleksei Dikij was
arrested and imprisoned. After the most dangerous year of 1937, the
family of Lavrovs managed to escape from Leningrad amidst the heat of
the Stalinist repressions. Yuri Lavrov and his family were at risk,
because of his father's Imperial past and emigration with the White
Russians. In 1938, Yuri Lavrov moved from Leningrad to Kiev. There he
became a permanent member of the troupe at Kiev State Russian Drama
Theatre named after Lesia Ukrainka.
Ð›Ð°Ð²Ñ€Ð¾Ì Ð²; March 14, 1905 â€" August 20, 1980) was a well-known
Soviet Russian film and theatre actor designated People's Artist of
the USSR.He was born Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov on March 14, 1905, in St.
Petersburg, Russia. He was baptized by the Russian Orthodox Church of
St. Petersburg. His father, named Sergei Vasilyevich Lavrov, was
Director of Gymnasium of the Imperial Humanitarian Society in St.
Petersburg. Young Yuri Lavrov received an excellent private education
before the Russian Revolution. His father emigrated to Belgrade after
the Russian Revolution of 1917, and died there in 1934. Yuri Lavrov's
mother, Elizaveta Akimovna, took a greater risk, as she refused to
emigrate and stayed home in Petrograd with her children.In 1919, aged
14, Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov made his acting debut on stage of the
Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg. There his stage
costumes were designed by none other than the legendary theatrical
artist Alexandre Benois. Yui Lavrov also continued his acting studies.
In 1924, he joined the troupe of "Molodoi Theatre of Leningrad"
together with his fellow actress, Olga Gudim-Levkovich. That same year
he married actress Olga Gudim-Levkovich and they lived on Ozerny
Pereulok in the historic district of St. Petersburg. Their son, Kirill
Lavrov was born in Leningrad and was baptized at the nearby church of
St. John the Divine of Leushinsky Monastery. At that time Yuri Lavrov
was a promising young actor and his future acting career looked
bright. He made his film debut at Lenfilm studio in 1928, in Tretya
molodost (1929) by director Vladimir Shmidtgof.In the 1930s Leningrad
(St. Petersburg) was shocked by a series of high-level political
murders and Great Purges under the dictatorship of Joseph Stalin. In
1934, the popular governor of Leningrad, Sergei Kirov was brutally
murdered in his office. Joseph Stalin targeted Leningrad for the
purpose of degrading the superior reputation of the former Russian
capital by destruction of its culture and society through
extermination of intellectuals. Soon the director of Bolshoi Drama
Theatre (BDT, ru:Ð'ольшой Ð´Ñ€Ð°Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ‡ÐµÑ ÐºÐ¸Ð¹ театр
имени Ð". Ð . Ð¢Ð¾Ð²Ñ Ñ‚Ð¾Ð½Ð¾Ð³Ð¾Ð²Ð°) Aleksei Dikij was
arrested and imprisoned. After the most dangerous year of 1937, the
family of Lavrovs managed to escape from Leningrad amidst the heat of
the Stalinist repressions. Yuri Lavrov and his family were at risk,
because of his father's Imperial past and emigration with the White
Russians. In 1938, Yuri Lavrov moved from Leningrad to Kiev. There he
became a permanent member of the troupe at Kiev State Russian Drama
Theatre named after Lesia Ukrainka.
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