Evgeny Ilich Zharikov (Russian: Евгений Ильич
Жариков; February 26, 1941, Moscow â€" January 18, 2012,
Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was awarded the title
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989) and the USSR State Prize (1978).He
was born on February 26, 1941 in Moscow as the sixth and last child of
the Soviet writer Leonid Zharikov (Ilya Milahievich Zharikov). He
spent his childhood in the Moscow suburbs, near Zagorsk (now Sergiev
Posad), with his grandparents. From age four rode horses and mastered
crafts.In 1959, he entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
and first appeared in a film in his second year of study. In 1964,
after graduation, he went to East Germany, where for two years starred
in the title role in the local series Russian for You. After his
return, in 1966, he acted in theater, television, and film in Moscow.
He became a member of the CPSU in 1970.He came to fame appearing in
the 1970s television series Born to a Revolution about the formation
of the Soviet militia and its fight against crime in the 1920s. In
1970, at the height of his career, he was injured on the set of the
film Death No, Guys! when he fell from a horse at full gallop, which
injured his hip and caused a compression fracture of the spine.
Жариков; February 26, 1941, Moscow â€" January 18, 2012,
Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian film actor who was awarded the title
People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989) and the USSR State Prize (1978).He
was born on February 26, 1941 in Moscow as the sixth and last child of
the Soviet writer Leonid Zharikov (Ilya Milahievich Zharikov). He
spent his childhood in the Moscow suburbs, near Zagorsk (now Sergiev
Posad), with his grandparents. From age four rode horses and mastered
crafts.In 1959, he entered the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
and first appeared in a film in his second year of study. In 1964,
after graduation, he went to East Germany, where for two years starred
in the title role in the local series Russian for You. After his
return, in 1966, he acted in theater, television, and film in Moscow.
He became a member of the CPSU in 1970.He came to fame appearing in
the 1970s television series Born to a Revolution about the formation
of the Soviet militia and its fight against crime in the 1920s. In
1970, at the height of his career, he was injured on the set of the
film Death No, Guys! when he fell from a horse at full gallop, which
injured his hip and caused a compression fracture of the spine.
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