Grigory Naumovich Chukhray (Russian: Ð"Ñ€Ð¸Ð³Ð¾Ì Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹
Ð Ð°ÑƒÌ Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð§ÑƒÑ…Ñ€Ð°Ì Ð¹, Ukrainian: Ð"ригорiй
Раумович Чухрай; 23 May 1921 â€" 28 October 2001) was a
Soviet film director and screenwriter, and a People's Artist of the
USSR (1981). He was the father of the Russian film director Pavel
Chukhray.Grigory Chukhray was born in Melitopol (modern-day Zaporizhia
Oblast of Ukraine) to Red Army soldiers Naum Zinovievich Rubanov and
Claudia Petrovna Chukhray. He was of Ukrainian origin. His parents
divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by a stepfather,
Pavel Antonovich Litvinenko, the head of kolkhoz. His mother Claudia
Chukhray took an active part in the collectivization and
dekulakization of the Ukrainian SSR, then worked as an investigation
officer at militsiya.In 1939, he was drafted to the army. A decorated
veteran of World War II, Chukhray's wartime experiences profoundly
affected him and the majority of his films. He served in the 229th
separate communications battalion of the 134th Infantry Division
(later part of the 19th Army). He fought at the Southern, Stalingrad
and Don Fronts. From 1943 on, he served in airborne troops at the 1st,
2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts and took part in operation "Dnipro
Troopers". He was wounded three times. In 1944, he joined the
Communist Party.
Ð Ð°ÑƒÌ Ð¼Ð¾Ð²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð§ÑƒÑ…Ñ€Ð°Ì Ð¹, Ukrainian: Ð"ригорiй
Раумович Чухрай; 23 May 1921 â€" 28 October 2001) was a
Soviet film director and screenwriter, and a People's Artist of the
USSR (1981). He was the father of the Russian film director Pavel
Chukhray.Grigory Chukhray was born in Melitopol (modern-day Zaporizhia
Oblast of Ukraine) to Red Army soldiers Naum Zinovievich Rubanov and
Claudia Petrovna Chukhray. He was of Ukrainian origin. His parents
divorced when he was three years old. He was raised by a stepfather,
Pavel Antonovich Litvinenko, the head of kolkhoz. His mother Claudia
Chukhray took an active part in the collectivization and
dekulakization of the Ukrainian SSR, then worked as an investigation
officer at militsiya.In 1939, he was drafted to the army. A decorated
veteran of World War II, Chukhray's wartime experiences profoundly
affected him and the majority of his films. He served in the 229th
separate communications battalion of the 134th Infantry Division
(later part of the 19th Army). He fought at the Southern, Stalingrad
and Don Fronts. From 1943 on, he served in airborne troops at the 1st,
2nd and 3rd Ukrainian Fronts and took part in operation "Dnipro
Troopers". He was wounded three times. In 1944, he joined the
Communist Party.
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