Leonid Sergeyevich Bronevoy (Russian: Ð›ÐµÐ¾Ð½Ð¸Ì Ð´
Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ñ€Ð¾Ð½ÐµÐ²Ð¾Ì Ð¹; December 17, 1928 â€"
December 9, 2017) was a Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor
in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in
films. He was awarded a People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won
the Nika Award in March 2008.Bronevoy was born on December 17, 1928 in
the city of Kiev in the Jewish family of Solomon Iosifovich Bronevoy
(Faktorovich) and Bella Lvovna Bronevaya. In childhood, he learned to
play violin at the 10-year musical school under the Kiev conservatory.
His teacher was the famous Kiev master, professor David Solomonovich
Berthier.The father of the future actor, Solomon Iosifovich Bronevoy
(whose true family name is Faktoróvich) represented the family of an
Odessian confectioner, acted in Russian Civil War, who also worked at
The State Political Directorate in 1920-1923, completed a legal
education in Kiev, where he met his future wife, a student of Economy
Department. Solomon Bronevoy worked at the Institute of National
Economy until dismissal on charges of Trotskyism. In 1928 before the
birth of his son Solomon Iosifovich got a job in Kiev District
economic department of the Prosecutor General's Office. His elder
brother, Alexander Iosifovich Bronevoy, helped him with getting that
job. Later, Solomon Iosifovich was sent to Ivanovo. In 1933 was
awarded the Order of Red Star, and in 1934 in the rank of Major of
State Security appointed the director of 6-th Department in USSR's
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). In 1935 he was
dismissed from the NKVD and was appointed the chief of Kiev's "culture
and recreation park". On September 13, 1936, he was arrested and on
March 9, 1937 he was sentenced to five years in prison (after the
extension of the term he was released in 1946; till 1949 in exile,
released in 1954). The actor's mother divorced him and changed his
son's patronym to "Sergeyevich", but that did not help - as a "family
of an enemy of the people" she, with her son, was sent into exile in
the city of Kirov region Malmyzh.In 1941, the family was allowed to
return to Kiev, but the World War II began and they were evacuated to
the city of Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, where L.S. Bronevoy studied in high
school and began to work independently. However, parents of Leonid
Bronevoy never lived together since.
Ð¡ÐµÑ€Ð³ÐµÌ ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'Ñ€Ð¾Ð½ÐµÐ²Ð¾Ì Ð¹; December 17, 1928 â€"
December 9, 2017) was a Russian actor. Though primarily a stage actor
in the Lenkom Theatre, Bronevoy also made occasional appearances in
films. He was awarded a People's Artist of the USSR in 1987 and won
the Nika Award in March 2008.Bronevoy was born on December 17, 1928 in
the city of Kiev in the Jewish family of Solomon Iosifovich Bronevoy
(Faktorovich) and Bella Lvovna Bronevaya. In childhood, he learned to
play violin at the 10-year musical school under the Kiev conservatory.
His teacher was the famous Kiev master, professor David Solomonovich
Berthier.The father of the future actor, Solomon Iosifovich Bronevoy
(whose true family name is Faktoróvich) represented the family of an
Odessian confectioner, acted in Russian Civil War, who also worked at
The State Political Directorate in 1920-1923, completed a legal
education in Kiev, where he met his future wife, a student of Economy
Department. Solomon Bronevoy worked at the Institute of National
Economy until dismissal on charges of Trotskyism. In 1928 before the
birth of his son Solomon Iosifovich got a job in Kiev District
economic department of the Prosecutor General's Office. His elder
brother, Alexander Iosifovich Bronevoy, helped him with getting that
job. Later, Solomon Iosifovich was sent to Ivanovo. In 1933 was
awarded the Order of Red Star, and in 1934 in the rank of Major of
State Security appointed the director of 6-th Department in USSR's
People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (NKVD). In 1935 he was
dismissed from the NKVD and was appointed the chief of Kiev's "culture
and recreation park". On September 13, 1936, he was arrested and on
March 9, 1937 he was sentenced to five years in prison (after the
extension of the term he was released in 1946; till 1949 in exile,
released in 1954). The actor's mother divorced him and changed his
son's patronym to "Sergeyevich", but that did not help - as a "family
of an enemy of the people" she, with her son, was sent into exile in
the city of Kirov region Malmyzh.In 1941, the family was allowed to
return to Kiev, but the World War II began and they were evacuated to
the city of Chimkent, Kazakh SSR, where L.S. Bronevoy studied in high
school and began to work independently. However, parents of Leonid
Bronevoy never lived together since.
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