Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (Russian: Риколай
Петрович Караченцов, 27 October 1944 â€" 26 October
2018) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Lenkom Theatre.
Karachentsov's popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s
among the Soviet youth after he had starred in rock operas. In 1989 he
was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2003 he
received the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He was also
awarded the Order of Honour and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland",
4th class.Nikolai Karachentsov was born in Moscow on 27 October 1944.
His father, Pyotr Yakovlevich Karachentsov (1907â€"1998), worked for
many years in the magazine Ogoniok as a graphic artist, he received
the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR in 1967. Nikolai's
mother, Yanina Brunak (1913â€"1992), was a choreographer. She directed
plays in major musical theaters, took part in staging performances at
the Bolshoi Theatre, Kazan Musical Theater, Ulaanbaatar Music Theater
in Mongolia, administered a ballet school and organized the First
National Ensemble of Vietnam, worked in Syria and
London.Karachentsov's parents separated, so when Yanina Evgenyevna
would leave Moscow for work, Kolya studied and lived in a boarding
school. In school days, he spent all summer vacations in the
recreation center of the All-Russian Theater Society in the village of
Shylykovo, Kostroma Oblast. In his childhood, Karachentsov was
actively engaged in swimming and by the age of 13 he became the
champion of the USSR's central sport school in diving. He left his
swimming lessons when, together with his mother, he moved to
Ulaanbaatar for two years.While studying in high school, Nikolai
Karachentsov joined the "Active" group, created at the Central
Children's Theater. The duties of "activists" included duty in the
building of the theater and monitoring of the observance of order by
schoolchildren. And at the same time, the attendants had the
opportunity to see the performances. Soon, at the Center for
Children's Art an amateur studio for schoolchildren was opened.
Karachentsov was one of the first to apply. The directors of the
studio were Pechnikov and Minkovskaya. In the Club of Arts at the
theater Karachentsov attended a course of lectures for schoolchildren.
The lecturers were famous directors and actors.
Петрович Караченцов, 27 October 1944 â€" 26 October
2018) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Lenkom Theatre.
Karachentsov's popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s
among the Soviet youth after he had starred in rock operas. In 1989 he
was awarded the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2003 he
received the State Prize of the Russian Federation. He was also
awarded the Order of Honour and Order "For Merit to the Fatherland",
4th class.Nikolai Karachentsov was born in Moscow on 27 October 1944.
His father, Pyotr Yakovlevich Karachentsov (1907â€"1998), worked for
many years in the magazine Ogoniok as a graphic artist, he received
the title of Meritorious Artist of the RSFSR in 1967. Nikolai's
mother, Yanina Brunak (1913â€"1992), was a choreographer. She directed
plays in major musical theaters, took part in staging performances at
the Bolshoi Theatre, Kazan Musical Theater, Ulaanbaatar Music Theater
in Mongolia, administered a ballet school and organized the First
National Ensemble of Vietnam, worked in Syria and
London.Karachentsov's parents separated, so when Yanina Evgenyevna
would leave Moscow for work, Kolya studied and lived in a boarding
school. In school days, he spent all summer vacations in the
recreation center of the All-Russian Theater Society in the village of
Shylykovo, Kostroma Oblast. In his childhood, Karachentsov was
actively engaged in swimming and by the age of 13 he became the
champion of the USSR's central sport school in diving. He left his
swimming lessons when, together with his mother, he moved to
Ulaanbaatar for two years.While studying in high school, Nikolai
Karachentsov joined the "Active" group, created at the Central
Children's Theater. The duties of "activists" included duty in the
building of the theater and monitoring of the observance of order by
schoolchildren. And at the same time, the attendants had the
opportunity to see the performances. Soon, at the Center for
Children's Art an amateur studio for schoolchildren was opened.
Karachentsov was one of the first to apply. The directors of the
studio were Pechnikov and Minkovskaya. In the Club of Arts at the
theater Karachentsov attended a course of lectures for schoolchildren.
The lecturers were famous directors and actors.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.