Yuri Georgiyevich Bogatyryov (Russian: Ð®Ì Ñ€Ð¸Ð¹
Ð"ÐµÐ¾Ì Ñ€Ð³Ð¸ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'огатырÑ'в, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj
ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ bəɡətɨˈrʲɵf]; 2 March 1947, Riga,
Latvian SSR â€" 2 February 1989, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet actor,
best known for his roles in five films by Nikita Mikhalkov, including
At Home Among Strangers (1974). Bogatyryov, one of the leading actors
of Sovremennik (1971-1977) and then Moscow Art Theater (1977-1989),
was designated People's Artist of Russia in 1988.Yuri Georgiyevich
Bogatyryov was born in Riga, Latvia, to the Soviet Navy officer Georgy
Andrianovich Bogatyryov. In 1953 the family moved to Moscow. Yuri was
fond of painting and after the eighth grade he left the school to join
the Mikhail Kalinin Art college. There, after meeting a member of a
youth puppet theatre/studio Globus, he became interested in theater.
In 1966 Bogatyryov enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
and after the graduation joined the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre where
he worked up until 1977, to move then to the Moscow Art Theater.
Critic and writer Vitaly Wolf recalled: "I remember well him joining
the troupe in 1971. He was popular: everybody saw the boy had talent.
He was very nervous, very kind and extraordinarily open-hearted. His
tutor Katin-Yartsev used to tell me how worried he was about
Bogatyryov's openness and vulnerability."In 1970 Bogatyryov debuted on
the big screen in Nikita Mikhalkov's short film The Calm Day in the
End of the War. The actor became famous four years later after
starring in Mikhalkov's 'Soviet western' At Home Among Strangers, as
Shilov, a Red Army soldier. Critically acclaimed were his performances
in three more Mikhalkov's features, An Unfinished Piece for a
Mechanical Piano (1976, based on Chekhov's stories), A Few Days from
the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1979, the adaptation of Ivan Goncharov's
classic), and Family Relations (Rodnya, 1981). Bogatyryov also starred
in the TV series Two Captains (1976, based on Veniamin Kaverin's
novel) and an epic Declaration of Love (Obyasnenye v lyubvi, 1978).In
his later years Bogatyryov experienced severe psychological problems,
associated with his bisexuality (the homosexual side of which he
apparently was trying to suppress), troubled personal life, financial
problems, drugs and alcohol abuse. He died on 2 February 1989, after a
dose of clonidine injected by a paramedics' team (called to deal with
a heart attack he suffered) clashed with antidepressants he had taken
earlier and a large dose of alcohol. Yuri Bogatyryov was buried at the
Vagankovo Cemetery on 6 February.
Ð"ÐµÐ¾Ì Ñ€Ð³Ð¸ÐµÐ²Ð¸Ñ‡ Ð'огатырÑ'в, IPA: [ˈjʉrʲɪj
ɡʲɪˈorɡʲɪjɪvʲɪtɕ bəɡətɨˈrʲɵf]; 2 March 1947, Riga,
Latvian SSR â€" 2 February 1989, Moscow, USSR) was a Soviet actor,
best known for his roles in five films by Nikita Mikhalkov, including
At Home Among Strangers (1974). Bogatyryov, one of the leading actors
of Sovremennik (1971-1977) and then Moscow Art Theater (1977-1989),
was designated People's Artist of Russia in 1988.Yuri Georgiyevich
Bogatyryov was born in Riga, Latvia, to the Soviet Navy officer Georgy
Andrianovich Bogatyryov. In 1953 the family moved to Moscow. Yuri was
fond of painting and after the eighth grade he left the school to join
the Mikhail Kalinin Art college. There, after meeting a member of a
youth puppet theatre/studio Globus, he became interested in theater.
In 1966 Bogatyryov enrolled into the Boris Shchukin Theatre Institute
and after the graduation joined the Moscow Sovremennik Theatre where
he worked up until 1977, to move then to the Moscow Art Theater.
Critic and writer Vitaly Wolf recalled: "I remember well him joining
the troupe in 1971. He was popular: everybody saw the boy had talent.
He was very nervous, very kind and extraordinarily open-hearted. His
tutor Katin-Yartsev used to tell me how worried he was about
Bogatyryov's openness and vulnerability."In 1970 Bogatyryov debuted on
the big screen in Nikita Mikhalkov's short film The Calm Day in the
End of the War. The actor became famous four years later after
starring in Mikhalkov's 'Soviet western' At Home Among Strangers, as
Shilov, a Red Army soldier. Critically acclaimed were his performances
in three more Mikhalkov's features, An Unfinished Piece for a
Mechanical Piano (1976, based on Chekhov's stories), A Few Days from
the Life of I. I. Oblomov (1979, the adaptation of Ivan Goncharov's
classic), and Family Relations (Rodnya, 1981). Bogatyryov also starred
in the TV series Two Captains (1976, based on Veniamin Kaverin's
novel) and an epic Declaration of Love (Obyasnenye v lyubvi, 1978).In
his later years Bogatyryov experienced severe psychological problems,
associated with his bisexuality (the homosexual side of which he
apparently was trying to suppress), troubled personal life, financial
problems, drugs and alcohol abuse. He died on 2 February 1989, after a
dose of clonidine injected by a paramedics' team (called to deal with
a heart attack he suffered) clashed with antidepressants he had taken
earlier and a large dose of alcohol. Yuri Bogatyryov was buried at the
Vagankovo Cemetery on 6 February.
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