- Kirill Lavrov
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name = Kirill Lavrov
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birthname = Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov
birthdate = birth date|1925|09|15
location = flagicon|Soviet UnionLeningrad ,USSR
deathdate = death date and age|2007|04|27|1925|09|15
deathplace = flagicon|RussiaSaint Petersburg ,Russia
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yearsactive = 1955 - 2007
spouse = Valentina Nikolayeva (1952 - 2000)
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notable role = Bashkirtsev (Korolev) in "Taming of the fire"
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tonyawards =Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov ( _ru. Кири́лл Ю́рьевич Лавро́в;
September 15 ,1925 –April 27 ,2007 ) was a well-knownRussia nfilm andtheatre actor and director.Biography
Childhood
Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born on
September 15 1925 , inLeningrad , USSR (now St. Petersburg,Russia ). He was baptized by theRussian Orthodox Church ofSt. John the Divine inLavrushinskoe Podvorie Monastery in Leningrad. Young Kirill Lavrov was brought up in Leningrad, in a family with deep roots in St. Petersburg society. He was fond of literature and theatre from his young age, and was exposed to a highly stimulating inellectual environment in his family. He was also a good sportsman: he took gymnastics, fencing, and was a member of the youth football (soccer) team at "Spartak" sports club in Leningrad.Family
His maternal grandmother, Olga Leonidovna Lykoshina, was related to writer
Aleksandr Griboyedov and belonged to PolishNobility . His grandfather,Sergei Vasilyevich Lavrov , was Director of Gymnasium of theImperial Humanitarian Society in St. Petersburg; he emigrated toBelgrade after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and died there in 1934. Kirill Lavrov's paternal grandmother, Elizaveta Akimovna, refused to emigrate and stayed home inPetrograd with her children. In 1919, his father,Yuri Sergeevich Lavrov , became an actor at theBolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg where his stage costumes were designed by the legendary theatrical artistAlexandre Benois . His mother, Olga Ivanovna Gudim-Levkovich, was also an actress in Leningrad. Both Lavrov's parents worked together at various theaters in Leningrad, they married in 1924, in Leningrad.
=Under Stalin= In the 1930s Leningrad was shocked by a series of high-level political murders andGreat Purges under the dictatorship ofJoseph Stalin . In 1934, the popular governor of Leningrad,Sergei Kirov was brutally murdered in his office. Joseph Stalin targeted Leningrad for the purpose of degrading the superior reputation of the former Russian capital by destruction of its culture and society through extermination of intellectuals. Soon the director of BDTAleksei Dikij was arrested and imprisoned. After the most dangerous year of 1937, the family of Lavrovs managed to escape from Leningrad amidst the heat of the Stalinist repressions. The Lavrovs were at risk, because of their grandfather's Imperial past and emigration with theWhite Russians . In 1938 the family moved from Leningrad to Kiev, where Kirill's father, Yuri Lavrov, became a permanent member of the troupe atKiev State Russian Drama Theatre named afterLesya Ukrainka .
=War= DuringWorld War II Kirill Lavrov was evacuated toKirov , then toNovosibirsk inSiberia . There he worked as a metal worker at a military-industrial plant. In the beginning of 1943, then 17-year-old Lavrov applied to join theRed Army to fight theNazis . He was sent for training toAstrakhan atTechnical School ofAviation , from which he graduated in 1945. Then he served as an aircraft technician in theAir Force , he was stationed at anAir Force Base on theKuril Island ofIturup until 1950. There he was also involved in acting with an amateur troupe at a local army club. In 1950 he was discharged from theRed Army and reunited with his parents inKiev ,Ukraine .
=Kiev= Kirill Lavrov did not have any theatrical training, he did not matriculate from a high school, so he was not accepted at any acting school inMoscow , when he tried to apply there. Frustrated Lavrov left Moscow for Kiev, and settled with his parents. In Kiev he became an actor ofRussian Drama Theatre named afterLesya Ukrainka , where his father was among leading actors at that time. Father and son Lavrovs were involved in several stage productions together. The artistic director of Kiev Russian Drama,Konstantin Khokhlov became Lavrov's mentor, and soon invited Lavrov to move from Kiev to Leningrad, where Khokhlov was appointed artistic director of BDT. In 1955, upon Khokhlov's invitation, Kirill Lavrov moved to Leningrad and joined the troupe of BDT.
=Leningrad= From 1955 to 2007 Kirill Lavrov was a permanent member of the legendary troupe at BDT in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). From 1956 to 1989, Lavrov worked under directorship ofGeorgi Tovstonogov . During those 33 years with Tovstonogov, Lavrov ascended to stardom in theatre and film. After the death of Tovstonogov, Lavrov continued his work as the leader of an outstanding ensemble of actors at BDT. There his stage partners were such stars asOleg Basilashvili ,Tatyana Doronina ,Alisa Frejndlikh ,Lyudmila Makarova ,Svetlana Kryuchkova ,Zinaida Sharko , Valentina Kovel,Innokenti Smoktunovsky ,Sergei Yursky ,Nikolai Trofimov ,Oleg Borisov ,Vladislav Strzhelchik ,Yefim Kopelyan ,Yevgeni Lebedev ,Georgi Shtil ,Vsevolod Kuznetsov ,Pavel Luspekayev , Vadim Medvedev,Yuri Demich ,Leonid Nevedomsky ,Gennadi Bogachyov ,Andrei Tolubeyev , and many other notable Russian actors.
=Film career= In 1955, Kirill Lavrov made his film debut in "Vasyok Trubachev I ego tovarishchi ", directed byIlya Frez . In 1964 Lavrov shot to fame with his leading role as Sintsov in "Zhivie I Mertvye ", a war drama by directorAleksandr Stolper . Kirill Lavrov received international acclaim for the leading role as Ivan Karamazov in an Oscar-nominated film "The Brothers Karamazov" (1969), which he also directed together with his co-star,Mikhail Ulyanov , after the death of the original film directorIvan Pyryev . Among Lavrov’s other achievements were his roles in such films as "Tchaikovsky" (1969), "Doverie ", and "Taming of the Fire " ("Ukroshcheniye ognya").His last works in film were supporting roles in TV series "Master and Margarita" (2005) and in war drama "Leningrad" (2007).
=Recognition= In 1989, Kirill Lavrov was unanimously elected the Artistic Director of theBolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in St. Petersburg. He managed to preserve the artistic tradition established by the great Russian directorGeorgi Tovstonogov , and to rename BDT after G. A. Tovstonogov. Kirill Lavrov was awarded the State Prizes of the USSR (1974) for his work in the film "Taming of the Fire". He was also awarded the State Prize of Russia for his works on stage and in film. He received numerous decorations from the State of the USSR as well as from the State of Russia, and was designated People's Actor of the USSR (1972). He was elected representative to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR, and later was also an active political and cultural figure in the new Russia. From 1992 to 2006 Lavrov was President of the International Confederation of Theatrical Unions.Kirill Lavrov was
Honorary Citizen of St. Petersburg. He was co-chairman, withDmitry Likhachev , of the St. Petersburg Council for Culture and Arts. He died of a heart failure, aged 81, on April 27, 2007, in St Petersburg. His burial service was held at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre, and then at the same Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Divine where he was baptized as a child. Kirill Lavrov was laid to rest next to his wife inBogoslovskoe Cemetery in St. Petersburg, Russia.Filmography
Actor
* 1956: Ssora v Lukashah
* 1964: The dead and the live - as Sintsov
* 1969: Brothers Karamasov "( _ru. Братья Карамазовы)"
* 1970: Liubov Yarovaya "( _ru. Любовь Яровая)"
* 1972: "Taming of the fire" "( _ru. Укрощение огня)" - as Baskirtsev (Sergei Korolev )
* 1974: Ocean
* 1976: Trust "( _ru. Доверие)" - as Lenin
* 1981:20 December "( _ru. Двадцатое декабря (фильм))" - as Lenin
* 1982:Puteshestvie v drugoy gorod "( _ru. Путешествие в другой город (фильм))"
* 1983:Magistral "( _ru. Магистраль (фильм))" - as Urzhumov
* 1986: "Red arrow" "( _ru. Красная стрела)" - as Kropotov
* 1988: "Khleb - Imya suschestvitelnoe" "( _ru. Хлеб - имя существительное)"
* 2000: Uboynaya sila
* 2005:The Master and Margarita (2005 miniseries) - as Pontius Pilate
* 2007: Leningrad - as Radio hostDirector
* Brothers Karamasov
Stage works
* Ocean
* Uncle Vanya
* The Three Sisters
* Boris Godunov
* And Quiet Flows The Don
* Before Sunset
* The QuartetExternal links
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