Alexei Valerievich Devotchenko (russian: Алексе́й Вале́рьевич Дево́тченко; 14 October 1965 – 5 November 2014) was a

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and

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. Born in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

, he studied at the school No. 179 of the Kalinin District (1973-1983). Devotchenko got his first acting experience in

Theater of Youth Creativity Theater of Youth Creativity (russian: Театр Юношеского Творчества) (TYUT for short) - youth theatre school in Leningrad was founded by Matvey Dubrovin in 1956. The history of the Theater Theater of Youth Creativity ...

(1978-1983). In 1990 he graduated from the

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Leningrad State Institute of Theatre, Music and Cinematography, workshop of Arkady Katzman and

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. He was a member of the United Civil Front in St. Petersburg, the participant Dissenters. March 10, 2010 signed the appeal of the Russian opposition "

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". On 18 November 2011, in his

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blog Devotchenko announced that he refused the title

Honored Artist of Russia Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

and the two State Prizes of Russia, and called on cultural figures to boycott events that support the Russian government. In March 2014, he signed a letter "We are with you!" opposing the Russian military intervention in Ukraine. On 5 November 2014, Alexei Devotchenko was found dead in a pool of blood in his apartment in

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.Death of Alexei Devotchenko
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