Boris Asafovich Messerer (russian: Бори́с Аса́фович Мессере́р; born March 15, 1933,

Moscow Moscow ( , US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the capital and largest city of Russia. The city stands on the Moskva River in Central Russia, with a population estimated at 13.0 million ...

) is a Soviet and Russian theater artist, set designer and teacher. President of the association of artists of theater, cinema and television in Moscow. Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (1997, Corresponding Member of 1990). People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1993). Winner of two State Prizes of the Russian Federation (1995, 2002). Member of the

USSR Union of Artists The Artists' Union of the USSR (russian: Союз художников СССР, translit=Soyuz khudozhnikov SSSR) was a creative union of the Soviet artists and art critics embracing the Republics of the Soviet Union. The Union was founded sta ...

in 1960,

Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation The Union of Theatre Workers of the Russian Federation or STD of RSFSR (russian: Союз театральных деятелей Российской Федерации (СТД РСФСР), links=no) is the principal actors and theatrical workers ...

and

Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation The Union of Cinematographers of the Russian Federation ( ru , Союз кинематографистов России) is the trade union of cinematographers, actors, and other professionals of Russian cinema. Founded in 1991, it was preceded b ...

. In 2016 he became a member of the Board of Trustees

Fazil Iskander International Literary Award Fazil Iskander International Literary Award (Iskander Prize) (russian: Международная литературная премия имени Фазиля Искандера) is a literary award for 5 nomination, Best Prose, Poetry, Screen ...

Family

He was born to ballet dancer and teacher

Asaf Messerer Asaf Mikhailovich Messerer (Russian: Асаф Михайлович Мессерер, November 19, 1903 - March 7, 1992) was a highly influential Soviet ballet dancer and ballet teacher. He was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. From 1919 until 1921 he tra ...

and silent film actress

Anel Sudakevich Anel Sudakevich (born Anna Alekseyevna Sudakevich; Russian: Анель Судакевич; December 27, 1906 – September 22, 2002) was a Soviet silent film actress. Anna was born in a Belarusians, Belarusian-Polish people, Polish family. She wa ...

. The ballerina

Sulamith Messerer Sulamith Mikhailovna Messerer, OBE (russian: Сулами́фь Миха́йловна Мессере́р, 27 August 1908, Moscow3 June 2004, London) was a Russian ballerina and choreographer who laid the foundations for the classical ballet in J ...

and the actress

Rachel Messerer Rachel Mikhailovna Messerer-Plisetskaya (russian: Рахиль Михайловна Мессерер-Плисецкая; 4 March 1902 – 20 March 1993), also known by her stage name Ra Messerer, was a Russian silent film and theatre actress ...

were his paternal aunts. Through his aunt Rachel he was cousin to

Maya Plisetskaya Maya Mikhailovna Plisetskaya (russian: link=no, Майя Михайловна Плисецкая; 20 November 1925 – 2 May 2015) was a Soviet and Russian ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she he ...

Alexander Plisetski Alexander Mikhailovich Plisetski (russian: Александр Михайлович Плисецкий) (20 October 1931 — 29 October 1985) was a Russian ballet master and choreographer and a younger brother of the famous Russian ballerina Maya ...

and Azari Plisetski. He was married twice. From his first wife, Nina Chistova, he had his only child, Alexander Messerer. His son is a painter and he has seven children. His second wife was poet and translator

Bella Akhmadulina Izabella Akhatovna Akhmadulina ( rus, Бе́лла (Изабе́лла) Аха́товна Ахмаду́лина, tt-Cyrl, Белла Әхәт кызы Әхмәдуллина; 10 April 1937 – 29 November 2010) was a Soviet Union, Soviet and ...

. They were married from 1974 to her death in 2010. Boris was her fourth husband.

Awards

* 1995 — State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of fine art * 2001 — Gold Medal of the Russian Academy of Arts *2002 — State Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of design * 2003 — Order of Honour * 2008 —

Crystal Turandot The Crystal Turandot Awards are Russian theatre awards created in 1991. They are awarded at the Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow, where the winner receives a crystal figurine of Princess Turandot, the main character of ''Turandot'', a play first staged ...

* 2008 —

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

4th class Художник Борис Мессерер награждён орденом , Газета. Ru: Новости
/ref> * 2013 — Order of Friendship

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Messerer, Boris 1933 births Living people Theatre people from Moscow Russian Jews Plisetski–Messerer family Russian scenic designers Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts