Gennadi (birth name Geniy) Gavrilovich Yukhtin (russian: Геннадий (Гений) Гаврилович Юхтин; 30 March 1932 – 18 February 2022) was a Russian film and stage actor.

Life and career

At the age of fourteen, Yukhtin was orphaned: his mother died at the front during the Second World War in 1942, and his father died of wounds in 1946. He ended up in a special orphanage for the children of dead army and navy officers. Later he ended up in the Volga region, where the teacher, a former actress, introduced her pupils to amateur art. Then Yukhtin became seriously interested in theatrical art. Yukhtin graduated from the

All-Union State Institute of Cinematography The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-Russian State Institute of Cinemat ...

. Since 1955, he has been an actor at the

National Film Actors' Theatre The National Film Actors' Theatre or State Theatre of Cinema Actors (Russian - Государственный театр киноактёра) is a theatre company in Moscow, Russia, founded in December 1943 by the Council of People's Commissars t ...

. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1955 and 1991.

Death

Yukhtin tested positive for

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

on 27 January 2022. He was hospitalized in critical condition on 11 February and died on 18 February 2022, at the age of 89.

Selected filmography

* ''

Other People's Relatives Other People's Relatives (russian: Чужая родня, Chuzhaya rodnya) is a 1956 Soviet drama film directed by Mikhail Schweitzer and based on the story ''Not to the court'' by Vladimir Tendryakov. Plot The plot — the conflict between the ...

'' (1956) * '' Criminal Case of Rumyantsev'' (1956) * ''

Spring on Zarechnaya Street ''Spring on Zarechnaya Street'' (russian: Весна на Заречной улице, Vesna na Zarechnoy ulitse) is a 1956 Soviet drama film produced at the Odessa Film Studio and directed by Feliks Mironer and Marlen Khutsiev. The film was one o ...

'' (1956) * '' Ballad of a Soldier'' (1959) * ''

Zhavoronok ''The Lark'' (russian: Жаворонок, Zhavoronok) is a 1965 Soviet war film directed by Nikita Kurikhin and Leonid Menaker. It was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Gennadi Yukhtin * Valeri Pogoreltsev * Valentins Skulme * ...

'' (1964) * '' The Hockey Players '' (1964) * ''

The Elusive Avengers ''The Elusive Avengers'' (russian: Неуловимые мстители, translit. ''Neulovimye mstiteli'') is a 1967 Soviet adventure film directed by Edmond Keosayan and made by Mosfilm. It is loosely based on the novel ''Red Devils'' b ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Andromeda Nebula ''The Andromeda Nebula'' (russian: Туманность Андромеды) is a 1967 Soviet science fiction film starring Sergei Stolyarov and directed by Yevgeni Sherstobitov at the Dovzhenko Film Studios. The film was originally intended t ...

'' (1967) * ''

Dead Season ''Dead Season'' (russian: Мёртвый сезон, translit. Myortvyy sezon) is a 1968 Soviet spy film directed by Savva Kulish based on a screenplay by Aleksandr Shlepyanov and Vladimir Vajnshtok and featuring Donatas Banionis and Rolan ...

'' (1968) * ''

The Brothers Karamazov ''The Brothers Karamazov'' (russian: Братья Карамазовы, ''Brat'ya Karamazovy'', ), also translated as ''The Karamazov Brothers'', is the last novel by Russian author Fyodor Dostoevsky. Dostoevsky spent nearly two years writing '' ...

'' (1969) * '' This Merry Planet'' (1973) * ''

Siberiade ''Siberiade'' (russian: Сибириада, translit. ''Sibiriada'') is a 1979 Soviet historical drama film directed by Andrei Konchalovsky and produced by Mosfilm. The four-part epic spans much of the 20th century. Themes The film comb ...

'' (1979) * '' Chernobyl: The Final Warning'' (1991)

Honors and awards

*1976:

Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

*1994:

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

*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

References

External links

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