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Mark Anatolyevich Zakharov (russian: Марк Анатольевич Захаров; 13 October 1933 – 28 September 2019) was a
Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
and
Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-ei ...
n stage and film director, screenwriter and
pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how this process influences, and is influenced by, the social, political and psychological development of learners. Pedagogy, taken ...
best known for his fantasy
parable A parable is a succinct, didactic story, in prose or verse, that illustrates one or more instructive lessons or principles. It differs from a fable in that fables employ animals, plants, inanimate objects, or forces of nature as characters, w ...
movies. He was named
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...
in 1991. Zakharov served as the artistic director at the Lenkom Theatre from 1973 till his death. He gathered a "dream team" of actors and reestablished Lenkom as one of the leading Soviet theatres.
, 30 September 2019


Life and career

Mark Zakharov was born in Moscow into a family of teachers. His paternal grandfather belonged to
Russian nobility The Russian nobility (russian: дворянство ''dvoryanstvo'') originated in the 14th century. In 1914 it consisted of approximately 1,900,000 members (about 1.1% of the population) in the Russian Empire. Up until the February Revolutio ...
and was killed in action during the
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, while his paternal grandmother belonged to Crimean Karaites. His father Anatoly Zakharov served as a
Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian language, Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist R ...
soldier during the
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, then worked as a school teacher in physical culture before being arrested in 1934 for counter-revolutionary activity and sentenced to three years in prison; he took part in the
Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), an ...
and in 1949 was expelled from Moscow again for several years as "previously convicted"., 10 July 2018 (in Russian) Zakharov's mother Galina Sergeevna Zakharova (née Bardina) was a trained actress who led children's acting classes. His maternal grandfather Sergei Nikolaevich Bardin was a White officer who fought under
Alexander Kolchak Alexander Vasilyevich Kolchak (russian: link=no, Александр Васильевич Колчак; – 7 February 1920) was an Imperial Russian admiral, military leader and polar explorer who served in the Imperial Russian Navy and fought ...
before leaving for
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; his wife Sophia Nikolaevna Bardina chose to stay in Russia and headed an
orphanage An orphanage is a residential institution, total institution or group home, devoted to the care of orphans and children who, for various reasons, cannot be cared for by their biological families. The parents may be deceased, absent, or a ...
. As Zakharov himself wrote, " always considered myself Russian, even though my father admitted that we also had
Tatar The Tatars ()Tatar
in the Collins English Dictionary is an umbrella term for different
blood. Zakharov was raised in Moscow, where he was encouraged by his mother in his persistent efforts to become an actor. He was admitted after several attempts, and graduated from the acting school of the State Theatre Institute in 1955. Zakharov was the Artistic Director of Moscow's Lenkom Theatre since 1973, where he helped to define the landscape of Moscow's theatrical culture. Zakharov helped create an ensemble of actors who worked with him at Lenkom, including:
Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen ...
,
Inna Churikova Inna Mikhailovna Churikova (russian: Инна Михайловна Чурикова; born 5 October 1943) is a Soviet and Russian film and theatre actress. Biography Churikova was born in Belebey, Bashkir ASSR, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. In ...
, Leonid Bronevoy,
Oleg Yankovsky Oleg Ivanovich Yankovsky (russian: Оле́г Ива́нович Янко́вский; 23 February 1944 – 20 May 2009) was a Soviet and Russian actor who excelled in psychologically sophisticated roles of modern intellectuals. In 1991, he beca ...
,
Aleksandr Abdulov Aleksandr Gavrilovich AbdulovАбдулов Г. Д.
Ферганский г� ...
,
Nikolai Karachentsov Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (russian: Николай Петрович Караченцов, 27 October 1944 – 26 October 2018) was a Soviet and Russian film and stage actor of Lenkom Theatre. Karachentsov's popularity peaked in the late 197 ...
,
Tatyana Pelttser Tatyana Ivanovna Pelttser (russian: Татья́на Ива́новна Пе́льтцер; german: Tatjana Peltzer; June 6, 1904 in Moscow – July 16, 1992 in Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theater and film actress. People's Artist of ...
, Aleksandr Zbruyev,
Aleksandra Zakharova Aleksandra Markovna Zakharova ( rus, Алекса́ндра Ма́рковна Заха́рова, born 17 June 1962) is a Soviet and Russian actress, daughter of famous film director Mark Zakharov and actress Nina Lapshinova. Zakharova has been ...
, Tatyana Kravchenko, Aleksandr Lazarev, and
Dmitry Pevtsov Dmitry Anatolyevich Pevtsov (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Певцов) (born July 8, 1963) is a Russian actor, Member of the State Duma from Medvedkovo constituency of Moscow from 2021, member on New People political party. ...
. His name appeared on a petition opposing Russian annexation of
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, however, he himself denied ever signing it. He stated in an interview that he opposed Russian soldiers being deployed to
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as it reminded him the start of the Afghanistan conflict, however, he also couldn't imagine Russia without
Crimea Crimea, crh, Къырым, Qırım, grc, Κιμμερία / Ταυρική, translit=Kimmería / Taurikḗ ( ) is a peninsula in Ukraine, on the northern coast of the Black Sea, that has been occupied by Russia since 2014. It has a p ...
. He also stated that had he been offered to sign a letter supporting the annexation, he would've signed it. Mark Zakharov died in Moscow on 28 September 2019, 15 days before his 86th birthday. He was buried at the
Novodevichy Cemetery Novodevichy Cemetery ( rus, Новоде́вичье кла́дбище, Novodevichye kladbishche) is a cemetery in Moscow. It lies next to the southern wall of the 16th-century Novodevichy Convent, which is the city's third most popular touris ...
near
Stanislav Govorukhin Stanislav Sergeyevich Govorukhin (russian: Станислав Сергеевич Говорухин; 29 March 1936 – 14 June 2018) was a Soviet and Russian film director, actor, screenwriter, producer and politician. He was named People's Artis ...
, Leonid Bronevoy and
Oleg Tabakov Oleg Pavlovich Tabakov (russian: Олег Павлович Табаков; 17 August 1935 – 12 March 2018) was a Soviet and Russian actor and the Artistic Director of the Moscow Art Theatre. People's Artist of the USSR (1988). Biography Tabakov ...
.Mark Zakharov buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery
by
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, 1 October 2019 (in Russian)


Musical productions

* '' Juno and Avos'', a rock opera


Filmography

* '' Train Stop — Two Minutes'' (1972) * ''Wake Up and Sing'' (TV, 1974) * ''
The Captivating Star of Happiness ''The Captivating Star of Happiness'' (russian: Звезда пленительного счастья, Zvezda plenitelnogo schastya, The Star of Fascinating Happiness) is a 1975 Soviet historical drama. The title is an allusion to a line from a p ...
'' (1975) (screenplay) * '' The Twelve Chairs'' (1976) * '' An Ordinary Miracle'' (1978) * ''
The Very Same Munchhausen ''The Very Same Munchhausen'' ( rus, Тот самый Мюнхгаузен, Tot samyy Myunkhgauzen, alt. translation - ''That Very Münchhausen'') is a 1979 Soviet fantasy dramedy television film directed by Mark Zakharov, based on a script by ...
'' (1979) * ''
The House That Swift Built ''The House That Swift Built'' (russian: Дом, который построил Свифт, Dom, kotoriy postroil Svift) is a 1982 Soviet fantasy comedy film directed by Mark Zakharov based on the eponymous play by Grigori Gorin about Irish sati ...
'' (1983) * '' Formula of Love'' (1984) * '' To Kill a Dragon'' (1988) * ''
Balakirev the Buffoon ''Balakirev The Buffoon'' (russian: Шут Балакирев, Shut Balakirev) is a 2002 Russian televised version of 1999 Lenkom theatrical presentation, written by Grigori Gorin. Theatrical version directed by Mark Zakharov, televised versi ...
'' (2002)


Honours and awards

*
Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples (russian: oрден Дружбы народов, translit=orden Druzhby narodov) was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military unit ...
* Order of Merit for the Fatherland; **1st class (13 October 2008) – for outstanding contribution to the development of domestic theatrical art and many years of creative activity **2nd class (11 October 2003) – for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical arts **3rd class (26 April 1997) – for services to the state and the great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art **4th class (13 September 2013) * Honored Art Worker of the RSFSR (1977) *
People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significa ...
(1991) *
USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...
(1987) – for the production of plays in the Lenkom Theatre *
Russian Federation State Prize The State Prize of the Russian Federation, officially translated in Russia as Russian Federation National Award, is a state honorary prize established in 1992 following the breakup of the Soviet Union. In 2004 the rules for selection of laureates ...
(1992, 1997, 2002) * National Award "Musical Heart of Theatre" (2007) – Winner of the Grand Award for outstanding creative achievement in the field of musical theatre * Honorary Member of the Russian Academy of Arts * International Stanislavsky Theatre Award (2010) – "for his contribution to the development of Russian theatre" * The minor planet 5359 Markzakharov was named in his honour *
Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation Hero of Labour of the Russian Federation (russian: Герой Труда Российской Федерации) is a state award of Russia. The title is awarded to citizens of Russia for special services in labour to the state and its people asso ...
(2018)


See also

*
Grigori Gorin Grigori Gorin (russian: Григо́рий Го́рин), real name Grigori Israilevich Ofshtein (russian: Григо́рий Изра́илевич Офштейн; March 12, 1940, Moscow — June 15, 2000, Moscow) was a Soviet and Russian play ...
, the playwright of many Zakharov's plays and films


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharov, Mark 1933 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Russian dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Russian male writers Writers from Moscow Academicians of the National Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of Russia Academicians of the Russian Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences "Nika" Communist Party of the Soviet Union members Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Perm State University faculty People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Full Cavaliers of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples Recipients of the USSR State Prize State Prize of the Russian Federation laureates Russian film directors Russian male dramatists and playwrights Russian male writers 20th-century Russian screenwriters Male screenwriters Theatre directors from Moscow Soviet dramatists and playwrights Soviet film directors Soviet male writers Soviet screenwriters Soviet theatre directors Deaths from pneumonia in Russia Burials at Novodevichy Cemetery