Nikolai Nikolaevich Gubenko (russian: Николай Николаевич Губенко; 17 August 1941 – 16 August 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actor,
film
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and
theatre director
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,
screenwriter
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...
, founder of the Community of Taganka Actors theatre. His movie ''
Wounded Game
''Wounded Game'' (russian: Подранки, Podranki) is a 1977 Soviet drama film directed by Nikolai Gubenko. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival.
Cast
* Juozas Budraitis
* Aleksandr Kalyagin
* Zhanna Bolotova
* Rolan Bykov
* ...
'' was entered into the
1977 Cannes Film Festival
The 30th Cannes Film Festival was held from 13 to 27 May 1977 in film, 1977. The Palme d'Or went to the ''Padre Padrone'' by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani. A new non-competitive section, "Le Passé composé", is held at this festival only and focuses ...
.
He was named
People's Artist of the RSFSR
People's Artist of the RSFSR (russian: Народный артист РСФСР, ''Narodnyj artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet Union artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchest ...
in 1985.
[Cinema: Encyclopedia Dictionary, main ed. ]Sergei Yutkevich
Sergei Iosifovich Yutkevich (russian: Серге́й Ио́сифович Ютке́вич, 28 December 1904 – 23 April 1985) was a Soviet and Russian film director and screenwriter. He was a People's Artist of the USSR (1962) and a Hero of ...
(1987). — Moscow: Soviet Encyclopedia, p. 108
Gubenko was also active in politics. He served as the last
Minister of Culture of the USSR (1989–1991) and as the Russian
State Duma
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deputy between 1995 and 2003. From 2005 on he acted as the
Moscow City Duma
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deputy.
[Anna Kisselgoff]
The New Minister Of Soviet Culture Takes Truth as Task
article at The New York Times
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, 27 December 1989
Early life
Nikolai Gubenko was born in the
Odessa Catacombs
The Odesa Catacombs are a labyrinth-like network of tunnels (subterranean cavities) located under the city of Odesa and its outskirts in Ukraine, that are mostly (over 90%) the result of stone mining, particularly coquina.Bachynska, O. Odesa Cataco ...
during the
Defence of Odessa, the youngest of five children.
. His father joined the
. His mother, a chief designer at one of the local plants, was interrogated during the
n occupation of Odessa and killed after she refused to collaborate; her body was returned to Nikolai's grandfather "with traces of hanging".