Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Крю́ков; 8 July 1915 – 17 April 1993) was a Soviet film and theater actor,

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 ...

(1991).Указ Президиума Верховного Совета РСФСР от 13 мая 1991 г. «О присвоении почётного звания Заслуженный артист РСФСР артистам кино»

Biography

Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was born on July 8, 1915, in Zamytye, a village in Tver province,

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. Both of his parents were farmers. Young Kryukov was fond of silent films. In 1930, he decided to become an actor and moved to

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 ...

. During the 1930s he was industrial worker at the Sevkabel plant in

. At that time he also attended acting classes at the Bolshoi Drama Theatre (BDT) in

, graduating in 1935 as an actor. From 1936 - 1941 he was permanent member of the troupe with E. Radlov's theatre, then at Lensoveta Theatre in

. In 1940, Kryukov made his film debut in 'Politruk Kolyvanov' (1940), but the film was not completed due to the

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. Kryukov worked as actor during the Siege of Leningrad. In the beginning of 1942, he was evacuated from besieged Leningrad to the city of

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. There he was arrested by the advancing Nazi Army and was taken to

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as a POW. In

, Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov worked as actor until liberation at the end of

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. He was then returned to the

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along with five million other POWs. After the war, Kryukov undergone interrogation by the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army ( Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, afte ...

intelligence and the

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, before he was allowed to work again as a stage actor with various theatre companies in such cities as

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Tver Tver ( rus, Тверь, p=tvʲerʲ) is a city and the administrative centre of Tver Oblast, Russia. It is northwest of Moscow. Population: Tver was formerly the capital of a powerful medieval state and a model provincial town in the Russian ...

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, and Riga. However, he was restricted from working in

until after the death of the Soviet dictator

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a series of political changes were initiated in the

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. In 1958 Kryukov returned to

and became staff actor at the Lenfilm Studios. He was regarded for his roles in such films as Andromeda Nebula (1967), Devushka i Grand (1982), and in the popular Russian series about Sherlock Holmes. Nikolai Nikolaevich Kryukov was married to fellow actress Lilia Gurova and the couple lived in

St. Petersburg 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 ...

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in the final years of his life. He was designated Honorable Actor of Russia (1992) and was a highly respected actor in

. He died of a heart failure on April 30, 1993, and was laid to rest in

Serafimovskoe Cemetery Serafimovskoe Cemetery (russian: Серафимовское кладбище) is a historic cemetery in northwestern Saint Petersburg, in Primorsky District, Saint Petersburg, Primorsky District. It was established to meet the need for the growi ...

Selected filmography

* ''

The Ships Storm Bastions Attack from the Sea (russian: Корабли штурмуют бастионы, Korabli shturmuyut bastiony) is a 1953 Soviet biographical war film directed by Mikhail Romm and starring Ivan Pereverzev, Gennadi Yudin and Vladimir Druzhnikov.Ro ...

'' (1953) * ''

The Last Inch ''The Last Inch'' (russian: Последний дюйм, Posledniy dyuym) is a 1959 Soviet drama film directed by Nikita Kurikhin and Teodor Vulfovich. It is based on an eponymous short story by James Aldridge published in the USSR in 1957, and ...

'' (1958) * '' Virgin Soil Upturned'' (1959–61) * '' A Trip Without a Load'' (1962) * ''

Clean Ponds The Clean Ponds (russian: Чистые пруды, ''Chistye Prudy''), is a large pond in Moscow, Russia, located in the Basmanny District, on the Boulevard Ring. The pond gives its name to Chistoprudny Boulevard, which runs from Turgenevskaya ...

'' (1965) * ''

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) * ''

Strong with Spirit ''Strong with Spirit'' (russian: Сильные духом, Silnye dukhom) is a 1967 Soviet spy film directed by Viktor Georgiyev based on a screenplay by Anatoli Grebnev and Aleksandr Lukin. It tells the story of the Soviet intelligence office ...

'' (1967) * '' The Sannikov Land'' (1974) * '' In the Zone of Special Attention'' (1978) * ''

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'' (1979) * '' The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson'' (1980) * ''

Treasure Island ''Treasure Island'' (originally titled ''The Sea Cook: A Story for Boys''Hammond, J. R. 1984. "Treasure Island." In ''A Robert Louis Stevenson Companion'', Palgrave Macmillan Literary Companions. London: Palgrave Macmillan. .) is an adventure no ...

'' (1982) * ''

Anna Pavlova Anna Pavlovna Pavlova ( , rus, Анна Павловна Павлова ), born Anna Matveyevna Pavlova ( rus, Анна Матвеевна Павлова; – 23 January 1931), was a Russian prima ballerina of the late 19th and the early 20t ...

'' (1983) * ''

Sofia Kovalevskaya Sofya Vasilyevna Kovalevskaya (russian: link=no, Софья Васильевна Ковалевская), born Korvin-Krukovskaya ( – 10 February 1891), was a Russian mathematician who made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differen ...

'' (1985)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kryukov, Nikolai Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors 1915 births 1993 deaths Honored Artists of the RSFSR Burials at Serafimovskoe Cemetery People from Tver Governorate