Ruben Nikolayevich Simonov (russian: Рубен Николаевич Симонов (2 April 1899,

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 ...

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– 5 December 1968, Moscow,

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) was a Soviet and Russian actor, theater director and pedagogue.

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 significan ...

(1946). Simonov was born in a family of Russian Armenians. Graduating from the

Moscow State University M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU; russian: Московский государственный университет имени М. В. Ломоносова) is a public research university in Moscow, Russia and the most prestigious ...

, he then became an actor, starting his career at the Armenian drama studio in the Armenian House of Culture.Yuzefovich, Victor (1985). ''Aram Khachaturyan'', trans. Nicholas Kournokoff and Vladimir Bobrov. New York, Sphinx Press. p. 74. . In 1939 he became director of the

Vakhtangov Theatre Yevgeny Bagrationovich Vakhtangov (also spelled Evgeny or Eugene; russian: Евге́ний Багратио́нович Вахта́нгов; 13 February 1883 – 29 May 1922) was a Russian-Armenian actor and theatre director who founded the ...

. He also led the Armenian and Uzbek theaters of Moscow.

Selected filmography

* '' Admiral Nakhimov'' (1947) * '' The Fall of Berlin'' (1950) *''

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'' (1955)

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1899 births 1968 deaths Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of the USSR Lenin Prize winners Stalin Prize winners Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Modernist theatre Soviet theatre directors Russian people of Armenian descent Soviet male actors {{Russia-artist-stub