Viktor Andreyevich Bortsov (russian: Виктор Андреевич Борцов; June 14, 1934 in Orenburg,

USSR The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nationa ...

– May 20, 2008 in Moscow, Russia) was a Soviet/Russian theatrical and cinema actor. He was a

People's Artist of RSFSR 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 ...

. Bortsov was best known as Savva Ignatyevich in the 1982 film The Pokrovsky Gate. He died at 73, after a long struggle with

intestinal cancer Colorectal cancer (CRC), also known as bowel cancer, colon cancer, or rectal cancer, is the development of cancer from the colon or rectum (parts of the large intestine). Signs and symptoms may include blood in the stool, a change in bowel ...

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Maly Theatre The Maly Theatre, or Mali Theatre, may refer to one of several different theatres: * The Maly Theatre (Moscow), also known as The State Academic Maly Theatre of Russia, in Moscow (founded in 1756 and given its own building in 1824) * The Maly Thea ...

, Moscow on May 23, 2008. He was buried in

Troyekurovskoye Cemetery The Troyekurovo Cemetery (russian: Троекуровское кладбище, Troyekurovskoye kladbishche), alternatively known as ''Novo-Kuntsevo Cemetery'' (russian: Ново-Кунцевское кладбище, Novo-Kuntsevskoye kladbishch ...

in Moscow.

Selected filmography

1970 Events January * January 1 – Unix time epoch reached at 00:00:00 UTC. * January 5 – The 7.1 Tonghai earthquake shakes Tonghai County, Yunnan province, China, with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (''Extreme''). Between 10,000 and ...

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Liberation Liberation or liberate may refer to: Film and television * ''Liberation'' (film series), a 1970–1971 series about the Great Patriotic War * "Liberation" (''The Flash''), a TV episode * "Liberation" (''K-9''), an episode Gaming * '' Liberati ...

(russian: Освобождение) as General Grigory Oriol * 1978 — Aniskin Begins Again as Sidorov, tractor driver * 1982 — Station for Two (Вокзал для двоих) as drunkard in a restaurant * 1982 — The Pokrovsky Gate (Покровские ворота) as Savva Ignatyevich *

1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeas ...

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Alone and Unarmed Alone and Unarmed (russian: Один и без оружия, Odin i bez oruzhiya) is a Soviet 1984 crime drama directed by Pavel Fattahutdinov and Vladimir Khotinenko. A screen adaptation of the detective Nikolai Leonov's ''Agony''. Plot The f ...

(Один и без оружия) as Dmitry Sergeyevich *

1986 The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 **Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles. **Spain and Portugal enter ...

— Ballad of an Old Gun (Баллада о старом оружии) as Gritsenko *

1988 File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...

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Gardes-Marines, Ahead! ''Gardes-Marines, Ahead!'' or (russian: Гардемарины, вперёд!, Gardemariny, vperyod!) is a 1988 Soviet four-series television film (mini-series), the first of a series of films about Russian Gardes-Marines of the 18th century, dire ...

(Гардемарины, вперёд!) as Gavrila *

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phi ...

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Viva Gardes-Marines! ''Viva Gardes-Marines!'' or (russian: Виват, гардемарины!, Vivat, gardemariny!) is a 1991 Soviet two-series television film (mini-series), the second of a series of films about Russian Gardes-Marines of the 18th century, directed ...

(Виват, гардемарины!) as Gavrila

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* * 1934 births People from Orenburg 2008 deaths People's Artists of the RSFSR Deaths from colorectal cancer Deaths from cancer in Russia Burials in Troyekurovskoye Cemetery Russian male actors Recipients of the Order of Honour (Russia) Honored Artists of the RSFSR Recipients of the Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class {{Russia-actor-stub