Viktor Nikolaevich Dobrovolsky (russian: Виктор Николаевич Добровольский; uk, Віктор Миколайович Добровольський; January 23, 1906 – July 28, 1984), was a Soviet and Ukrainian film and theater actor.

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 ...

(1960).

Biography

In 1928, he graduated from the drama school at Odessa drama theatre. In 1922, he began his stage career. Worked in theatres of

Odessa Odesa (also spelled Odessa) is the third most populous city and municipality in Ukraine and a major seaport and transport hub located in the south-west of the country, on the northwestern shore of the Black Sea. The city is also the administrativ ...

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Donetsk Donetsk ( , ; uk, Донецьк, translit=Donets'k ; russian: Донецк ), formerly known as Aleksandrovka, Yuzivka (or Hughesovka), Stalin and Stalino (see also: Names of European cities in different languages (C–D), cities' alternat ...

. In 1944-1956 — actor in the troupe of Ukrainian music and drama theatre named after

Ivan Franko Ivan Yakovych Franko (Ukrainian: Іван Якович Франко, pronounced ˈwɑn ˈjɑkowɪtʃ frɐnˈkɔ 27 August 1856 – 28 May 1916) was a Ukrainian poet, writer, social and literary critic, journalist, interpreter, economist, ...

in Kiev. In the years 1964-1984 — the leading actor of the Kiev drama theatre named after

Lesya Ukrainka Lesya Ukrainka ( uk, Леся Українка ; born Larysa Petrivna Kosach, uk, Лариса Петрівна Косач; – ) was one of Ukrainian literature's foremost writers, best known for her poems and plays. She was also an active ...

. Since 1926 were in the movie. A member of the Union of cinematographers of the

Ukrainian SSR The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( uk, Украї́нська Радя́нська Соціалісти́чна Респу́бліка, ; russian: Украи́нская Сове́тская Социалисти́ческая Респ ...

. Died in Kiev on July 28, 1984. He was buried on

Baikove Cemetery Baikove Cemetery ( uk, Байкове кладовище) is a historic cemetery memorial in Holosiiv Raion of Kyiv, Ukraine. It is a National Historic Landmark of Ukraine and is known as a necropolis of distinguished people. It was established in ...

Selected filmography

*1926 - Taras Shevchenko *1938 -

Pyotr pervyy Peter the Great (russian: Пётр Первый, Pyotr pervyy) is a 1937-1938 Soviet two-part historical biographical film, shot on the Order of Lenin from Leningrad film studio Lenfilm director Vladimir Petrov on the eponymous play by Aleksey ...

*1940 - Makar Nechay *1944 -

The Ural Front ''The Ural Front'' (russian: Большая земля, Bolshaya zemlya) is a 1944 Soviet war film directed by Sergey Gerasimov and starring Tamara Makarova, Viktor Dobrovolsky and Sofya Khalyutina.Nowell-Smith p.396 The film's sets were designed ...

*1947 -

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*1951 -

Bountiful Summer ''Bountiful Summer'' (russian: Щедрое лето, Shchedroe leto) is a 1951 Soviet comedy drama film directed by Boris Barnet and starring Nina Arkhipova, Nikolay Kryuchkov and Viktor Dobrovolsky. The film is set on a collective farm in Ukrai ...

*1953 - Adventure in Odessa'' *1954 -

Komandir korablya Commander of the Ship (russian: Командир корабля, Komandir korablya) is a 1954 Soviet drama film directed by Vladimir Braun. Plot The new graduate of the Naval Academy, captain of the third rank Vysotin becomes captain of the destr ...

*1956 - Trista let tomu... *1959 -

Nebo Zovyot Nebo Zovyot (russian: Небо зовёт, translit. Nebo zovyot, lit. ''The Sky Beckons'' or ''The Heavens Beckon'') is a Soviet science-fiction feature film, produced by Aleksandr Kozyr and Mikhail Karyukov, and filmed at the Dovzhenko ...

Honors

* Honoured Artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1943) *

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: медаль «За доблестный труд в Великой Отечественной войне 1941–1945 гг.») was a World War II civilian labour awar ...

People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR People's Artist of Ukraine is an honorary and the highest title awarding to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). Estab ...

(1948) *

(1960) *

Stalin Prize Stalin Prize may refer to: * The State Stalin Prize in science and engineering and in arts, awarded 1941 to 1954, later known as the USSR State Prize * The Stalin Peace Prize, awarded 1949 to 1955, later known as the Lenin Peace Prize The Int ...

second degree (1951) * State Prize of the USSR named after Taras Shevchenko (1983) - for the creation of images of Soviet contemporaries in the performances on stage KATRD name L.Ukrainki *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (russian: Орден Ленина, Orden Lenina, ), named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was established by the Central Executive Committee on April 6, 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration b ...

(1951) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labor The Order of the Red Banner of Labour (russian: Орден Трудового Красного Знамени, translit=Orden Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni) was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to th ...

(1966) *

Order of Cyril and Methodius The Order of Saints Cyril and Methodius is an award conferred by the Republic of Bulgaria. History It has had three incarnations : * first on 18 May 1909 by the Kingdom of Bulgaria, * second on 13 December 1950 by the People's Republic of Bulga ...

I degree (

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dobrovolsky, Viktor 1906 births 1984 deaths Burials at Baikove Cemetery Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian male stage actors Recipients of the Order of Lenin People's Artists of the USSR Recipients of the Stalin Prize Recipients of the Shevchenko National Prize 20th-century Ukrainian male actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors