Vladimir Borisovich Korenev (russian: Влади́мир Бори́сович Ко́ренев; 20 June 1940 – 2 January 2021) was a

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and

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n film and theatre actor and teacher, known for '' The Amphibian Man'' (1962). He was awarded

People's Artist of Russia People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Народный артист Российской Федерации, ''Narodnyy artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii''), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the Russian Federation, is an h ...

in 1998.

Early life and education

Korenev was born on 20 June 1940, in

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

, in the family of Rear Admiral Boris Leonidovich Korenev. He lived in

Izmail Izmail (, , translit. ''Izmail,'' formerly Тучков ("Tuchkov"); ro, Ismail or ''Smil''; pl, Izmaił, bg, Исмаил) is a city and municipality on the Danube river in Odesa Oblast in south-western Ukraine. It serves as the administra ...

until the family moved to

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, where he became interested in literature and theater. Classmate

Larisa Luzhina Larisa Anatolievna Luzhina (russian: Лари́са Анато́льевна Лу́жина; born 4 March 1939) is a Soviet and Russian actress. People's Artist of the RSFSR. In 2021, the actress revealed that when she was 19, she was harassed a ...

led Vladimir to drama club, directed by Ivan Danilovich Rossomahin. The circle also engaged Vitali Konyayev,

Igor Yasulovich Igor Nikolayevich Yasulovich (russian: Игорь Николаевич Ясулович; born 24 September 1941) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, film director and pedagogue. Biography Yasulovich was born in the village of Reinsfe ...

and

Lillian Malkina Lillian Malkina (born July 14, 1938) is a Soviet, Czech and Russian actress. Early life Malkina was born in Tallinn. From childhood, she attended drama club, where she trained with Vladimir Korenev, Larisa Luzhina, Vitali Konyayev. In 1960 s ...

. In 1957, he enrolled in the

Russian Institute of Theatre Arts The Russian Institute of Theatre Arts (GITIS) (russian: Российский институт театрального искусства – ГИТИС) is the largest and oldest independent theatrical arts school in Russia. Located in Moscow, ...

in the studio of

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 ...

Gregory Konskiy and

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 ...

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Career

Korenev became famous in the 1960s, when he played the lead role of Ichthyander in the film '' The Amphibian Man'', and became known as a

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in the

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. In 1961, he joined the troupe of the

Moscow Drama Theatre The Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre (russian: Московский академический Музыкальный театр имени народных артистов К. С. Станиславског ...

(Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Theatre), where he was invited by

Mikhail Yanshin Mikhail Mikhailovich Yanshin (russian: Михаи́л Миха́йлович Я́ншин) (20 October 1902 – 17 July 1976) was a Soviet Union, Soviet stage and film actor. Biography Yanshin was born in the city of Yukhnov, located in the pre ...

, who led the theatre at the time. At the 19th edition of the

Sozvezdie International Film Festival Sozvezdie ( ru , Созвездие or Кинофестиваль Созвездие), also known as Sozvezdie International Film Festival and International Actors Festival Sozvezdie is a Russian film festival based in Yaroslavl. Meaning "Constel ...

in 2011, Korenev, who was at the time artistic director at the Institute for Humanitarian Education and still acting at the Moscow Drama Theatre K.S.Stanislavsky, was chair of the festival. By 2015, Koronev had become artistic director of the Faculty of Theatre Arts Abbot.

Honours

He was awarded

in 1998.

Death

In 2020, the actor tested positive for

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amid the

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. Korenev died from COVID-19 in Moscow on 2 January 2021.

Filmography

*1962: ''

Amphibian Man ''Amphibian Man'' (rus. Человек-амфибия) is a science fiction adventure novel by the Soviet Russian writer Alexander Beliaev. It was published in 1928. Plot Argentinean doctor Salvator, a scientist and a maverick surgeon, giv ...

'' as Ichtyandr Salvator *1965: '' The Light of a Distant Star'' as Viktor, Zavyalov's nephew *1965: ''

Children of Don Quixote Children of Don Quixote (russian: Дети Дон Кихота, Deti Don-Kikhota) is a 1966 Soviet comedy film. Plot Story of an ordinary family at first glance. Large family physicians, three boys. The first a young artist (Victor — Vladi ...

'' as Viktor Bondarenko *1971: ''

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 ...

'' (part 4) as Neustroyev *1973: ''

Much Ado About Nothing ''Much Ado About Nothing'' is a comedy by William Shakespeare thought to have been written in 1598 and 1599.See textual notes to ''Much Ado About Nothing'' in ''The Norton Shakespeare'' ( W. W. Norton & Company, 1997 ) p. 1387 The play ...

'' as Don Juan *1973: ''The Great Battle'' as Stepan Neustroev *1976: ''Champion'' as Valentin Kareyev *1977: ''Rudin'' as Konstantin Pandayevskiy *1980: ''I, Actress'' as Roshchin-Insarov *1989: ''

Criminal Talent ''Criminal Talent'' (russian: Криминальный талант, Kriminalnyy talant) is a 1988 Soviet two-part television crime drama Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction liter ...

'' (TV Movie) as Sergey Sergeevich Kurikin *1991: ''Unknown Pages of Life Scout'' as Willy Walecki *2004: ''

Children of the Arbat ''Children of the Arbat'' (russian: Дети Арбата) is a semi-autobiographical historical novel by Anatoly Rybakov set during the era of Stalin. Premise It recounts the era in the Soviet Union of the build-up to the Congress of the Vict ...

'' (TV Series) as Yuri Sharok's father *2015: ''Orlova and Alexandrov'' (TV Series) as

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко; , Ozurgeti – 25 April 1943, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer an ...

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