Vladimir Ivanovich Msryan ( hy, Վլադիմիր Իվանի Մսրյան; russian: Владимир Иванович Мсрян; 12 March 1938 – 24 August 2010) was an

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. Msryan was born in Vladikavkaz,

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. From 1958–62, he studied drama at the Yerevan Fine Arts and Theater Institute. He performed at the Yerevan Drama Theater from 1966 onwards. Aside from Armenian films he also appeared in such non-Armenian films as ''Sand-Storm'', ''White Cloth'', ''Empire of Pirates'' and ''Unburied Corpses''. He may have garnered the most attention for his portrayal of Niccolò Paganini in the 1982

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television miniseries. He starred in '' Smerch'' which was screened in the

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section at the

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Death

Msryan died on August 24, 2010, in

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, from the effects of leukemia. He was 72.

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1938 births 2010 deaths Armenian male stage actors Armenian male film actors Russian male film actors People from Vladikavkaz Deaths from cancer in Armenia Deaths from leukemia Soviet Armenians Russian people of Armenian descent {{Armenia-actor-stub