Volodymyr Denshchykov (1 July 1952 – 21 April 2022) was a Ukrainian actor and artist.

Biography

Denshchykov was born in

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. He attended the

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, where he earned his degree based on "Artist of Dramatic Theater and Cinema" in 1974. Denshchykov worked as a director and

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at the Crimean Academic Theater named after M. Gorky from 1975 to 2007, in which he had taught about

acting Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor or actress who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode. Acting involves a broad r ...

, directing and

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at the University of Culture of Simferopol, also known as "Crimean University of Culture, Arts and Tourism. Denshchykov had acted in

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, in which he played in over 100 roles. He took the Russian citizenship after the

Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation In February and March 2014, Russia invaded and subsequently annexed the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine. This event took place in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity and is part of the wider Russo-Ukrainian War. The events in Kyiv th ...

for which Denshchykov was welcomed. He suffered a

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once for which his work was occasionally

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ted twist its procedure or knitting-collage. Denshchykov had worked for over 30 years. In 2007, he was a

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. Denshchykov was a recipient of the ARC Prize from 2009, in which he was considered nominated. He was also honored with the Laureate of the Prize of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Denshchykov was honored with the Simferopol City Council "Star of Glory and Honor" in 2012, for which it was a clear decision. He was honored with medals, such as, Knight of the Order of St. Vladimir Equal-to-the-Apostles, Honorary Academician of the Crimean Academy of Sciences (Professor), Order "For Merit" of the III (degree),

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and

People's Artist of Ukraine 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.). Establ ...

. Denshchykov died on 21 April 2022, at the age of 69.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Denshchykov, Volodymyr 1952 births 2022 deaths Ukrainian male stage actors Ukrainian designers Production designers Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University alumni Actors from Kyiv 20th-century Ukrainian male actors 21st-century Ukrainian male actors Recipients of the Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine