Yury Vasilyevich Yakovlev (russian: Ю́рий Васи́льевич Я́ковлев; 25 April 1928 – 30 November 2013) was a

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and

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actor. He was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of the USSR in

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Main works

Yury Yakovlev is best known for his roles in late Soviet film, particularly for his roles in

Eldar Ryazanov Eldar Aleksandrovich Ryazanov (russian: Эльдар Александрович Рязанов; 18 November 1927 – 30 November 2015) was a Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, poet, actor and pedagogue whose popular comedies, satiriz ...

's and

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's comedies. Yakovlev's most popular comedic roles in

's films are Poruchik Rzhevsky in ''

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'' (1962), Ippolit in ''

The Irony of Fate ''The Irony of Fate, or Enjoy Your Bath!'' (russian: Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!, literally: The Irony of Fate, or With A Light Steam; trans. ''Ironiya sudby, ili S lyogkim parom!''), usually shortened to ''The ...

'' (1976), and comic roles of the tsar Ivan the Terrible and his namesake Ivan Vasilevich Bunsha in

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'' (1958), and other cinema roles (''Dangerous turn'', ''

Earthly Love ''Earthy Love'' (russian: Любовь земная, Lyubov zemnaya) is a 1974 Russian romantic drama film directed by Yevgeny Matveyev and starring Matveyev, Olga Ostroumova, and Yury Yakovlev. The film was a screen adaptation of Pyotr Proskurin ...

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Yuri Yakovlev
''findagrave''. Moscow. Retrieved 2021/01/19 (19 January 2021) He was the leading artist of the Vakhtangov Theater during its heyday.

Life and career

The early years

From a young age he was fond of acting and theatre. At the turn of the 1940s, he studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical School of Vakhtangov Theatre in Moscow starting to work as an actor at Vakhtangov Theatre.

Theatrical career

Yakovlev joined the ensemble of the

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in 1952. He played over seventy roles onstage, including Casanova in ''Three Ages of Casanova'', Duke Bolingbroke in ''Glass of Water'', and Prokofiev in ''Lessons of Master''.

Film career

Yakovlev became really famous as a cinema actor in 1958, after his inimitable complicated psychological role of the Prince Myshkin in ''

'' directed by

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. He achieved international fame playing the role as Prince Myshkin. Yakovlev made his first appearance in an

comedy in 1961, in ''The Man From Nowhere''. Yakovlev followed his first success with regular appearances in Ryazanov's comedies, most notably splendid film

in 1962, in which he played phantasmagoric role of Poruchik Rzhevsky. The feature was such a resounding success that Rzhevsky's character gave rise to innumerable

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. In the 1960s and 1970s, Yakovlev branched out into further various roles, from the nobleman Stiva Oblonsky in the 1967 adaptation, the classic Soviet movie adaptation of

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's ''

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'', directed by Alexander Zarkhi, to jealous fiancé Ippolit in Ryazanov's ''

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's 1973 comedy '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'' - the movie about the travel using the

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(based on the play ''

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'' by Mikhail Bulgakov).

Decline in popularity

His participation in two-part film "Love Earth" and "Destiny" - a series of movies about the

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brought him the

USSR State Prize The USSR State Prize (russian: links=no, Государственная премия СССР, Gosudarstvennaya premiya SSSR) was the Soviet Union's state honor. It was established on 9 September 1966. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, t ...

for 1979. His film career effectively came to a halt after the role of the alien Bi in

Georgiy Daneliya Georgiy Nikolayevich Daneliya ( ka, გიორგი ნიკოლოზის ძე დანელია; russian: Георгий Николаевич Данелия; 25 August 1930 – 4 April 2019), also known as Giya Daneliya ( ka, გ� ...

’s 1986 sci-fi comedy ''

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'' where he starred alongside

Yevgeny Leonov Yevgeny Pavlovich Leonov (russian: link=no, Евгений Павлович Леонов; 2 September 1926 – 29 January 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor who played main parts in several of the most famous Soviet films, such as '' Gentlemen ...

and Stanislav Lyubshin. The last role in Ikno was the role in the film ''The Irony of Fate 2'' (''Ирония судьбы. Продолжение'') as Ippolit Georgievich.

Death

Yakovlev felt ill in early morning of 29 November 2013. He soon fainted in his home. He was rushed to a Moscow hospital where he died there on 30 November 2013 from heart failure, aged 85. On the same day, the death of Yuri Yakovlev was reported by RIA Novosti to ''Times.am'' 'with reference to the theater's press service. TIMES
USSR People's Artist Yury Yakovlev died in the hospital
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''RIA News''. Moscow. Retrieved 2021/01/20 (20 January 2021)

Bibliography

In 1997, the publishing house ''Art'' (''Iskusstvo'') published a book by Yakovlev entitled ''Album of my destiny'' (russian: Альбом судьбы моей, translit=Al'bom sud'by moyey)

Selected filmography

*1953: ''

The Great Warrior Skanderbeg ''The Great Warrior Skanderbeg'' ( al, Luftëtari i madh i Shqipërisë Skënderbeu; russian: Великий воин Албании Скандербег, Velikiy voin Albanii Skanderbeg) is a 1953 Soviet-Albanian biopic directed by Sergei Yutk ...

'' (''russian: Великий воин Албании Скандербег'') as Warrior *1956: '' Early Joys'' (''Первые радости'') as Vasily Dibich, lieutenant *1957: '' No Ordinary Summer'' (''Необыкновенное лето'') as Vasily Dibich, lieutenant *1957: ''Pervye radosti'' as Dibich (uncredited) *1958: ''

'' (''Идиот'') as Prince Myshkin *1958: ''

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'' (''Ветер'') as Leonid Zakrewsky, lieutenant *1959: ''Gorod na zare'' as Altman *1959: '' Ballad of a Soldier'' (''Баллада о солдате'') as narrator (uncredited) *1960: ''Zare navstrechu'' as Pyotr Sapozhkov *1961: '' Nowhere Man'' (''Человек ниоткуда'') as Vladimir Porazhaev *1962: ''

'' (''Гусарская баллада'') as Lieutenant Dmitry Rzhevsky *1963: '' Bolshaya doroga'' as Polivanov *1964: '' Summer Is Over'' as Narrator (voice, uncredited) *1964: ''

An Easy Life ''An Easy Life'' (russian: Лёгкая жизнь, Lyоgkaya zhizn') is a 1964 satirical Soviet comedy film directed by Veniamin Dorman. It was seen by 24.6 million Soviet moviegoers during its initial release. Plot A chemist by training, Alexand ...

'' (''Легкая жизнь'') as Alexander P. Bochkin, underground businessman *1964: ''Russkiy les'' as German Officer Walter Kittel *1966: ''

Beware of the Car ''Beware of the Car'' (russian: Береги́сь автомоби́ля, translit. ''Beregis Avtomobilya'', English titles ''Uncommon Thief'', or ''Watch out for the Automobile'') is a 1966 Soviet crime comedy drama film directed by Eldar R ...

'' (''Берегись автомобиля'') as narrator (voice) *1966: ''

Friends and Years ''Friends and Years'' (russian: Друзья и годы) is a 1965 Soviet drama film directed by Viktor Sokolov. Plot The plot focuses on representatives of one generation, whose lives were influenced in different ways by the formation of the ...

'' (''Друзья и годы'') as Yuri Derzhavin *1967: '' A Pistol Shot'' (''Выстрел'') as count *1967: ''

'' (''Анна Каренина'') as Stiva Oblonsky *1968: ''

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'' (''Крах'') as Andrey Pavlovich Fyodorov *1969: '' Subject for a Short Story'' as Potapenko *1970: ''Korol-olen'' as Deramo *1970: ''Sinyaya ptitsa'' (voice) *1972: ''

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'' (''Чайка'') as Boris Alexeyevich Trigorin, writer *1972: '' Grandads-Robbers'' (''Старики-разбойники'') as narrator (voice) *1973: ''Skhvatka'' as Joachim *1973: '' Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future'' (''Иван Васильевич меняет профессию'') as Ivan the Terrible / Ivan Vasilievich Bunsha, building superintendent *1973: ''

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'' (''Много шума из ничего'') (TV Movie) (uncredited) *1975: ''

'' (''Любовь земная'') as Tikhon Bruchanov, Secretary of district committee of Communist Party *1975: ''

'' (''Ирония судьбы, или С лёгким паром!'') (TV Mini-Series) as Ippolit Georgievich *1977: ''

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'' (''Судьба'') as Tikhon Bruchanov, Secretary of district committee of Communist Party *1978: ''Yuliya Vrevskaya'' as Nikolai Nikolaevich *1978: ''Pravo pervoy podpisi'' as Narrator (voice) *1979: ''Barkhatnyy sezon'' *1980: ''Poema o krylyakh'' as Igor Sikorskiy *1981: '' An Ideal Husband'' (''Идеальный муж'') as Sir Robert Chiltern *1982: '' Carnival'' (''Карнавал'') as Mikhail Solomatin, father of Nina *1982: ''Beshenye dengi'' as Ivan Telyatyev *1986: ''

'' (''Кин-дза-дза!'') as Bee - the wandering Patsak singer *1986: ''Vremya synovey'' *1987: ''Levsha'' *1987: ''Izbrannik sudby'' as Narrator (voice) *1988: ''Shtany'' *1988: ''

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'' as Ben Gunn (voice) *1990: ''

A Trap for Lonely Man ''Trap for a Lonely Man'' (russian: Ловушка для одинокого мужчины, Lovushka dlya odinokogo muzhchiny) is a 1990 Soviet comedy detective film directed by . It is based on the 1960 play of the same name by Robert Thomas. ...

'' as Police inspector *1991: ''Sem dney posle ubiystva'' *1992: ''Plashchanitsa Aleksandra Nevskogo'' *1992: ''Tantsuyushchiye prizraki'' *1992: '' Gardemarines-III'' (''Гардемарины-III'') as

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*1992: ''Davayte bez fokusov!...'' as Ot avtora *1993: '' Children of Iron Gods'' (''Дети чугунных богов'') as general *1993: ''Supermen ponevole ili eroticheskiy mutant'' *1999: ''

East/West ''East/West'' (french: Est-Ouest; russian: Восток-Запад, Vostok-Zapad) is a 1999 drama film directed by Régis Wargnier, starring Sandrine Bonnaire, Oleg Menshikov, Catherine Deneuve and Sergei Bodrov Jr. It received generally positi ...

'' as Vieil Homme Kommonalka *2007: '' The Irony of Fate 2'' (''Ирония судьбы. Продолжение'') as Ippolit Georgievich (final film role)

Honors and awards

*Honorary Member of the

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Honored Artist of the RSFSR Honored Artist of the RSFSR (, ''Zasluzhenny artist RSFSR'') was an honorary title granted to Soviet artists, including theatre and film directors, choreographers, music performers, and orchestra conductors, who had outstanding achievements in the ...

(1961) *

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 ...

(1968) * People's Artist of the USSR (1976) *

Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" The Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (russian: Орден «За заслуги перед Отечеством», ''Orden "Za zaslugi pered Otechestvom"'') is a state decoration of the Russian Federation. It was instituted on 2 March 1994 by P ...

: **2nd class (10 June 2008) - for outstanding contributions to the development of domestic theatrical and cinematic arts, many years of creative activity **3rd class (17 October 1996) - for services to the State and outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical arts *

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 ...

(1988) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour 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 ...

(1978) *

(1979) - for his role Tikhon Ivanovich Bryukhanova in two-part film "Love Earth" and "Destiny" *Stanislavsky State Prize of the RSFSR (1970) - for his performance as Yegor Dmitrievich Glumova in the play "The Wise Man Stumbles" by Alexander Ostrovsky * State Prize of the Russian Federation in Literature and Art in 1994 (29 May 1995) - for the performance of the State Academic Theatre named Eugene. Vakhtangov "Guilty Without Guilt" on the play by

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

*Russian Federation President Prize in Literature and Art in 2003 (13 February 2004) - for outstanding creative and scientific contribution to the artistic culture of Russia *

Golden Mask Award The Golden Mask (russian: Золотая Маска, ''zolotaya maska'') is a Russian theatre festival and the National Theatre Award established in 1994 by the Theatre Union of Russia. The award is given to productions in all genres of theatre ar ...

s, awarded with "Silver Mask" for best actor (

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, "Unfinished Dialogue") (1976) *Gold Medal for AP Dovzhenko film ''Destiny'' (1978) * Crystal Turandot Award (1998) *Prize of the business community, "Idol" for high service to art (1999) *Chekhov Medal (2010)

References

External links

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