Boris Yurevich Grachevsky (Russian: Борис Юрьевич Грачевский) (18 March 1949 – 14 January 2021) was a Russian film director, screenwriter, and actor. His family was of Jewish descent. He was artistic director of the children's TV show and magazine

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. He died of

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during the

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Awards and honors

* Order of Honour (2009) *

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(2019) *Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

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