Nikolai Nikolaevich Yeremenko Jr. ( be, Мікалай Мікалаевіч Яроменка (малодшы), (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Ерёменко-мла́дший; 14 February 1949 — 27 May 2001) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh ...

n theater and film

actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), l ...

, film director of

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

ian origin. 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 1994.Почётное звание присвоено указом Президента России № 434 от 1 марта 1994 года
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Biography

Nikolai was born in

Vitebsk Vitebsk or Viciebsk (russian: Витебск, ; be, Ві́цебск, ; , ''Vitebsk'', lt, Vitebskas, pl, Witebsk), is a city in Belarus. The capital of the Vitebsk Region, it has 366,299 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-largest ci ...

, in the family of People's Artist of the USSR Nikolai Yeremenko Sr. (1926—2000) and People's Artist of the BSSR Galina Orlova (1928—2021). In 1967, he entered the

VGIK The Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (russian: Всероссийский государственный институт кинематографии имени Sergei Gerasimov (film director), С. А. Герасимова, meaning ''All-R ...

(workshop of Sergey Gerasimov and

Tamara Makarova Tamara Fyodorovna Makarova (russian: Тама́ра Фёдоровна Мака́рова; 13 August 1907 – 19 January 1997) was a Soviet and Russian film actress and pedagogue. People's Artist of the USSR (1950) and Hero of Socialist Lab ...

), graduated in 1971 and in the same year was admitted to the troupe of the National Film Actors' Theatre; since 1976 an actor of the

Gorky Film Studio Gorky Film Studio (russian: Киностудия имени Горького) is a film studio in Moscow, Russian Federation. By the end of the Soviet Union, Gorky Film Studio had produced more than 1,000 films. Many film classics were filmed ...

. In cinema, Nikolai Yeremenko made his debut in 1969 acting in the film '' By the Lake'' by Gerasimov. According to the results of the annual poll of viewers in the magazine ''

Soviet Screen ''Soviet Screen'' (russian: link=no, Советский Экран, Sovetsky Ekran) was an illustrated magazine published in the USSR with varying frequency from 1925 to 1998 (with a break from 1941–1957Fifty years from the date of the first iss ...

,'' Nikolai was recognized as the best actor in 1980 for the role of Sergey Sergeyevich in the film ''

Pirates of the 20th Century ''Pirates of the 20th Century'' (russian: Пираты XX века, translit. ''Piraty XX veka'') is a 1980 Soviet action/adventure film about modern piracy Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attack ...

''. In the 1990s, Yeremenko decided on the director's debut — ', where he starred with his father. Since 2001, he was the cultural advisor of the Embassy of Belarus in Moscow. Nikolai died at the Botkin Hospital in Moscow on 27 May 2001, as a result of a stroke. He was buried on 31 May in

Minsk Minsk ( be, Мінск ; russian: Минск) is the capital and the largest city of Belarus, located on the Svislach (Berezina), Svislach and the now subterranean Nyamiha, Niamiha rivers. As the capital, Minsk has a special administrative stat ...

in the Eastern Cemetery, next to his father.

Personal life

He married Vera Titova on 5 May 1975. In this marriage, daughter Olga was born. From a civil marriage with Tatyana Maslennikova, his daughter Tatyana (1990) was born.Жена Николая Еременко: «В самом начале нашего романа Коля предупредил меня, что женат»
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Selected filmography

;Actor * By the Lake (1969) as Alexey * Hot Snow (1973) as Drozdovsky *

The Red and the Black ''Le Rouge et le Noir'' (; meaning ''The Red and the Black'') is a historical psychological novel in two volumes by Stendhal, published in 1830. It chronicles the attempts of a provincial young man to rise socially beyond his modest upbringing t ...

(1976) as Julien Sorel *

31 June 31 June (russian: link=no, 31 июня, 31 iyunya) is a two-part fantasy TV musical, loosely based on a story by J. B. Priestley. The film premiered in the USSR in 1978. The film was conceived and developed by Leonid Kvinikhidze and Aleksandr ...

(1978) as Sam Penty, painter *

The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya ''The Tavern on Pyatnitskaya'' (russian: Трактир на Пятницкой, Traktir na Pyatnitskoy) is a 1978 Soviet crime film. The picture is a screen adaptation of the eponymous novel by Nikolai Leonov. The film became was one of the leadi ...

(1979) as Mikhail Eremin *

(1980) as Sergey Sergeyevich *

The Youth of Peter the Great ''The Youth of Peter the Great'' (russian: Юность Петра, Yunost Petra) is a first part of a two-part film, which was based on a novel Peter I, written by Aleksey Tolstoy. The film was directed by a famous Russian director Sergey Gerasi ...

(1980) as

Aleksandr Danilovich Menshikov Prince Aleksander Danilovich Menshikov (russian: Алекса́ндр Дани́лович Ме́ншиков, tr. ; – ) was a Russian statesman, whose official titles included Generalissimo, Prince of the Russian Empire and Duke of Izhora ...

* At the Beginning of Glorious Days (1980) as

* Copper Angel (1984) as Sebastien Valdez * In Search for Captain Grant (1986) as

Lord Glenarvan Lord Glenarvan is a fictional character that appears in Jules Verne's 1868 novel ''In Search of the Castaways'' and then briefly appears in ''The Mysterious Island'' (1875). He is a wealthy Scottish noble married to Lady Glenarvan. Fictional app ...

Lev Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

(1993) as Alexander Goldenweiser * I Declare War on You (1990) as Erokhin *

White Nights White night, White Night, or White Nights may refer to: * White night (astronomy), a night in which it never gets completely dark, at high latitudes outside the Arctic and Antarctic Circles * White Night festivals, all-night arts festivals held i ...

(1992) as tenant *

Trotsky Lev Davidovich Bronstein. ( – 21 August 1940), better known as Leon Trotsky; uk, link= no, Лев Давидович Троцький; also transliterated ''Lyev'', ''Trotski'', ''Trotskij'', ''Trockij'' and ''Trotzky''. (), was a Russian M ...

(1993) as

Nahum Eitingon Nahum Isaakovich Eitingon (russian: Наум Исаакович Эйтингон ''Naum Isaakovič Ejtingon''), also known as Leonid Aleksandrovich Eitingon (russian: Леонид Александрович Эйтингон)Empire under Attack (2000) as

Vyacheslav von Plehve Vyacheslav Konstantinovich von Plehve ( rus, Вячесла́в (Wenzel (Славик)) из Плевны Константи́нович фон Пле́ве, p=vʲɪtɕɪˈslaf fɐn ˈplʲevʲɪ; – ) served as a director of Imperial Russ ...

* Chivalric Romance (2000) as

Nikephoros Bryennios the Younger Nikephoros Bryennios (or Nicephorus Bryennius; Greek language, Greek: Νικηφόρος Βρυέννιος, ''Nikēphoros Bryennios; ''1062–1137) was a Byzantine Empire, Byzantine general, statesman and historian. He was born at Orestias (Adrian ...

Give Me Moonlight Give Me Moonlight (russian: Подари мне лунный свет, Podari mne lunnyy svet) is a 2001 Russian comedy film directed by Dmitry Astrakhan. Plot The film tells about the television journalist Sergei Kupriyanov, who began to make ...

(2001) as Sergei Kupriyanov *

Brigada ''Brigada'' (russian: Бригада), also known as ''Law of the Lawless'', is a Russian 15-episode crime television miniseries that debuted in 2002. It became very popular in Russia and ex-Soviet countries as well as Eastern Europe, but receiv ...

(2002) as Yuri Rostislavovich, Kosmos' father ;Director * (1995)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Yeremenko, Nikolai 1949 births 2001 deaths People from Vitebsk Russian male film actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors Russian film directors Russian male television actors Recipients of the Lenin Komsomol Prize Honored Artists of the RSFSR People's Artists of Russia Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography alumni Russian people of Belarusian descent