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Boris Khmelnitsky
Voroshilov, Primorskiy kray, RSFSR, USSR
Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevic…
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Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
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- 2009
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2007
Тюрьма особого назначения
TV show Коля Архангельский криминальный авторитет
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2007
One Love of My Soul
Movie Aleksandr Podzhio
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2004
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
Movie Svyatoslav / Erik, King of Sweden
- 2004
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1997
Mozart in St. Petersburg
Movie
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1996
The Career of Arturo Ui
Movie
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1995
Jonathan of the Bears
Movie Religious Mercenary
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1993
The Hetman's Jewels
Movie Zagrava
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1992
Murder at Sunshine-Manor
Movie Joe Alex
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1991
Cocktail Mirage
Movie
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1991
The Caravan Of Death
Movie Mercenary leader
- 1990
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1990
Beybars
Movie Sultan Kutuz
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1989
Sultan Beybars
Movie Sultan Kutuz
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1989
Savraska
Movie Captain
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1989
Comedy of Lysistrata
Movie
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1989
Tragedy, Rock Style
Movie Dmitriy Ivanovich's Friend
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1989
Etudes on Vrubel
Movie Semyon Gayduk
- 1987
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1987
The Trial in Ershovka
Movie
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1986
The Life and Immortality of Sergei Lazo
Movie Попов
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1986
Interception
Movie хулиган
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1985
In Search of Captain Grant
TV show captain Harry Grant
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1985
The Black Arrow
Movie Lord Shoreby
- 1984
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1984
Password "Hotel Regina"
Movie
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1983
The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
Movie Robin Hood
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1982
A Person Changes Skin
TV show Павел Кристаллов
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1981
The Black Triangle
Movie Ритус
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1981
At the Beginning of Glorious Days
Movie Кузьма Чермный, стрелец
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1980
A Story of the Forest: Mavka
Movie Red (forest) Demon
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1980
Antarctic Tale
Movie
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1979
Savage Hunt of King Stakh
Movie Ales' Vorona
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1979
A Certificate of Poverty
Movie Геннадий, "Крест"
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1978
Hatred
Movie
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1976
The Arrows of Robin Hood
Movie Robin Hood
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1973
Defying Everybody
Movie Nikanor
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1973
Peterss
Movie
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1973
Sing a Song, Poet
Movie uncle
