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Soviet and Ukrainian-born Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue
Elina Avraamovna Bystritskaya
(4 April 1928 ? 26 April 2019) was a
Soviet
and
Ukrainian
-born Russian stage and film actress and theater pedagogue.
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She is regarded as one of the most prominent actresses in the
Soviet
and
Russian
film industry. Her career spanned six decades.
Biography
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Elina Avramovna Bystritskaya was born on April 4, 1928, in Kyiv into a Jewish family. Her father was a physician. During
World War II
, she was evacuated to
Astrakhan
, where she studied at nursing courses. From the age of 13, worked as a nurse and laboratory assistant in front-line mobile evacuation hospital No. 3261, first in Aktyubinsk, then in Stalino and Odessa, where she lived with her mother (who worked in the same hospital).
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Later she studied at the Karpenko-Karyi Theater Institute in Kyiv and
was hired by the Russian Drama Theater in Vilnius upon graduation
in 1953. In 1958, Bystritskaia joined the troupe of
Maly Theatre
in Moscow where she soon became one of the leading actors.
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One of her earliest roles was in
Sergei Bondarchuk
's and
Fridrikh Ermler
's
Unfinished Story
(1955), an archetypal
Socialist Realist
film. Bystritskaya was personally chosen by Soviet writer
Mikhail Sholokhov
to play the role of Aksinya in the film adaptation
And Quiet Flows the Don
(1958), over several other distinguished candidates, notably
Nonna Mordyukova
. In the 1960s, Bystritskaya concentrated on theatre work in the Maly Theatre and her appearances on screen grew sporadic. She was named
People's Artist of the USSR
in 1978.
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She was President of the USSR and Russian
rhythmic gymnastics
Federation from 1975 to 1992.
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1958-1985, she was married to Nikolay Kuzminsky, employeed of the USSR Ministry for Foreign Trade.
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She died on 26 April 2019 after a long illness.
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Filmography
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- 1951:
In Peaceful Time
as Lena Alekseyenko
- 1951:
Taras Shevchenko
- 1954:
Bogatyr idyot v Marto
as radistka Yevgeniya Sergeyevna
- 1955:
Unfinished Story
as Yelizaveta Muromtseva
- 1957:
Don Silencioso
as Aksiniya
- 1958:
And Quiet Flows the Don
as Aksinya
- 1958:
Volunteers
as Olga Teplova
- 1960:
Russian Souvenir
as Pandora Montezi, Italian spy
- 1963:
All Remains to People
as Ksenia Rumyantseva
- 1964:
Negasimoye plamya
as Glasha
- 1966:
Summer Residents
as Julia Filippovna
- 1967:
Dachniki
as Yulia Filippovna
- 1967:
Nikolay Bauman
as
Maria Andreyeva
- 1973:
Ostrovsky's House
(TV Movie) as Glafira
- 1991:
Seven Days After The Murder
as Kira Alexandrovna
- 1992:
Farewell Tour
as train passenger
- 1993:
Brave Guys
as Nadezhda
- 2005:
Saga of the Ancient Bulgars
(part 1, 2) as
Olga of Kiev
- 2006:
Muhtar's Return
as Alina Stanislavovna
Honours and awards
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- Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
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- 1st class (4 April 2008) ? for outstanding contributions to the development of domestic theatrical and cinematic arts, many years of creative activity
- 2nd class (1 April 1998) ? for outstanding contribution to the development of national culture and art
- 3rd class (11 October 2018) ? for outstanding contribution to the development of national culture and art, many years of productive activity
Elina Bystritskaya receives the
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland"
I degree from
Vladimir Putin
in 2008
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