Kirill Lavrov

Kirill Lavrov
Кирилл Лавров
Lavrov in 2005
Born	Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (1925-09-15)15 September 1925 Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	27 April 2007(2007-04-27) (aged 81) Saint Petersburg, Russia
Years active	1950–2007
Awards	Lenin Prize USSR State Prize Hero of Socialist Labour Order of Lenin People's Artist of the USSR People's Artist of Ukraine (2003)

Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov (Russian: Кирилл Юрьевич Лавров; 15 September 1925 – 27 April 2007) was a Soviet and Russian stage and film actor and director. People's Artist of the USSR (1972), Hero of Socialist Labour (1985), Order of Lenin recipient (1985) and People's Artist of Ukraine (2003).^[1][2]

Biography

Childhood

Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was born in Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg). He was baptised by the Russian Orthodox Church of St. John the Divine in Lavrushinskoe Podvorie Monastery in Leningrad. Young Kirill Lavrov was brought up in Leningrad, in a multi-ethnic Ukrainian and Russian family with deep roots in St. Petersburg society. His grandfather, Sergey Vassilevich Lavrov (1873—1944) was Dean of College at Russian Humanitarian Society and later was a notable figure among White émigré. His father, Yury Lavrov, was a popular Russian and Ukrainian stage and film actor designated People's Artist of Ukraine in 1948. Young Kirill Yuryevich Lavrov was fond of literature and theater from an early age, and was exposed to a highly stimulating intellectual environment in his family. He was also a good sportsman: he took gymnastics, fencing, skiing, and was a member of the youth football (soccer) team at "Spartak" sports club in Leningrad.^[3]

War

During

Kirill Lavrov was married to a fellow actress Valentina Nikolaeva and the couple had two children; their son, Sergei Lavrov, is a businessman, and daughter Maria Lavrova, is a film and stage actress and a permanent member of the troupe at Bolshoi Drama Theater in Saint Petersburg.

Filmography

Actor

Stage works

• Ocean
• Uncle Vanya
• The Three Sisters
• Boris Godunov
• And Quiet Flows The Don
• Before Sunset
• The Quartet

Honours and awards

• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland";
  • 2nd class (2 September 2005) - for outstanding contribution to the development of theatrical art, and many years of creative activity
  • 3rd class (13 September 2000) - for his great personal contribution to the development of theatrical art
  • 4th class (5 August 1995) - for services to the state and many years of fruitful work in the arts and culture
• Hero of Socialist Labour (1985)
• Order of Lenin (1985)
• Order of the October Revolution (1971)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1967)
• Medals "For Victory over Germany in World War II", "Victory over Japan", "To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Soviet Army and Navy", commemorative medals of the anniversary of Victory
• People's Artist of the USSR (1972)
• People's Artist of the RSFSR (1970)
• Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1963)
• People's Artist of Ukraine (2003)
• Lenin Prize (1982) - for his role of Lenin in the play "On reading again ..." (1980) on the stage LBADT Gorky
• USSR State Prize (1978) - a performance of "Silent Don" Mikhail Sholokhov, placed on the stage LBADT Gorky (1977)
• Vasilyev Brothers State Prize of the RSFSR (1974) - for his role Andrey Ilyitch Bashkirtseva in the movie "The Taming of the Fire" (1972) ^[6]
• Russian President's Award for Literature and the Arts (1997)
• Russian Presidential Prize "For outstanding contribution to the development of Russian cinema" (2000)
• Diploma of the Government of Russia (2000)
• Honorary citizen of St. Petersburg (1995)
• Honorary Diploma of the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg (2000)
• Certificate of Merit of the President of Yakutia (2007) [10]
• Winner of Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize (2004)

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